Archive for June, 2011
It’s about time that I have received a real Sound Postcard. Out of nowhere there was a message in my mailbox from none other than Rutger Zuydervelt, recording under the name Machinefabriek: This audio postcard might reach you when I’m in Rotterdam again. This collage consist of recordings made on the island Vlieland (the Netherlands), [...]
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In this third installment of our four-part 12k special, we examine two live performances and an experimental EP. In all three, the label excels at providing a service of archiving, if you will, of single events, group gatherings, and academical studies. With these releases, 12k once again stands out among today’s cutting edge experimental, improvisational [...]
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Tags: abstract, ambient, experimental, minimal
Headphone Commute continues its mission of bringing you a variety of sounds from all corners of the world. Today we feature a podcast from hungbunny, who has tirelessly been releasing his own, bi-weekly mixes, to a slowly growing audience. We hope that you like what you hear, and that this mix will make your morning, [...]
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Tags: ambient, experimental
Here’s the second installment in our four part 12k Sound Bytes special. In this particular entry, I decided to dig back a few years and cover the albums that I really enjoyed from the label, but didn’t have the time to write about before. As with all music, I don’t believe in assigning a numerical value [...]
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Tags: abstract, ambient, experimental, minimal
Mix : A.P Headphone commute mix
Stockholm based Anders Peterson (A.P) is a sound designer, composer and an audio postproduction engineer, releasing music under a couple of aliases (relapxych.0, Skyscaper and Unknown caller). A.P also runs GS Mastering & Post, providing audio post solutions, and a record label called Ghost Sounds. For this exclusive Headphone Commute mix, Peterson selects a few [...]
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Tags: drone, experimental
I’ve been a long time fan of pretty much everything from Taylor Deupree‘s Pound-Ridge based label, 12k. Undoubtedly, one of the catalysts of boundary pushing developments in ambient, minimalist, and electro-acoustic frontiers, 12k is at the forefront of today’s independent labels. With well over 80 releases since its inception in 1997, the albums dominate the [...]
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Tags: abstract, ambient, experimental, minimal
Here’s another great album that I’ve been meaning to tell you about for awhile. I suppose it’s been a whole year since I originally heard Along The Corridors, and then, the release made it to Headphone Commute’s Best of 2010 : Music For Synergizing The Synapse Of Ideas, so it’s only appropriate that appears on these [...]
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Tags: dark ambient, dark idm, idm
For my first official review in Headphone Commute’s new headquarters, I set up my gear, treated the room with some books and some rugs, closed all doors, tunnels and mouths, and slipped into my meditative listening place of pressure levels, frequencies, and vibrations. I used to believe in pure luck, in coincidence and in serendipity. [...]
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What is the story behind your alias? It was taken from the original name of my Dad’s house, Dancing Beggars. Talk a bit about capturing the seasons of London, UK, with your music. I wrote both albums on the South Coast so I’m not sure I’ve yet to capture anything from London yet. It’s a [...]
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Here’s a set of great mini-albums and EPs that should get any IDM-head twitching… What’s more exciting is that two of these releases are available 100% for FREE for your listening pleasure! And you know you can’t go wrong with that! So grab your restraining jacket, 12-pack of Red Bull, and a vial of smelling [...]
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Tags: breaks, dark idm, idm
Mix : DJ Snobo – TEARSUPSIDEDOWN
DJ Snobo, a Riga (Latvia) based selector, is back with another mix for Headphone Commute. This mysterious sonic journey through some abstract, leftfield, and obscure selections will surely keep you intrigued. Here is a full explanation from Gosh: I almost never plan a concept for my mixes in advance – well ok, I can preselect [...]
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Tags: abstract, experimental
Here’s a Sound Postcard that’s been sitting in my mailbox bin, long overdue to be shared! It goes perfectly with the latest Headphone Commute review of Overcast Sound‘s Beneath The Grain. It’s a recording made in our Berlin flat using geophones attached to the boiler and pipes near the windows during one of the more [...]
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You don’t have to descend into a deep cavernous space inhabited by the hollow reverberations of the Overcast Sound – you’re already there. You don’t have to close your eyes to embrace the darkness and inhale the dampness – the candles are already gone. You don’t have to travel back in time to enjoy the [...]
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Tags: ambient dub, ambient techno, dub techno
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