Music
Whether you’re buying for audiophiles, clubbers or hip-hop fanatics, we’ve got ideas for you.
Looking for a music-related gift for a friend or loved one? Read on – we may have the perfect thing…
1. Popcaan air freshener
Perfect for: Proud owners of full dancehall back catalogues and fresh whips
Dancehall’s most lovable deejay never sounds better than when bumping from a beefed-up car stereo, windows down. Bring him along to oversee the car rave as his head bobs to the beat below the rear-view mirror.
2. NTS Beach Towel
Perfect for: Globe trotting low-key poseurs
Tees are too obvious. Dominic Cummings killed the tote. So how else to prove to the world how impeccably tasteful your listening habits are? A beach towel of course. This NTS beauty comes complete with a lounging leopard – the ultimate travel accessory.
3. Audio Gold gift voucher
Perfect for: Audiophiles
Audio Gold is an institution amongst the Brilliant Corners crowd. Head to this vintage speakers treasure trove in Alexandra Palace for the full specialist treatment. Staff will quiz you on everything from your musical tastes to your soft furnishings before finding you your perfect speakers.
4. Record cleaner set
Perfect for: Kim and Aggie levels vinyl hoarders
Whether it’s records, trainers of ceramic frogs, collectors all have one thing in common: obsessiveness. Nourish a vinyl junkie’s inner clean freak with this cleaning, stabilising and anti-static treatment – in stylish oh-so-techno minimalist packaging to boot.
5. New York Music Map Print
Perfect for: Your mate who has ridiculous music knowledge
The New York Music Map is a project by Kingdom Collective, in collaboration with music journalist Frank Broughton and illustrator Adam Hayes. It uses a map of New York’s five boroughs to paint the music history of the city via the artists that lived and worked there over the decades, spanning punk, hip-hop, disco, indie and jazz.
6. Rave On: Global Adventures in Dance Music
Perfect for: Veterans of the rave
Matthew Collin, author of Altered State - which told the story of acid house and rave culture in Britain - has written an ostensible follow up book on the current state of dance music. 30 years on from the “summer of love”, he travels the world to explore the modern world of rave and how it’s holding up since dance music hit the mainstream.
7. Art Record Covers
Perfect for: Those who never got over the classics
A book that celebrates over five decades worth of album covers made by artists, spanning more than 500 records. Displaying and unpicking album covers designed by artists that range from Salvador Dali to Raymond Pettibon, it looks to explore the creative relationship between artists and musicians.