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Interview with Hammock
[Editor's Note: All answers for Hammock are furnished by the two members, Andrew Thompson (AT) and Marc Byrd (MB).] HC- Hi guys. It’s been a year since we last spoke (can you believe it?). What have...
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Decibel X : Day Four and Five
For some bizarre and unknown reason I always have difficulties covering the end of any festival. It is especially exhausting to gather all of my thoughts during the final few days of a sonic...
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Richard Chartier – Interior Field (Line)
The most notable thing about Richard Chartier’s latest is that it starts with so many organic sounds. The naturalism is startling, given his repertoire often focusing on severe, digital minimalism....
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Nebulo – Castles Mix
Exactly a year ago, Thomas Pujols released his fifth full-length as Nebulo. The album’s launch was celebrated with an exclusive mix, Cardiac Mixtape, on Headphone Commute’s podcast. Today we seem to...
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The Seaman And The Tattered Sail – Light Folds (Facture)
The latest Facture release, and only eighth in its catalog, is a monumental body of work, spanning over 9 hours of music! It took me a while to consume this collection, and I just attempted going...
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Interview with Eluvium
Hey Matthew. How is your summer/fall going? Doing anything fun before it’s over? i’ve had a lovely summer [and fall] – the weather has been just gorgeous. as far as doing fun things – i was able to...
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Ryuichi Sakamoto + Taylor Deupree – Disappearance (12k)
After a three day silent retreat I return to the world. But before I dive in, I decide to set aside some time for a quiet morning. Perhaps I’ll sit on the pier looking at New York skyline for just a...
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Sound Bytes : Gui Boratto, Marcel Fengler, Marcel Dettman and Holden
Gui Boratto The K2 Chapter K2 / Kompakt Gui Boratto had been pumping out music for a little while before he connected with Kompakt and the kick-off of their K2 imprint, but it was on one of those K2...
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Oneohtrix Point Never – R Plus Seven (Warp)
Daniel Lopatin migrates his Oneohtrix Point Never alias to Warp for this ninth (!) full-length album of electronic curiosities, and it’s a smart move. As his sound continues to shift focus and...
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Interview with Steve Elkins
Steve Elkins is a former private investigator, drummer for The Autumns, and author of “The Grammar Of Fire,” his true recount of being asked to lead a riot in the largest slum in India. He is...
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The Field – Cupid’s Head (Kompakt)
For the past six years, whenever a new record by Axel Willner hits the streets, I usually approach it in the most reserved and skeptic way. “Oh, here we go again,” I’m thinking, “an hour of the same...
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Interview with Chris Watson
Chris Watson is one of the world’s leading recorders of wildlife and natural phenomena. He has been releasing his archival works on Touch since 1996. Among the many favorites, Headphone Commute has...
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Sound Bytes : Flaming Pines Label Special : Kate Carr, Nektarios Manaras,...
Kate Carr Songs From A Cold Place I think that it’s only appropriate, that I start my Flaming Pines Sound Bytes Special with a release by the founder of the label herself, Kate Carr. I’ve been...
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infinite scale – theartofwriting
Harmi Palda has been composing and releasing music since 2005. Those familiar with his sound have no doubt became fans after his Ad Infinitum album on Rednetic Recordings in 2009. Recently, Palda has...
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Tim Hecker and Revisited Tragedy
Nothing that is past is an object of choice. No one chooses to have sacked Troy; for no one deliberates about the past, but about what is future and contingent, while what is past is not capable of...
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Black Swan – Redemption (Ethereal Symphony)
Who needs all hallows’ eve when you could feel the tremor every moment? Thanks to the mischievous mind of Black Swan, that certain type of fear comes in the form of music. But I don’t want to paint a...
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Machinedrum – Vapor City (Ninja Tune)
Travis Stewart’s follow-up to his stunning 2011 album Room(s) (Planet Mu, 2011) has taken some time to win me over. One reason it’s taken time to take hold of me is that Room(s) really wowed me in...
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Drip.fm
The channels of digital distribution continue to grow and evolve. I’m not going to spend time attempting to cover the entire history of this evolution. Warp Records’ bleep.com, Boomkat’s 14tracks.com,...
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The Stranger – Watching Dead Empires In Decay (Modern Love)
Listen… You could almost hear them walking on your grave… Bodies dragged across the future, smeared with blood and empty dreams… Listen… You could almost hear them screaming… Suffocating in the world...
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Vatican Shadow – Remember Your Black Day (Hospital Productions)
Dominick Fernow seemed to appear out of nowhere. Like an obscure stalker lurking in the underground quasi-government, veiled in secrets, sinfulness and crime, Fernow creates sinister passages out of...
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