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Sound Bytes : Goldmund, Christina Vantzou, and Paul Schütze
A few gold nuggets for you here, kids, before I disappear again for a short getaway to the south coast of Spain (Andalusia). Yeah, I know, all this travelling around Europe is really getting in the way...
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VIDEO PREMIERE : Deep Learning – Freedom Of Things
Another exclusive video premiere for you, folks. Do you like these? Do let me know! This one is courtesy of Richard Pike and his project Deep Learning (sometimes appearing as D E E P L E A R N I N G)...
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Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch – An Open Landscape
[Editor’s Note: The following words are by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch]. One of the catalysts to the composition on my new album Époques was a 2 weeks retreat in Suffolk last year, the change of...
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⟪ REW | FF ⟫ Abul Mogard, Shall Remain Nameless, and Yann Novak
In David Weir‘s screenplay for “Black Sun” episode of sci-fi series Space 1999, Moonbase Alpha is drawn into a Black Hole, and during the process, Commander Koenig realizes that “everything is...
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Interview with Luke Howard
Hey Luke, how are you and how is Australia? Hey Mike, I am well – it’s cold here, not European winter cold, but buildings aren’t as well insulated in Melbourne as over there. At least the sun is out...
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VIDEO PREMIERE : Jake Lowe – Sarah
I’m happy to bring you some good news this Friday morning, and today it’s the announcement of Évolène Lüthi‘s new Singles Series on the beloved Moderna Records. There are three records currently...
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Floex & Tom Hodge – A Portrait of John Doe (Mercury KX)
In the world of music, sometimes serendipity turns into collaboration and sometimes collaboration turns into a fruitful partnership. Such is the case with Floex (aka Tomas Dvorak) and Tom Hodge. Their...
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Interview with Christina Vantzou
Hello Christina, where are you these days and what have you been up to this past weekend? I was near Brussels visiting a friend this past weekend and we went to a Neolithic grave in a forest. I must...
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Yagya – Rigning (2018) (Delsin)
It’s raining. I drag myself out of bed onto the wet pavement for a daily headphone commute. The raindrops typewrite poems on my umbrella. Time to put on Yagya. After a certain point, I can’t tell if...
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VIDEO PREMIERE : Maxy Dutcher – Blocks
Montreal-based Moderna Records is busy scouring the world for music that is worthy of your time. In its new Singles Series, the label is showcasing new artists which, so far, have been very...
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Hotel Neon – Means of Knowing (Archives)
After more than a few successful releases on Home Normal and Fluid Audio, the trio of Andrew Tasselmyer, Michael Tasselmyer, and Steven Kemner, that makes up the project of Hotel Neon, selects the...
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Suumhow – Muuscle Mix 1
With Aphex Twin and Autechre back on the Warp radar, making the splash in the endless ocean of sound (some louder than others, may I add), we couldn’t resist turning the clock back to the days of IDM....
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Sound Bytes : ASC, Earth House Hold, and Adamo Golán
ASC Astral Projection Forget about keeping up with all new music, I can’t even keep up with a few favourite artists! Did I not just cover James Clements‘ release, Trans-Neptunian Objects, on his very...
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Ben Chatwin – Staccato Signals (Village Green)
Ben Chatwin has been mostly known under his Talvihorros name. With records dating back to 2008, his catalogue includes albums for hibernate, Textura, Denovali, Fluid Audio, and yes, even an appearance...
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Sound Bytes : Soundtracks by The Album Leaf, Deru, and Colin Stetson
It’s time to revisit some Original Motion Picture Soundtracks (often referred to as an “OST”) which have been lately on my rotations. I love this format (not a genre) that allows the composer to offer...
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Sound Bytes : Stray Theories, øjeRum and Polar Seas
Stray Theories All That Was Lost Stray Theories is a project by the Australian born and New Zealand-based composer, Micah Templeton-Wolfe. Previously appearing on these pages back in 2014 with Those...
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Murcof – The Versailles Sessions (Leaf)
Ten years of writing means ten years of content, right? I’ve got a few more surprises on the way for the readers of Headphone Commute, but for now, let’s have some fun with a Flashback Friday entry,...
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Autechre – NTS Sessions (Warp)
The prolific and often elusive duo of Sean Booth and Rob Brown are back with another album as Autechre. And to be honest, I’m not even sure if we can call this one “an album”. Consisting of four...
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Proem – Modern Rope (self)
Checking in with some of my past favourites I discover the latest release by Richard Bailey, a Philadelphia based electronic musician, whom I’ve been following since the early days of IDM under his...
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TRACK PREMIERE : Dmitry Evgrafov – The Waves
A striking intimacy and delicate beauty permeates the stratosphere of luminous piano tones and minimal instrumentation… a vivid sense of solitude and quiet bliss pours from the gorgeous...
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