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Orangewarrior – HALFTIME FOOTWORK JUNGLE MAYHEM
It’s that time of the year, kids, when we invite our favourite Halloween ghost and ghoul to wreck some mayhem on our ears. Headphone Commute is more than just all ambient and piano for the road –...
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⟪ REW | FF ⟫ Ian Hawgood, Michael Vallera and Liars
At this point, there’s honestly no rhyme or thought or reason behind the path of my arrival at these sounds. It simply “just happens”. The promos keep pouring in, the packages pile up, the emails left...
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TRACK PREMIERE : Tom Hodge & Franz Kirmann – The Man Behind The Microphone...
Tom Hodge & Franz Kirmann pair up once more to work on a gorgeous soundtrack for a documentary about the most popular musical star in Tunisian history. Being a work about a man and his music, the...
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Chilly Gonzales – Solo Piano III (Gentle Threat)
Canadian Grammy-winning pianist, multi-genre composer, and a self-proclaimed “musical genius”, Jason Charles Beck, somehow retains the audience all on his own, with his cult-following of loyal fans...
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VIDEO PREMIERE : Patrick Jonsson – Yrsnö
There are times when music is enough. When the visual support does not improve the story I’ve made up, but actually subtracts. This is why I’m often wary of the videos – they put a certain image in my...
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James Murray – Falling Backwards (Home Normal)
Music expresses that which cannot be said, and on which it is impossible to be silent.” -Victor Hugo The essence of James Murray‘s latest album for Home Normal is captured in its title track. The vast...
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RECITAL : Fennesz * Sakamoto – Cendre (Touch)
Sometimes a piece of music needs to age. Sometimes it takes ten years for its vintage to open up and share its beauty with the world. This is the case for Cendre, an album which I first reviewed in...
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⟪ REW | FF ⟫ Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones, Varg, and Chevel
Sinjin Hawke & Zora Jones Vicious Circles It’s pretty easy to get stuck on a single genre – especially these days when the scene seems to be endlessly releasing new albums through the vast network...
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Laima Lisauskienė – Dimensions
Bringing you a fresh perspective on a sound that you already love is this gorgeous selection from Laima Lisauskienė, a super secret gem of a finding that I dug out for you from the depths of the...
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VIDEO PREMIERE : Hammock – We Watched You Disappear
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift” -Mary Oliver I’ve noticed a new pattern in the last couple of years. Music videos became...
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Deru – Torn In Two (Friends of Friends)
They burn, they bleed, they hold their young, they get swallowed by the waves. Humans are absent. The world independent of us, without us. Humanity at a crossroads. I love following the evolution of...
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Deru : I’ll show you mine…
How many records would you say are in your collection? Probably 500-700. Do you consider yourself a ‘collector’? I’ve never had the personality of a collector. I’m either drawn to the albums because I...
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⟪ REW | FF ⟫ Ebauche, Lingua Lustra, Silent Vigils
Ebauche Mutable Alex Leonard is an Irish electronic musician (now based in Berlin), producing under his Ebauche moniker. His latest release, Mutable, is an introduction to my ears of his work, and...
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RECITAL : The Future Sound Of London – Dead Cities
I have killed a man. A man who looked like me.” My latest effort of composing this RECITAL column is like a double-warping spiral into the past. First, it’s a ten-year dive into the articles I’ve...
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Richard Devine – Sort\Lave (Timesig)
Guess what? Autechre secretly uploaded over 13 hours of video on YouTube! And guess what? I don’t care! Look, it’s not that I’m not a fan, but with the elseq 1-5, NTS Sessions, and literally hours...
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TRACK PREMIERE : Snorri Hallgrímsson –…og Minning Þín Rís Hægt (Peter Gregson...
Earlier this year, Icelandic composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Snorri Hallgrímsson released his debut album on Moderna, titled Orbit. I’ve spent more than just a few hours with this...
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Sound Bytes : Dronarivm Special
Illuminations II Moscow based Dronarivm label, run by Dmitry Taldykin, with a curating help from Bartosz Dziadosz (aka Pleq) continues to share its love for everything ambient, with a solid roster of...
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Eraldo Bernocchi – A Map of Memories
Headphone Commute podcast has been going pretty strong. It’s constant and steady, like a flow of these sounds by Eraldo Bernocchi currently streaming out in my room. It’s been over 10 years of these...
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Sound Bytes : Giulio Aldinucci, Janek Schaefer, and Andrew Heath
Giulio Aldinucci Disappearing In A Mirror Apart from his various collaboration and split releases, Disappearing In A Mirror is Giulio Aldinucci‘s follow-up to 2017’s Borders and Ruins, and it is his...
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RECITAL : Boards of Canada – Geogaddi
As another year is winding down to an end (or is it just at the beginning), I find myself uncovering the music of my past. Without a doubt, on many shelves, in many sleeves, there are the records from...
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