Regina Spektor: Becoming All Alone

Accompanying the announcement of Regina Spektor’s eighth album, Home, before and after, out 24 June, the lead single “Becoming All Alone” begins beautifully then blossoms into a grand, orchestral soundscape that buoys the singer’s compelling vocals. Spektor recorded the album, which she co-produced with John Congleton, in Upstate New York. She’ll soon embark on a tour to support it.

Quiet Dawn feat. Oliver Night: Change Must Come

Parisian multi-instrumentalist and producer Quiet Dawn (aka Will Galland) taps London-based DJ, producer and singer Oliver Night for his laidback, soulful vocals on the jazzy “Change Must Come.” The vibrant song—replete with a funk-inflected groove and upbeat energy—appears on Galland’s just-released six-track EP Movements, out on First Word Records.

Designing the Sonus Faber Omnia Speaker System

With two trademarked technologies, this sophisticated device marries digital and organic elements within one elevated object

Italian speaker manufacturer Sonus Faber has been hand-making audio equipment for over 40 years and their very first speaker, called the Snail, was an all-in-one unit. The pioneering brand made a second iteration of the Snail in 2016, but the Omnia wireless speaker system—launching today—marks a new phase for a company that’s mostly been for serious audiophiles. We tested the Omnia in advance of the …