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In the early 1970s Jamaican dubmeisters supreme King Tubby and Lee “Scratch” Perry collaborated on an album called Blackboard Jungle wherein each mixed one channel of stereo down to what amounted to two separate mono mixes. It’s breathtakingly ingenious—not to mention a terribly elaborate and work intensive process—but it doesn’t hold a patch on what “easy listening” legend Juan Garcia Esquivel got up to a decade prior. He’d sometimes use an entire orchestra in each channel, the musicians sitting in adjoining recording studios… Have a listen to “Mucha Muchacha” from Esquivel’s 1962 album, Latin-Esque—this is some serious stuff, is it not? Mexico City-raised Esquivel was the primary creator of the sub-genre of easy listening that was retrospectively called “Space-Age Bachelor Pad Music” (a term coined by DM pal, artist/Subgenius Byron Werner). His innovative, idiosyncratic (and instantly recognizable) music made full use of the vast possibilities of the newfangled stereophonic soundscape—exotic instrumentation, quick-change dynamics, polyphonic percussion, ping-ponging sound effects—and the perfectionist composer, arranger and pianist created the sort of record albums that insured they were used to demonstrate the highest fidelity stereo equipment. Incredibly, he was an entirely self-taught...
An underground lair modelled on an exclusive nightclub lies below this riverside bachelor pad near Ghent, featuring a car lift and pool
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Man cave, manland, mantuary, or manspace — whatever you call it, chances are your home could use some help from the pros. Homepolish, a NYC-based home design firm with designers nationwide, recommends these easy ways to create an epic bachelor pad without spending a fortune.
Set within a 3.5 acre estate of oak groves in Montecito, California, lays a home almost entirely of glass. It allows the occupants to be comfortably inside while completely enveloped within nature. Built by Steve
Single life in Belgium looks rad.
The penthouse is located in Vancouver, more exactly in the South neighborhood of Yaletown. The place is absolutely a dream, with a 360 degree view of the
The swanky three-floor penthouse of the ClockTower building in DUMBO, Brooklyn offers spectacular views of New York's most iconic monuments, including the Statue of Liberty from the shower.
Image 7 of 20 from gallery of Yaletown Loft / Kelly Reynolds. Photograph by Chad Falkenberg
The swanky three-floor penthouse of the ClockTower building in DUMBO, Brooklyn offers spectacular views of New York's most iconic monuments, including the Statue of Liberty from the shower.
This striking contemporary bungalow was designed as a bachelor pad by Trickle Creek Designer Homes in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Get a sneak peek inside Kevin Sharkey's bachelor pad. Refinery29.com takes you inside the home of Kevin Sharkey to show off his bachelor pad design.
Decorating a bachelor pad can be really challenging for any of us, even if at first it doesn't seem to be so complicated. A bachelor pad should entirely
This striking contemporary bungalow was designed as a bachelor pad by Trickle Creek Designer Homes in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
An abandoned Spanish church built during the second half of the 16th century before undergoing a neoclassical remodel in the 18th century has been successfully
'Designing Home' focuses on Jewish designers, architects
St Leon 10 has been designed by Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects and Antoni Associates, situated in Bantry Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. This home was designed for a family with two young sons who
According to Trulia , the seven-bedroom, seven-bathroom home was initially listed for $6.495million, so Scott saved a staggering half-million dollars on the property.
Man cave, manland, mantuary, or manspace — whatever you call it, chances are your home could use some help from the pros. Homepolish, a NYC-based home design firm with designers nationwide, recommends these easy ways to create an epic bachelor pad without spending a fortune.
It's not everyday you come across a bachelor pad that defies all the standards. Located in Istanbul, Turkey, this penthouse loft was designed by Ofist, a
Two homes in Santa Monica — one pink and purple, the other pitch-black — have gone viral due to their clashing styles. What's the story behind the internet-famous abodes?
Nat Rothschild, a financier and scion of the wealthy and powerful Rothschild family, has put his West Village townhouse on the market for $17.5 million. The house is notable for being one of the...
We’re a bit disappointed it’s not in Notting Hill given its former resident, but that’s the only downside to Hugh Grant’s former home...
The celebrity actor just listed his pre-marriage to Demi Moore home on the market for a good cause -- and a nice profit.
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Transforming a 1960s apricot-brick unit into the perfect bachelor pad meant rethinking the space and adapting what was already there...
He just sold his angular, glassy, ludicrously baby-unfriendly Hollywood Hills house for about $10 million. She's listed her glamorous rambler for $4 million....
Manhattan designer James Huniford helped Howcast co-founder Jason Liebman create a serenely stylish refuge in the heart of the city
As Hugh Grant’s former home goes on the market, Julia Flynn wonders who next will be living the high life in one of London’s coolest rooftop apartments
Scott Disick might not have an actual job, but a little thing like that didn't stop Kourtney's ex from laying out $5.96 million on a ginormous 8,000-square-foot house just a couple of miles from his estranged baby mama. The house is stunning and surprisingly tasteful, and reportedly Disick got a great deal — talking the sellers down from their original asking price of nearly $6.5 million. See, Disick knows how to negotiate a bargain! TMZ is reporting that Disick chose to live in the Hidden Hills neighborhood — not just to be close to his three kids — but also because he's hoping to lean...
“A soulless bachelor pad on steroids” is how interior designer Yasmine Saleh Ghoniem describes what she discovered on her first visit to this address in Sydney’s Dover Heights.
This striking contemporary bungalow was designed as a bachelor pad by Trickle Creek Designer Homes in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
It's not everyday you come across a bachelor pad that defies all the standards. Located in Istanbul, Turkey, this penthouse loft was designed by Ofist, a
