@enamoured_sounds on @mix93fm, featuring @unique.deejay and @thegoddessmusic Tune in for a blend of soulful vocal house music from: 10pm LA / 6am UK / 7am SA Listen on 93 FM in Los Angeles or stream online at https://mix93fm.com/ Mix93fm. Dance music lives here. #HouseMusicLovers #HouseMusic #SoulfulHouseMusic
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Are you mystified by Musicals? Are you enamoured with Egypt?? Does the endearing sounds of Dorset catch your interest??? WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU STALKING ME?? ... Is what i would say if it wasn't for the fact that you probably found this to listen to my show The Pharaoh Of the Opera. And believe it or not, i talk about/rant about Musicals, Egypt, and whatever else strikes my fancy!
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The Sound of the Hound is a podcast series about the people and the technology that brought recorded music to the masses in Victorian London and beyond. In it, journalist and author James Hall and music industry executive Dave Holley chronicle the adventures of the early sound pioneers as they risked life and limb to capture sound and launch the music business as we know it today. In particular, the series focuses on a genius called Fred Gaisberg. The world’s first A&R man, Fred was a ni ...
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@thegoddessmusic is back on @enamoured_sounds for a 60min takeover exclusively on @mix93fm Tune in for a blend of soulful vocal house music from: 10pm LA / 6am UK / 7am SA Listen on 93 FM in Los Angeles or stream online at https://mix93fm.com/ Mix93fm. Dance music lives here. ✨ @thegoddessmusic is a talented London-based producer, songwriter, singe…
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Listen to the revamped Enamoured Sounds on Mix93FM, featuring Unique Dj and our new addition, TheGoddessMusic! Tune in for a blend of soulful vocal house music from: 10pm LA / 6am UK / 7am SA Listen on 93 FM in Los Angeles or stream online at https://mix93fm.com/ Mix93fm. Dance music lives here. TheGoddessMusic is a talented London-based producer, …
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Get to know Vesta Brandt as I answer all of your questions about this character.By Sigil Arts
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The creativity never stops, here I introduce my latest creation, Vesta. The main protagonist in my Attack on Titan fanfic (OperaPharaoh, archive of your own). Here I talk about the process of creating her and writing her story. Unleashing the Demon of Fire...By Sigil Arts
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In a bonus episode to round off Series 2, Dave and James talk to Simon Blumlein about his father Alan Dower Blumlein, the extraordinary man who among others things invented stereo sound. Alan Dower Blumlein was an electronic engineer and one of the most significant inventors in the first half of the twentieth century, being responsible for 128 pate…
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This series of The Sound of the Hound ends with an interview with Giles Martin, the Grammy-winning record producer and son of Beatles producer Sir George. With this episode it feels as though we’ve come full circle: Giles was there at the plaque unveiling that we featured in the first episode of the series. And his family has a direct connection to…
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Bonkers, basically. The story of opera singer Adelina Patti is one of the most eye-popping of all the tales we explore in this series. The saga starts in Madrid, where Patti was born in 1843, before it takes us to Clapham in South London, moves around the world and ends in a haunted castle in Wales. As well as being in possession of a stunning voic…
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Melba toast. Peach Melba. Melba sauce. Why are we listing foodstuffs (and sounding a bit like Alan Partridge in the process)? Because they are all named after the subject of this episode of The Sound of the Hound, Nellie Melba. The soprano was one of the most famous singers of the era – and it was Fred who captured her voice for us to enjoy over 10…
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With these episodes focusing on the life and work of the mighty Fred Gaisberg, we may have given the impression that he was his own boss. That would be wrong. Working for The Gramophone Company in London, Fred was answerable to a man called William Barry Owen. In this episode we tell Owen’s story. It was his business acumen and vision that saw The …
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Every hero has a sidekick. And in this episode we tell the story of Fred’s wingman, the wonderfully named William Sinkler Darby. Five years Fred’s junior, fellow American Sinkler was by his boss’s side as he established The Gramophone Company in London and travelled the world to capture sound. Their tale is like a buddy movie: it’s Batman & Robin m…
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In this episode we look at the epic – and we mean epic – story of Russian bass singer Feodor Chaliapin. The singer’s relationship with Fred spanned decades, continents, wars and revolutions. It is a tale about music but it is also a tale about the extraordinary power of friendship. And spats. It’s a story about spats. And potatoes. And backstage pu…
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Diva alert! In episode four, Holley and Hall tell the story of the recording of one of opera’s greatest characters, Emma Calvé. Basking in the glory of having captured the voice of the mighty Enrico Caruso in Milan (as outlined in Series One of The Sound of the Hound), Fred goes on something of a recording spree back in London. But he gets more tha…
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After India, Fred goes to the Far East. But when he arrives in Tokyo in January 1903, he is rocked by some terrible family news. Stuck on the other side of the world, Fred does what he’s done countless times before: he throws himself into his job. Once the crates and crates of equipment are finally released by Japanese customs, he embarks on a reco…
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It’s late summer 1902. Fred heads to Tilbury Docks to board the steamer SS Coromandel and set sail for India. His objective? “To open up new markets, establish agencies, and acquire a catalogue of native records,” as he puts it in his diary. And what a trip it is. Accompanied by an assistant called George Dilnutt and a few others, Gaisberg engages …
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Fred’s back! And he’s got a plaque! The first episode of Series Two of The Sound of the Hound covers the unveiling of a commemorative plaque on the wall of Europe’s first recording studio, opened by Fred Gaisberg in Covent Garden in 1898. The unveiling of the plaque, which is part of the Westminster Council Green Plaque scheme, followed a campaign …
