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Sound Bytes : n5MD Special |
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It’s been a while since we covered one of our all time favorite labels, n5MD. Here’s the first part of our Sound Bytes Label Special, featuring the latest releases from one of our favorite labels! Read full article… |
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Podcast : Low Light Mixes – The Landscape Listens |
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Today we’re presenting to you one of our favorite ambient journeys from Low Light Mixes. Although this mix was made in the dead of winter, we still feel that its calm nature can soothe away your daily worries, stress and aches. It definitely hits the spot on this side of the mixing board. Download or stream this mix… |
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Two and a Half Questions with Melorman |
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 Symbolic Interaction‘s Antonis Haniotakis (aka Melorman) shares the theme behind his latest album, Out In A Field, his production setup, inspirations and more… Read entire interview… |
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featured album: Melorman – Out In A Field (Symbolic Interaction) |
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 Before I dive into this melodic and emotional IDM album, I want to talk about the label. Symbolic Interaction is an independent label run by Kentaro Togawa out of his hometown, outside of Tokyo, Japan. Togawa started the label in 2007, and in the last three years released about twenty five albums (Out In A Field is cataloged at SIC024). I first came across the label upon hearing Rudi Arapahoe – Echoes From One To Another (2008). The following release was by my all time favorite glitch masters, Funckarma – Psar Dymog (2008), and then Ard Bit‘s – Spanon (2009) shook me a bit off balance. So, it’s no wonder that I’m keeping my tabs on Symbolic Interaction. Read more… |
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featured album: The Black Dog – Music for Real Airports (Soma) |
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 Paying homage to Brian Eno‘s ambient masterpiece, Music for Airports (Polydor, 1978), which Eno created for the whole purpose of being played in actual airports, to convey calmness and reassurance to the passengers about to set off on an airborne journey, The Black Dog set out to create their own version, designed for real airports. But, unlike Eno’s version, this album is “not a utilitarian accompaniment to airports, in the sense of reinforcing the false utopia and fake idealism of air travel“. The album is a pristine selection of beautiful tracks, with an overlay of field recordings collected through the three years of the group’s tour travels. And instead of conceptual and abstract, The Black Dog delivers a cinematic and very personal album, that will captivate you in any surrounding. Read entire review… |
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Sound Postcards |
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| Some people capture images with their cameras, while I capture sound with my recorder. Inspired by Taylor Deupree’s One Sound Each Day project, I set off on my own journey of aural documentation of my life. There’s something special about having a recorder [or a camera] around you all the time. Certain opportunities just present themselves, like Kodak moments, to be captured and preserved. These sound postcards present a few of them: Empty Sunday, Field Hockey, Indoor Pool, Grand Central, Easter Church Bells, Hiking by the Creek, Rain, Piano and many more… | |||||
Upcoming Releases |
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| [November 2] Brian Eno – Small Craft On A Milk Sea (Warp) w/ Jon Hopkins! [October 19] Keith Kenniff – The Last Survivor (Circle Into Square) aka Helios! [October 12] Hauschka – Foreign Landscapes (FatCat) [October 12] Morgan Packard – Moment Again Elsewhere (Anticipate) [October 12] Drop The Lime – Fabric.Live 53 (Fabric London) [October 10] Gonjasufi - The Caliph’s Tea Party (Warp) [October 6] Lawrence English – Site Listening: Brisbane (Room40) [October 5] Anders Ilar – Stories of Old (Yard Rec) [October 4] Commix – Re:Call To Mind (Metalheadz) Remix album [October 4] Magnetic Man – Magnetic Man (Columbia) Skream, Artwork and Benga [September 28] Philip Jeck – An Ark for the Listener (Touch) [September 21] Flying Lotus – Pattern + Grid World (Warp) [September 10] Nebulo – Artefact (Hymen) [September 10] World’s End Girlfriend – Seven Idiots (Virgin Babylon) [September 10] Seefeel – Faults (Warp) [September 9] Dryft – Ventricle (n5MD) ex-Bitcrush return of Cadoo!!! [September 8] Proem – Enough Conflict (n5MD) [September 6] Hildur Guðnadóttir – Mount A (Touch) Remastered Re-issue [September 6] Peter Broderick – How They Are (Bella Union) [September 3] Oval – O (Thrill Jockey) |
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Label Profile : Audiobulb Records |
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 In this installment of Label Profiles, we talk to David Newman (aka Autistici) and his label, Audiobulb Records. Read entire interview… |
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label profiles |
nostalgic flashbacks |
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 Orbital In Sides |
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two and a half questions with… |
recent favorite releases |
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 Daniel Myer (aka Architect) is interviewed by Peter Marks for this edition of Headphone Commute’s Two and a Half Questions… |
 Architect Consume Adapt Create |
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 Interview with Stephen Hitchell and Rod Modell of Deepchord Presents Echospace where Hitchell talks about the collaborative process and the story behind Liumin… |
 Echospace Liumin |
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 Paul Thomsen Kirk, aka Akatombo, talks about his label, Hand-Held Recordings, the story behind Unconfirmed Reports and the importance of aesthetics in packaging… |
 Akatombo Unconfirmed Reports |
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 We’re excited to interview one half of the Funckarma brothers, Roel Funcken, where he talks about his studio setup, influences by dubstep, and his decision of going solo. |
 Roel Funcken Vade |
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 Find out where the name Access To Arasaka came from, his influences, the story behind Oppidan, and studio setup… |
 Access To Arasaka Oppidan |
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 Reid Dunn, aka Wisp, discusses his musical evolution, film influences, work as a visual artist, and more… |
 Wisp We Miss You |
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 A short interview with the members of Milhaven, revealing the meaning behind the wale logo, and the name of the band… |
 Milhaven Milhaven |
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 Hammock reflect on the title of their latest album, the evolution of their sound, and collaborations with Thomas Petilllo and David Altobelli… |
 Hammock Chasing After Shadows… Living with the Ghosts |
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