The holidays are coming up soon and you may be struggling to find gifts for the audiophiles or sonic enthusiasts in your life. We have a list of ideas that we think might be of some assistance to you!
Video Games
“Sound Shapes” is only available in Playstation Network, so you’ll need to gift your favorite gamer one of these so they can download it:
Sony Playstation Network Card [Online Game Code]
Lumines: Electronic Symphony – PS Vita
Books
The Universal Sense: How Hearing Shapes the Mind
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Tape Op: The Book About Creative Music Recording
The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World’s Wild Places
Listening to Noise and Silence: Towards a Philosophy of Sound Art
Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America
The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
The Recording Angel: Music, Records and Culture from Aristotle to Zappa, Second Edition
The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
Music
The Way Out
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968
Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label
DVD/Blu-Ray
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Electronics
Jawbone JAMBOX Wireless Bluetooth Speaker – Black Diamond – Retail Packaging
Vers Audio E101 Sound Isolation Earphones with Mic, Cherry
Zoom H4n Handy Portable Digital Recorder
Crosley CR8005A-OR Cruiser Portable Turntable
Crosley Solo Radio CR221 Black
Instruments
Bliptronic 5000 LED Synthesizer
Korg MONOTRON 16-Key Synthesizer
Moog Etherwave Build-Your-Own Theremin Kit
Odds and Ends