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⟪ REW | FF ⟫ Edit Select, Robert Lippok and Ross From Friends
Edit Select Cyclical Undulations Those of you who are not familiar with Soma Quality Recordings need only to know that some of my favourite pieces from DeepChord, The Black Dog and Vector Lovers have...
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TRACK PREMIERE : Matt Emery – I Put A Flame In Your Heart (Vessels Remix)
[…] a wave of 8 pianos meandering through the piece in a wistful and atmospheric mood…” London-based Matt Emery is mostly known for his solo piano pieces, which are delicate, nostalgic, and a little...
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VIDEO PREMIERE : Ben Chatwin – Knots
Instead of rushing to cover the latest and the greatest, I feel like spending more time with music that I love. Remember the days when our favourite albums used to keep us happy for more than a year...
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Squarepusher – Just A Souvenir (Warp)
[…] a daydream about watching a crazy, beautiful rock band play an ultra-gig…” Keeping up with my promise of bringing back the music which still sounds as fresh today as it did a decade ago here’s...
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Patrick Jonsson – Suddenly We Looked Like Giants (Phases)
It takes just one listen to recognize how good this record really is, and then it takes another two or three plays to dig into its depths, to hear the familiar motifs, and to truly fall in love. And...
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Sound Bytes : Resina, Julia Kent and Jean D.L., and Aaron Martin
Resina Traces Karolina Rec‘s second album as her alter ego, Resina, is out on 130701 after her critically acclaimed self-titled début, back in 2016. This time, this Polish cellist explores her world...
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Sound Bytes : Ocoeur, In The Branches + Bluetech, and Answer Code Request
Ocoeur Inner If you’re not familiar with Ocoeur, I highly recommend you check him out, and you have some catching up to do. Go back to 2013 and begin with Light As A Feather, then move on to A...
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TRACK PREMIERE : Cameron Brooks – Final Solace
[…] a deep and piercing emotive sound…” As some of my favourite modern classical and solo piano composers have evolved and moved on to developing themselves and discovering new challenges in work for...
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Ital Tek – Bodied (Planet Mu)
At some point in the last couple of years, the music stopped being just “cinematic” and became the cinema itself. That is to say, it became kinetic, the source of movement through sound. Perhaps a...
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PvC – James & Anne
We’ve got something very, very special for you today, folks! A collaboration of forces between three separate entities, Headphone Commute, Ambientblog, and Slowcraft Records, are proud to present a...
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In the studio with Ital Tek
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? My first electric guitar was what kicked everything off for me. Whilst...
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TRACK PREMIERE : Arovane – Good Bye Forever (Recomposed by Mike Lazarev)
I’ll keep this one short and sweet… “Good Bye Forever” is one of my favourite tracks from one of my all-time favourite albums, Lilies, released by Arovane on City Centre Offices in 2004. This short...
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Helios – Veriditas (Ghostly)
Viriditas is a word meaning vitality, fecundity, lushness, verdure, or growth. It is particularly associated with abbess Hildegard von Bingen, who used it to refer to or symbolize spiritual and...
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Interview with Helios
Hello Keith, hope you’re doing well… What have you been up to this past weekend? I generally spend my weekends doing family stuff and trying (but generally failing) to fix multiple things around the...
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Jóhann Jóhannsson – Fordlandia (4AD)
Fordlandia brings together the soaring grandeur of its predecessor […] moving between heady, melting cadences and crystalline motifs with gorgeous, dreamlike logic. This coverage of the late Jóhann...
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Interview with Brock Van Wey on Earth House Hold (Part One)
Hey Brock, how are you? I heard you moved back to China. Can you talk about that decision? Hey back at ya. I’m good. You are correct indeed, I have moved back. The decision came about, ironically, by...
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Interview with Brock Van Wey on Earth House Hold (Part Two)
Editor’s Note: This is a continuation of Part One Interview with Brock Van Wey The titles of Never Forget Us read like a poem. Can you please share some thoughts behind those words? I tend to not go...
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Murcof – Lost In Time (Glacial Movements)
Lost in Time plunges us into perpetual renewal, each ending leading to a new beginning.” Lost In Time is a pretty exciting new offering, from one of my all time favorite cinesonic producers, Fernando...
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TRACK PREMIERE : Frédéric D. Oberland – E Quindi Uscimmo A Riveder Le Stelle
[…] a cocoon whose ascending and cyclical pulsations intoxicate us, as if under a hypnosis…” “E Quindi Uscimmo A Riveder Le Stelle” is the very last piece on a six-track release by Frédéric D....
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Ólafur Arnalds – re:member (Mercury KX)
It takes only one listen through the latest album by Ólafur Arnalds to truly appreciate just how beautiful it is – mine was at an album playback event on an amazing custom sound system at Spiritland...
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