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Levi vs Zeke: Proof Levi is Popular With the Ladies
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One of these individuals I love more than life itself, the other......I freaking hate..... Their rivialry is intense which fits the final season, though has bought great humour to this season and I can't help but enjoy it. Still want you dead ZekeBy Sigil Arts
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Sometimes mistakes are made, people are misjudged and misunderstood. It is only when you begin to understand them that you realise you were wrong about them. They were not an annoying screaming kid but a passionate and broken child. Eren, I have misjudged you and misunderstood you ans for that here is my apology…
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LOVE NEVER DIES: Phantom Sequel Discussion
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Love never dies is the sequel to the hit musical, the phantom of the opera, but it didn't come without its controversies. This week join me as discussion this show, the good, the bad and why it never went onto Broadway and whether that should change.By Sigil Arts
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Amenhotep was the Pharaoh of Egypt's golden age, the New Kingdom. He reigned from 1390- 1354 BC, during that time Egypt prospered in wealth and architecture. Join me as we dicuss how Egypt's most peaceful Pharaohs became their most successful.By Sigil Arts
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On my journey in becoming more decisive I will once and for all choose my favourite show! I love them both dearly but only one can take the throne of my number one favourite and most loved show ever, in this epic showdown!!By Sigil Arts
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Some of the greatest loves in life were the unexpected ones. The one's you never saw coming or never imagined falling for . This was the case for me when I was recommended Attack on Titan and it ruined myl life. As this is a safe space I can now confess my love for... Levi Ackerman and Attack On Titan. Twitter: @OperaPharaoh…
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The phantom of the opera is here inside your mind... at least it will be after this episode. Which will discuss the phenomenon that is the stage sensation, the Phantom of Opera and my favourite portrayals and why I love it. From your Opera Pharaoh and angel... oh and whatever you do leave box 5 empty…
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In this debut episode of "The Pharaoh of the Operah" i discuss Cleopatra the 7th, and why in my opinion she is one of, if not the best ruler that Egypt ever had!By Sigil Arts
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Welcome to the very first episode of "The Pharaoh of the Opera" with Aries Pharaoh. Look for the first episode this coming Saturday!By Sigil Arts
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The first series of Sound of the Hound wraps up with something a bit different: an interview with legendary Pink Floyd and Nick Drake producer Joe Boyd. Just like Fred, Joe is an American who moved to London in his twenties to establish an overseas office for a record company. And just like Fred, he became a recording pioneer. Immersing himself in …
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#8 James Hall on The Industry of Human Happiness
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Dave interviews James about his novel on the early days of recorded sound, The Industry of Human Happiness. James tells how he chanced upon the adventures of Fred Gaisberg and Sinkler Darby in the sleeve notes of a CD that he bought outside a concert, and how they inspired him to write a fictional account of those heady days of format wars, skuldug…
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It’s the spring of 1902. Italian tenor Enrico Caruso is due to sing in Covent Garden later in the year, and Fred and Will are still in Milan desperate to record him. Their plan – in what predates the now-ubiquitous music industry ‘360’ marketing deal by over 100 years – is to print the master discs onto shellac and release the records in London in …
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Fred and his brother William travel to Milan in 1902 with the aim of convincing opera superstar Enrico Caruso to record for them. However Caruso is busy and non-committal, so the men seek out other forms of sound to record while they wait for an answer. Aiming high, they approach the Pope to ask if he’d be up for recording something (as you would).…
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After the mixed success of the recording trip to Russia in 1900, it is a curious decision of Fred’s to return to the country the following year. But back he goes – twice – with a point to prove. Still waiting for that elusive breakthrough, The Gramophone Company has diversified into typewriters and Fred’s not happy. He needs good music, fast. He r…
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The first of two episodes following Fred on recording expeditions to Russia. In early 1900, with their bosses dissatisfied with what they’ve recorded to date, Fred and his colleague Sinker Darby are under pressure to find fascinating sounds. Their agents in St Petersburg, charged with finding singers and musicians, are useless and corrupt so Fred a…
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In the early days of recorded sound, no one can quite figure out the purpose of gramophones. Are they serious bits of kit for replicating music or are they toys? Should gramophone discs play music or comedy or something else entirely? One man trying to work out this conundrum is an American actor called Russell Hunting. An eccentric hustler, Huntin…
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#2 Syria Lamonte, the world’s first female recording star
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Just weeks after arriving in London, Fred makes the world’s first disc recording of a female singer outside of America. The lady’s name is Syria Lamonte and, according to Fred, she’s a barmaid in Rule’s restaurant, next to his studio on Maiden Lane. Lamonte – real name Sarah Cohen – is an Australian who arrived in London from Sydney in 1896. Her re…
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Summer 1898. Fred Gaisberg arrives in London to set up The Gramophone Company at the behest of his American boss Emile Berliner, who invented the flat-disc gramophone. Before Berliner, music only lasted for as long as the notes hung in the air. Now, Fred is under orders to commit as many artists as possible to disc. The recording technology is rudi…
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