Atlas Gouverneur

I started building loudspeakers more than fifteen years ago. What fascinated me was the way music could make you feel something, and how much the loudspeaker could change or intensify that feeling.

I began noticing that certain characteristics of a speaker changed the effect music had on me. What made it really interesting was discovering that many of those differences could be measured. Something that initially felt completely subjective could often be traced back to something physical. Something the speaker was actually doing.

That connection between listening and engineering is what kept me building speakers. You hear something, measure it, change it, then listen again. After fifteen years, that process still hasn't really changed.

Over time I became just as interested in the physical object. Loudspeakers are unusual pieces of engineering because they also live in our homes, bars, hotels and studios, often right in the middle of the room. I never understood why so much audio equipment was designed to disappear.

Atlas grew out of those two interests. Making loudspeakers that bring you closer to the music, and making objects with enough character to have a presence of their own.

Today the work ranges from loudspeakers for the home to complete systems for hotels, restaurants, shops, events and cultural spaces. I also work with architects, designers, artists and musicians on one off projects, often starting with a particular room or an idea for something that doesn't exist yet.

I design, engineer, prototype and build the loudspeakers myself in Sydney. When a project needs a process I don't do in house, I work with specialist manufacturers. There is still a lot of building, measuring, listening, changing things and listening again.

I live and work in Bondi, Australia.