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Sound Bytes : Soundtracks – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Hauschka, Nils Frahm and Peter...
I’ve got a very special Sound Bytes entry for you… and this is not just some of the best in latest soundtracks – these are soundtracks produced by my favorite modern classical composers, a feat of...
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VIDEO PREMIERE : Julia Kent – Invitation To The Voyage
Julia Kent finally captured our hearts with her 2013 release on Leaf, titled Character. Be sure to read our in-depth review and Interview with Julia Kent. We are delighted to learn from Leaf about...
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Celer – How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I’ve...
Prolific ambient sound maker Will Long continues his streak with this four-part drone cycle. In light of its languid and patient pacing, it’s curious to me as to why Long applied such downtrodden...
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Roel Funcken – Lyra Vistro
W00t w00t! Another Headphone Commute mix! And this is #185 by my counts – has it really been this many? And was the last Roel Funcken contribution towards this podcast more than a year ago – the...
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Meditation on Time and Music
The following is a reprint of a short essay which I wrote for Kenneth Kirschner‘s Compressions & Rarefactions release on 12k. The essay appears in the booklet of the album, along with similar...
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Kenneth Kirschner – Compressions & Rarefactions (12k)
It is hard to find the right words for the music of Kenneth Kirschner, because it seems to defy all of the familiar concepts we have about music. If you’re not familiar with his name, you may want to...
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In the studio with Hauschka
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? I started composing music in the age of 12. The first piece that I...
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Decibel 2015 : Preview
Anyone who has attended Decibel knows the sense of anticipation and ramping-up that proceeds the Seattle, Washington electronic music and media festival. The annual event, taking place on September...
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AFTERWORDS : Mark Isham – The Beast (OST)
Just a few quick words on our new feature, before we dive in… AFTERWORDS is more of a retrospective, than a review, conceived by Will Long of the beloved Celer, inviting the reader to spend some time...
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Sound Bytes : offthesky, Hior Chronik, Wil Bolton and Ruhe
Happy Sunday, and welcome to yet another installment in our Sound Bytes series. Today we catch up with some recommendations from Stationary Travels, digging up the gems you may have missed this past...
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Cummi Flu – Z (Albumlabel / Shitkatapult)
Gloss over the abstract cut-up cover art or the single letter title of this album and you just might miss a treasure trove of sounds, stories and textures. But dig a little deeper and you’ll begin to...
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Triac – Days (Line)
Triac’s Days consists of a week (seven “days” or tracks) of pastoral ambience that starts as peacefully as it ends. Rossano Polidoro, formerly of the Italian minimal act TU M’, is the mastermind...
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The Black Dog – Neither/Neither (Dust Science)
Ken Downie and the Dust Brothers return as the leaner, meaner incarnation of The Black Dog. The project has really flourished in its renaissance, considering the entire Liber Dogma album and...
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Cole Pierce – Middle
So it has come to this… Days turn into weeks, weeks into few months, and months into those years. I take in one breath, and summer turns into autumn, reminding me that nature doesn’t wait, and time is...
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Slow Meadow – Slow Meadow (Hammock Music)
…that which slowly infiltrates us, which we bear away with us almost without noticing and encounter again in dreams… After putting out two exceptional ambient post rock albums as Aural Method, Matt...
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In the studio with Peter Gregson
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? I got into composing truthfully because we had to when I was at school....
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Max Richter – From Sleep (Deutsche Grammophon)
It is a piece that is meant to be listened to at night From a 7″ single, a 12″ EP, a vinyl LP to a compact disc, the physical format has always limited the maximum length of an album. But with the...
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Hidden Rivers – Where Moss Grows (Serein)
Hidden Rivers may be a new moniker for your collection, but I assure you it is not a new name to the scene. You see, Hidden Rivers is none other than Huw Roberts, a musician from Wales, the curator...
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Decibel 2015 : Wednesday
Archivist After the overwhelming inundation of quantity and diversity that was Decibel’s 10th Anniversary, the ensuing years have been seen a return to the festival’s established equilibrium. That’s...
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Svarte Greiner – Vapor (a Miasmah mix)
As winter approaches I find myself waking up to darker hours. There is something special about these early mornings, when the first rays of light are still deep asleep. It is only appropriate that I...
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