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Strike MultiPad

Percussion lovers rejoice, the new Strike MultiPad by Alesis is an incredibly capable and versatile device that far surpasses the performance and creative potential of any previous electronic drum pad. The Strike MultiPad is the most powerful percussion pad on the market, and as well as performing electronic percussion duties, it can sample, edit a...read more

Mighty Vibe Spotify Player

Mighty returns with a redesigned version of their offline Spotify player. The little device that plays your Spotify music on-the-go without a phone has been upgraded with a bigger battery and more reliable Bluetooth. Dubbed the "iPod shuffle for Spotify”, the Mighty Vibe has enough built-in storage for more than 1000 songs, and once they are loaded...read more

Orbit Turntable

Based in Massachusetts, U-Turn Audio is a startup making high-end audio accessible to more people. They make straightforward and elegant belt driven record players for the vinyl enthusiast, all you have to do is turn it on and lower the stylus. Known for its traditional yet modern look, the Orbit Turntable is becoming a timeless design, it is avail...read more

Wrensilva x Sonos Loft Record Console

Wrensilva has been cranking out gorgeous home audio consoles for some time now, they have now created an exclusive reimagining of their popular record console for the Sonos home. This interesting proposition offers some new tricks along with a greatly designed piece and excellent craftsmanship finish, designed and built in the USA. The elegant blen...read more

Roland GoMixer Pro

Roland have a new version of their popular palm-sized audio mixer, a little USB-powered device that lets you hook up your whole band’s instruments to your iPhone, and record them. The new GoMixer Pro can now handle up to nine instruments at one time, including powered mics, guitars, basses and other line-level instruments. Simply plug in, set the v...read more

Oddball Drum Machine

Oddball is a drum machine you can bounce off walls to make beats! Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Oddball is a drum machine encased in a bouncy ball you can throw at any surface. The ball behaves as the percussion trigger, and sensors inside translate noise via Bluetooth to a dedicated app. The harder you bounce it the more intense the sound...read more

Touche Expressive Instrument

The awesome Touche by Expressive E, is a compact, innovative expression controller designed for use with synthesizers, and allows you to control your sounds in ways you have never seen before. The versatile device features a highly sensitive mahogany surface that lets you change the sound of your synthesizers using simple gestures. Use soft or hard...read more

HRDL Vinyl Table

Founded by designer Stian Herdal, HRDL is a small company founded in Norway in 2015, with the intention of creating some modern-day midcentury modern pieces like this one. This stunning mid-century modern inspired record player cabinet is beautifully crafted out of Valchromat and oak, with a gorgeous tambour door with space for an amplifier, along ...read more

Spire Studio

Spire is a portable, one-touch, professional-quality recording studio for artists to capture their ideas whenever inspiration strikes. The sleek device lets you record studio-quality sound without the hassle of cables, and instantly edit, mix, and share your recorded songs via a built-in Wi-Fi connection. The powerful multi-track recorder is contro...read more

Symbol Audio Modern Record Player

Symbol Audio are a New York company that design and handcraft modern audio & entertainment consoles and vinyl LP storage cabinets. Their latest offering is the beautifully designed Modern Record Player, clearly inspired by the work of audio design pioneer Dieter Rams. Although it looks like something from the past, the record player lives up to...read more

Roli Songmaker Kit

Digital instrument maker Roli have announced the Songmaker Kit, a portable music studio for creating a track anywhere. The compact kit includes three of the company´s touch-enabled controllers, the Seaboard Block, the Lightpad and the Loop. The first two are both cutting-edge controllers, while the Loop Block records tracks and toggles between soun...read more

Roland Kiyola Piano

Roland, renown manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, have reinvented the piano as a beautiful piece of modern furniture. The Roland Kiyola Piano has a design inspired by Scandinavian furniture, and is handcrafted in Japan from all-natural oak wood. Unlike most digital pianos and keyboards, the instrument is slim and elegant, ideal for sma...read more

Wrensilva Sonos Edition Console

Wrensilva has been cranking out gorgeous home audio consoles for some time now, their latest offering is the ultimate HiFi record console for Sonos homes. The stunning Wrensilva Sonos Edition Console is an elegant blending of the past and the future, it offers music lovers a refined HiFi solution that seamlessly integrates the best of record consol...read more

Seaboard Block

Seaboard is an award winning music keyboard by Roli that´s taking musical expression to another level. Now the brand have presented the Seabord Block, a smaller more compact version of the bigger and more expensive Seaboard Rise. The Seaboard Block is intended to fit into a backpack and play music with synth apps running on your smartphone, it is e...read more

Wrensilva Loft Record Console

The stunning Loft Record Console by Wrensilva aims to become an added value option on the rekindling vinyl niche. This interesting proposition offers some new tricks along with a greatly designed piece and excellent craftsmanship finish, designed and built in the USA. You get 300 watts per channel amplifier, a state-of-the art turntable that is set...read more

Wheel Turntable

The Wheel Turntable is a record player that is simple, clean, and easy to use. The minimal record player has no buttons, just a centre stick that controls all the functions (on and off, headphone volume, and skip tracks). To keep things clean, everything is built into the platter, the belt drive, the linear tonearm, the amplifiers, and all technolo...read more

Voxarray 61 Synthesizer

The stunning Voxarray 61 is a tribute to synthesizers from the 70s. Created by Love Hulten, a Swedish studio, this ”DIY modular synthesizer” has a clamshell construction, with the top lid housing a variety of analog and digital modules that can be connected using patch cords. To use external devices, simply patch them through the matrix. Add the cu...read more

March 2019 Essentials

We are back again this month with a roundup of products that caught out attention. We are constantly on the prowl for the coolest stuff, travel essentials for life on the road, new smooth and stylish fashion pieces, new adventure ready gear, new tech stuff and accessories for your everyday carry. Here are a just few of our favorites for this month....

March 2019 Finds On Amazon

Once again we are here to help you find the best products on Amazon. This month we have found some more cool, beautiful and functional products buried deep in Amazon´s massive catalog. We showcase a list of products that caught our attention, either for their great discount price, for their great customer ratings, or simply because they are pretty goddamn awesome. Product details below....

April 2019 Finds On Huckberry

Once again we have teamed up with our good friends at Huckberry to update our custom, curated BTS Shop. We have picked the most exciting fresh deals this month, with some great opportunities to get your hands on the coolest apparel and travel gear for an active lifestyle and outdoor adventures. Check out our new curated list of some of the coolest products and dea...