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Bernard Parmegiani – De Natura Sonorum (Recollection GRM)
In memory of Bernard Parmegiani, who sadly passed away on November 22, 2013 This 1975 opus by French composer Bernard Parmegiani is startlingly ahead of its time, even today, nearly 40 years later....
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Hammock – Oblivion Hymns (Hammock Music)
ANNOUNCEMENT : Join us TODAY (December 6th) at 12:00 (EST) for a LIVE CHAT with Hammock in Headphone Commute’s Soundrop Room on Spotify here http://bit.ly/soundropHC Here is another wonderful record...
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James Murray – Like Secrets
It’s been more than a few weeks since I really listened to music. I mean it. First a long beach vacation kept me decompressing to the sound of the waves. Then, a nasty flu swept me off my feet and had...
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A year since … and darkness came
Dear friends, Last year, when Hurricane Sandy drove me out for a week, I couldn’t help but appreciate how fortunate I was to be able to return to an intact home with heat and electricity, knowing full...
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Tim Hecker – Virgins (Kranky)
The first thing by which I’m struck on Tim Hecker’s latest outing is how much his real-time collaborations with Daniel Lopatin seemed to have affected his process. Virgins is certainly his most...
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Interview with Pleq
Hey Bartosz. It’s been a while since we spoke. Three whole years I believe! You’ve definitely been very busy. Care to share your most recent accomplishments? Hi, yes, we haven’t spoken for quite a...
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Olan Mill – Hiraeth (Preservation)
Australia’s Preservation imprint has long been in the “business” of releasing beautiful works of ambient and modern classical pieces, which I always consume. Taking a quick glance at its catalog...
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Interview with Richard Chartier
Hi Richard. We last spoke more than a year ago, when you unleashed the Pinkcourtesyphone project. What have you been up to since then? Well my husband and I moved to Los Angeles and I have continued...
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Pleq – 15 Shades of White – a sampler mix
Well, it’s almost the end of the year, and the Christmas bells seem to countdown things we loved and will leave behind. The Best of 2013 lists begin to flood the intarwebs, but there is still a whole...
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Schiller – Opus (Panorama / Universal)
From classical era composers, such as Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Schumann to early electronic experiments by the likes of Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gottfried Koenig, and Klaus Schulze, Germany...
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DJ Hidden – Enclosed (Ad Noiseam)
I was polishing off my Best of 2013 selections (which, by the way, are going live starting January 1st), and noticed that I haven’t listened to much of dark drill’n'bass and breakcore this year. In...
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Optic Echo Presents – Best Vinyl of 2013
By now, Mike Jedlicka’s Optic Echo Presents mix is an annual tradition. As the year wounds down to the end, so does the music that has graced our ears. For the third consecutive year, we are proud to...
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2013 : A Year In Review
And just like that, another year has gone by… This one seemed particularly like a rapid passing, even though each one appears to hasten all the time. This was the sixth year of Headphone Commute’s...
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Headphone Commute’s Best of 2013 : Music For The Film Behind Closed Eyelids
In this first installment of Headphone Commute’s Best of 2013, I gather my favorite selections of the year, consisting of music that simply makes you feel. The albums in this list should simply be...
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Headphone Commute’s Best of 2013 : Music For Bending Light And Stopping Time
Sit down. Stop thinking for a while. That thought? Let it go. Let it all go. Call it meditation, call it concentration, call it what you will, but let it go. That thought? Be above it and let it pass....
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Headphone Commute’s Best of 2013 : Music For Awakened Spirits And Open Minds
After spending an entire night dancing at an outdoor festival, I wake up in my tent, drenched in morning dew and sound. The music never stopped playing, but it has slowed down in pace. As the sound...
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Headphone Commute’s Best of 2013 : Music For Crawling Through Abandoned Cities
Abandoned places and desolate spaces, covered with rain, snow and ash, wrapped in a blanket of white noise and pulsating bass, somewhat metallic, chilly and wet. These are the images for these sounds...
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Headphone Commute’s Best of 2013 : Music For Withered Leaves And Lonely...
Something warm and crispy is tickling the inside of my ear canal. It travels through my cochlear labyrinth, where the sensory hair cells sway with the vibrations and generate electric signals, which in...
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Headphone Commute’s Best of 2013 : Music For Long Car Rides With My Family...
My family and friends have long time given up. And even though I listen to everything from beautiful piano music to gorgeous post-rock instrumentals, they seem to think that I like “nails on the...
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Headphone Commute’s Best of 2013 : Music For Walking And Not Crying In The...
Have you ever walked in the autumn rain? Just like the sunshine warms the breezy beaches, and the snow blankets the silent cemeteries, the rain drenches my clothes, and no, you can not tell that I’m...
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