Audio Research unveils new vacuum tube amplifier, the Reference 80S

BBC launches Soundscapes for Wellbeing, with archive of 33,000+ field recordings

Cambridge Audio unveils “flagship” digital-to-analogue converter, DacMagic 200M

DJ Marcelle mixes steelpan dancehall and experimental techno on new album

Tomoko Aran’s Japanese city pop album Fuyu-Kukan reissued

Alfa Mist explores his youth through jazz and hip-hop on Bring Backs

Experimental pop musician SOPHIE has died, aged 34

This week’s VF HQ Spotify playlist (29th January)

These are 100 UK independent record shop’s best selling vinyl albums in 2020

Helena Hauff and The Exaltics unleash “UFO electro techno stompers” on new EP

Haroon Mirza and Jack Jelfs unveil new video for ‘The Wave Epoch’

Listen to a Phil Asher tribute mix by Benji B