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Joshua Sabin – Terminus Drift (Subtext)

Sirens reverberating through station tunnels, fluctuating harmonics of subway engines, echoing tannoy systems, piercing screams of electromagnetic fields… Subtext is a very interesting, diverse and...

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In the studio with Echaskech

Let’s start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? ANDY: There are three key things. The first was Jean Michel Jarre...

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Lambert – Excess (Dauw)

Lambert’s music is human. It begins with soft piano keys and it ends somewhere in your heart, as you drift with emotion expressed through this fairly simple (yet ultimately complex) instrument. Barely...

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Clocolan – Nothing Left To Abandon (En:peg)

From the very first track, Clocolan sounds a lot like the Boards of Canada reincarnation. I’d like to clarify that observation and color that statement with a very positive connotation — I haven’t...

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Roel Funcken – Isotope Cobalt (Part 4)

This morning I find myself sitting in a nearly bare office, which was once the headquarters of Headphone Commute for the last five years, as I prepare to depart this country and move on to London,...

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In the studio with F. S. Blumm

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 have an older brother. When I was around 10 years old we were into...

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OKADA – Floating Away From The World (n5MD)

Somewhere in the rainy Seattle, Gregory Pappas weaves incredibly melancholic passages, that seem to go on forever, exactly the way that I prefer them to be. Perhaps my very own current mood is a...

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James Murray – Eyes to the Height (Ultimae)

It’s really strange to live without one’s belongings. Ever since I move to London, I’ve been dwelling in my temporary housing with just the bare essentials. And now I begin to question what exactly do...

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Alex Kozobolis – Weightless (Futuresequence / 1631)

In the past year, the newly formed 1631 Recordings curated by David Wenngren of Library Tapes and Mattias Nilsson of Kning Disk imprint, brought us nearly two dozen solo piano, modern classical and...

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Bruno Sanfilippo – Piano Textures 4 (AD21 Music) + VIDEO PREMIERE!

Bruno Sanfilippo‘s fourth volume in his Piano Textures series came out in early December, and although that may have been a bit too late for many other Best of the Year lists, it nevertheless made it...

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VIDEO PREMIERE : Marco Caricola – Libeccio – Piano Cloud Series Volume Three...

Our Piano Day celebration continues with an exclusive video première for Marco Caricola‘s track, titled “Libeccio” taken off a newly released compilation (which also came out on Piano day, March 29th)...

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VIDEO PREMIERE : Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch – Six Of Swords (FatCat)

And I’ve got yet another video premiere for you, in celebration of Piano Day, and perhaps even Piano Week, as there are numerous musical events and activities all around the world centered around my...

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Hakobune – In Arboreal Whispering (Constellation Tatsu)

Look, I’m not even sure why I’m in love with ambient music any longer. I think at one point I attributed these sounds to relaxation, perhaps as a tool to focus and clear one’s mind, or maybe even due...

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Grischa Lichtenberger – Spielraum | Allgegenwart | Strahlung (Raster-Noton)

When it comes down to abstract, experimental, and glitch genres, I find that there may be a thin line between some concrete architectural structures and semi-random, generative, synthetically evolving...

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VIDEO PREMIERE : Datacode – Wraithmachine (Roel Funcken Rework)

There are simply times when words do not capture the sound. It displaces the air from the tiny speakers in my headphones and enters my brain, like a virus with a sickness. It infects my inner process...

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In the studio with Christian Löffler

Let’s start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? At the very first beginning, there was a good friend of mine playing...

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QGCrou –…and winter came

And we are back, with our first official mix, podcasting from London! I’ve been sitting on this one for a while now, mostly through the entire winter – sorry, kids! But when you hear it, you will know...

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Elegi – Bånsull (Dronarivm)

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity” – Edgar Allan Poe I have this fascination with spooky sounds – something that I’ve in the past dubbed “noir-fi” – a soundtrack to a black and...

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VIDEO PREMIERE : Fabrizio Paterlini – Making of “Secret Book”

Fabrizio Paterlini is an Italian composer, gaining our recognition with his elegant modern classical and solo piano works. Secret Book is his latest release, on which Paterlini continues to explore...

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Sound Bytes : Francis M. Gri, Architectural, Cinema Perdu, and Aidan Baker /...

Francis M. Gri Flow KrysaliSound Here is an interesting surprise from a Swiss-born, Italian-based Francis M. Gri, self-released on his very own, KrysaliSound imprint, reserved for output by his...

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