… and darkness came – [COVID-19 CAMPAIGN]
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to keep this one short and simple. You know exactly what is happening right now. But did you know that for just one day [TODAY – Friday, March 20th], Bandcamp is waving its...
View ArticleMarcus Fjellström, Actress, and Rrose
One of the things I’m doing during these times is assigning myself the task of listening to at least one vinyl record per day. From beginning to end. No distractions or digital interruptions. In the...
View ArticleMichael Vallera – Hours
Label: Denovali Release: Window In Date: April 24, 2020 Bandcamp Tidal Spotify denovali.com/michaelvallera I’ve been listening to a lot of dark, deep, and experimental sounds throughout the years, but...
View ArticleClarice Jensen – Holy Mother
Label: 130701 Date: April 3rd, 2020 Mixed By: Francesco Donadello Mastered By: Rafael Anton Irisarri See Also: The experience of repetition as death Bandcamp Tidal Spotify claricejensen.com So I had a...
View ArticleAnalog Fetishes and Digital Futures – [Part 1]
Editor’s Note: This article has been written by Mike Berk and is republished on Headphone Commute with permission of the publisher, Caipirinha Productions / Cultures Of Resistance Network, which has...
View ArticleEverybody Loves a 303
Editor’s Note: This is part two of an article titled “Analog Fetishes and Digital Futures” written by Mike Berk from a fascinating book, Modulations, a History of Electronic Music, Throbbing Words on...
View ArticleIn the studio with Janus Rasmussen
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? I first seriously started working music when a good friend of mine...
View ArticleBen Lukas Boysen – Clarion
Label: Erased Tapes Release: Mirage Date: May 1, 2020 Mastered By: Zino Mikorey Artwork By: Studio Torsten Posselt Bandcamp Tidal Spotify erasedtapes.com Ben Lukas Boysen has been slowly evolving,...
View ArticleDag Rosenqvist – Fields
Released: March 2020 Mastered By: Andreas Görts Artwork By: Liam Frankland See Also: In the studio with Dag Rosenqvist If You Like: Rafael Anton Irisarri, Matthew Collings, and From The Mouth of The...
View ArticleSebastian Mullaert – Moonwaker
Label: Neue Meister Release: Natthall Date: September 18, 2020 Bandcamp Tidal Spotify neue-meister-music.com I’ve got a great one for you today, folks. If the name Sebastian Mullaert rings a bell, it’s...
View ArticleFrédéric D. Oberland, Deaf Center / Svarte Greiner, and Morton Subotnick
Staying true to my self-assigned task of playing a record per day [and writing about it in the process], I reach out towards my shelves and pull out a vinyl by Frédéric D. Oberland. This release is...
View ArticleThe Birth of Sampling
Editor’s Note: This is part three of an article titled “Analog Fetishes and Digital Futures” written by Mike Berk from a fascinating book, Modulations, a History of Electronic Music, Throbbing Words on...
View ArticleIn the studio with Sebastian Plano
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 piece of gear was a cello when I was 7 years old. My grandpa...
View ArticleDaniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini, Arovane, and Ida Toninato
Here’s a fascinating new offering from Erol Alkan’s London-based label called Phantasy Sound [home imprint for Daniel Avery], which has also been published by Mute. The album, titled Illusion Of Time,...
View ArticleMorgen Wurde ft. Georges-Emmanuel Schneider – Sah Voraus
Label: Off Rec. Release: Für Immer Date: April 10, 2020 Artwork By: Lawrence English Bandcamp Tidal Spotify In the past, I have always felt that I was talking to you, my invisible audience, through the...
View ArticleSlow Reels – Farewell Islands (Morr Music)
Label: Morr Music Released: March 2020 Artwork By: Julia Guther If You Like: William Basinski, Siavash Amini, Rafael Anton Irisarri, and Benoît Pioulard Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon I am pretty...
View ArticleBreakbeat Science
Editor’s Note: This is part four of an article titled “Analog Fetishes and Digital Futures” written by Mike Berk from a fascinating book, Modulations, a History of Electronic Music, Throbbing Words on...
View ArticleJóhann Jóhannsson, Dictaphone, and Black Devil
Jóhann Jóhannsson left us and this world in February of 2018, but his music is, of course, with us… always… A great example of such immortality is this album, released by Deutsche Grammophon in...
View ArticleHC – And Darkness Came (Rewind)
Download Mixcloud Podcast iTunes hcdi.gs/COVID-19 This mix was originally broadcast on Headphone Commute in December of 2012. It was created to promote the benefit compilation, under the same name, …...
View ArticleThe Ideal Setback – Anchor
Release: Anchor Date: April 17th, 2020 Bandcamp Tidal Spotify Amazon toddchappell.com/theidealsetback Today I’m premiering a title track from a self-released single by Todd Chappell, recording under...
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