In the studio with Dag Rosenqvist
Lets start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? When I was young, like 15-16 or something, I started playing bass in a...
View ArticlePvC – Entropic
Welcome to another Headphone Commute podcast. You’re in for a treat! Peter van Cooten has been contributing countless reviews and mixes and there’s no sign of him slowing down! And that’s a great...
View ArticleManual – Azure Vista [2015 remaster] (Darla)
People always ask me what my favorite season is, and although I never say “summer” there’s no conceding that for me, and admittedly for most, some of my fondest memories come from the warm heart of...
View ArticleMysteryland 2015
On Sunday of the Memorial Day Weekend, I packed up my car, turned up the volume, and set off for a long drive from New York to Montreal. My mini music festival vacation was about to begin, but not...
View ArticleStrië – Struktura (Serein)
Iden Reinhart first appeared on the scene back in 2010, with her Sléptis debut on Soundscaping Records. I finally got a chance to properly cover Reinhart’s second release as Strië on Time Released...
View ArticleVIDEO PREMIERE : Slow Meadow
What is Slow Meadow? Would it be sufficient to say that Hammock is involved in the project, releasing this upcoming album on August 21st on Hammock Music as well as appearing on a few pieces of the...
View Article36 – Void Dance (3six)
Across the last couple of EPs, Dennis Huddleston’s project 36 has acquired a noticeable slant towards probing the conceptual devices around space travel and exploration: in Sun Riders (2014), and...
View ArticleInterview with 36
Hey Dennis, thanks so much for taking the time to answer some questions. How’s your summer faring so far, any plans? Right now, I’m in my summer-downtime mode. I don’t really work on new music during...
View ArticleCFCF – Radiance and Submission (Driftless)
CFCF is Montreal-based artist Michael Silver, an indie electronic producer who established himself as an inventive remixer before his musical debut in 2008. For those in the know, Silver has long been...
View ArticlePleq and Giulio Aldinucci – The Prelude To (The Long Story)
Collaboration borne of two artists sparking each other’s creativity is at the heart of The Prelude To, a new album by Pleq (Bartosz Dziadosz) and Giulio Aldinucci released on The Long Story Recording...
View ArticleVIDEO PREMIERE : Peter Gregson – Lost (Sono Luminus)
Sono Luminus is staying true to its word – the new era of modern classical music is coming! Having recently released a gorgeous collection of pieces by an Icelandic ensemble, Nordic Affect, the US...
View ArticleHC – Residuum Vol 2
After more than six months in the making, I am excited to present you with the second volume of my Residuum mix series, showcasing my favorite pieces in reductionist microsound and isolationist...
View ArticleInterview with Manual
Hey Jonas, thanks for taking some time out of your Summer to answer some questions, has it been a good one so far? Oh yes. It hasn’t been the most productive summer so far, but I’ve been spending a...
View ArticleUNDISCLOSED – 8B814C
Once again, I am extremely proud to present you with yet another installment in our UNDISCLOSED series. This one is difficult to market as well, because if I use all of the right words to compare this...
View ArticleMoon Ate the Dark – II (Sonic Pieces)
Once in a while, comes an album that becomes an instant hit… But instead of telling you about this gem right away, I seem to selfishly sit upon this album for months, savoring its givings, as if it...
View ArticleLeafcutter John – Resurrection (Desire Path)
I first encountered Leafcutter John (né John Burton) via his Microcontact release on Mike Paradinas’ Planet Mu label. That album came out some time ago in 2001, and his particular take on outer limits...
View ArticleSound Bytes : Meat Beat Manifesto, Blond:ish, Rrose, Lucy and Klock
Meat Beat Manifesto Kasm02 Kasm Jack Dangers delivers his best MBM material in some time in the second installment of Skam’s new sublabel Kasm. “Nocebo” is a steady four to the floor track, nice and...
View ArticleBenoît Pioulard – Sonnet (Kranky)
Thomas Meluch’s music under his Benoît Pioulard moniker is a lot like Meluch himself – soft-spoken, genial and tame. Meluch speaks only when spoken to, and even then, his words are often shy, blushing...
View ArticleStrië – Headphone Commute Mix
There is no foreground or background, only a continuity of interlacing relationships” – Lyonel Feininger. On today’s installment of your bi-weekly dose of music to commute to (whether you are...
View ArticleIn the studio with Benoît Pioulard
Lets start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? Technically it would have been the piano – I was started on lessons...
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