Analogue

To my brothers and sisters who play music: — After 50 years of performing and sound-engineering I have just one thing to say about digital mixers for live sound: DON’T USE THEM. Life is analogue and the beautiful sounds we make suffer in clarity and detail when we use digital mixers. The more complex the sound, the more instruments…

The winds of change are blowing. Digital is replacing analogue. The last analogue war has been fought. From now on; digital. Somebody tiktok the memo to Putin that the last analogue war was already fought.

In this short, I explore the benefits of maintaining an analog method of working, especially for creatives. From sketching to writing, I outline a few of the benefits I have experienced during my career. Defining Analog Analog at its core, is tangibility. It is our physical environment, elements, shapes and other items…

The Analogue Pocket is a new retro console that will let you play your favourite old retro games.

There’s something so particularly enticing about the basics… — Shit-Hot Learning Curve I think we could all do with a little simplicity in our lives They’re complicated. You have rent to pay, taxes to remember, an ever-expanding network of people to keep up with and an all consuming news cycle. It’s more than our ancestors have ever been subjected to, and more…

As the world ramps up in complexity the yearning for simplicity is real. To reduce clutter, noise, distraction. To step away from demands, the need to manage things and property. As the counterfoil to the busy, the constancy of the online world, simplicity is the antidote. To switch off the digital and return to the analogue. A great book. A simple meal with fresh produce locally gathered. The company of friends. A walk in nature.