Archive for September, 2011
I perceive your music to be as quite happy… are you by nature a happy guy? Yeah, I guess I am a happy person. I love rocking in this world. This life’s short, no time to be unhappy for no reason and dwell on anything too insignificant, I think. I mean, there are definitely important [...]
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Tomorrow morning I’m leaving for Seattle! Definitely excited about a five day music festival, showcasing some of my favorite artists. So far, from everything I’ve been gathering, Decibel promises to be a blast! Read my Preview coverage. But before I leave for this massive party, which may leave Headphone Commute airwaves a bit dead for [...]
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First thing’s first – what does your alias mean and where does it come from? My alias came about because of synchronicities and coincidences associated with those set of numbers. The people closest in my life are all part of those set of numbers in one way or another. The easiest thing to associate with [...]
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I have previously announced that Headphone Commute will be officially covering Seattle’s Decibel Festival, Sept 28 – Oct 2nd. With only few weeks before the festival, the excitement begins to build up in HC headquarters. I slip on my headphones and research all of the local talent that is new to my ears, and there [...]
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Discovered by David Newman’s Audiomoves label, and re-discovered here again through his amazing album Form, Aria Rostami continues to impress us with his versatile composition range and delicate musicianship. Today we feature this Sound Postcard: Piano is just me improvising on the piano. I don’t get to do work like this often, but I’m a [...]
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Welcome to another Headphone Commute Mix! I hope you’ve been enjoying the ride – I know I have! All this wonderful music turns into the soundtrack of my life! Today I am honored to host an exclusive mix from Christoph Berg, recording under the alias Field Rotation. As usual, much can be said about the [...]
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Tags: ambient
In this latest installment of Sound Bytes label special, we cover two latest albums and a compilation from Psychonavigation Records. Appearing on the scene in 2000, Psychonavigation was launched by Duble DJ, Keith Downey, with an aim to release music produced by Irish musicians. The submissions for the label first originated from the demos sent to [...]
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It’s another quiet weekend for me… I spent half of it working on an organic ambient mix showcasing Time Released Sound artists… That’s a little later… but now, I was inspired to sit at my piano and play you this short piece… MORE SOUND POSTCARDS >>>
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In just a few weeks Nils Frahm will release his new alum, Felt on Erased Tapes Records (out on 10/10/11). Recently Headphone Commute featured a Snippet of Frahm’s anticipated release as our Track of the Week. We also have this exciting Album Teaser published on our newly curated Ambient page on scoop.it… But that’s not [...]
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Here’s the final chapter in a a three-part trilogy of text written by Lawrence English, titled A Young Person’s Guide To Hustling In Music and The Arts, subtitled For You. Make sure to read all previous entries : [ intro ] [ for the work ] [ for others ] You’ve got to have a [...]
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Interview with Jóhann Jóhannsson
How did you meet Bill Morrison, and inevitably became involved with the Miners’ Hymns project? Forma Arts and Media approached me with the idea of working on a piece based on the mining heritage of the North of England. Bill was one of the collaborators we talked about in connection with the project and luckily [...]
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Jóhann Jóhannsson has been composing hymns pretty much throughout his career. They may not have been titled as such before, but elements of traditional requiem, imaginary folklore and musically devout ode have always been in his sound. From the celebrated Englabörn (Touch, 2002) to exploratory Virðulegu Forsetar (Touch, 2004) to fantastically grandiose Fordlandia (4AD, 2008), [...]
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Tags: modern classical
Here comes the second installment in a three-part trilogy of text written by Lawrence English, titled A Young Person’s Guide To Hustling In Music and The Arts, subtitled For The Work. Respect If there’s one overarching rule to this game it’s respect. Very few of us are getting rich here, most of us are in [...]
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Welcome to the first installment in a three-part trilogy of text written by Lawrence English, titled A Young Person’s Guide To Hustling In Music and The Arts, subtitled For The Work. Be sure to check out the [intro] to the article. Let the quality of the work speak for itself Hype isn’t usually the answer [...]
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Tell us about the field recordings on Get Lost. The recordings were made by me on various locations both in Amsterdam, Sweden and also in the UK, from the obvious ocean and nature sounds through to peoples conversation and everyday objects, the hiss and noise from the field recordings has been mostly left in the [...]
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Tim Martin, aka Maps and Diagrams, contributes his own Sound Postcard to our ongoing series. Headphone Commute has recently reviewed Martin’s latest release, Get Lost in our Sound Bytes Label Special : Time Released Sound, as well as published an interview Two and a Half Questions with Maps and Diagrams. I’m also really looking forward [...]
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Er… I don’t know exactly how this happened, but apparently I had a Sound Postcard from David Wenngren (Library Tapes), that I was sitting on since last November! Either it was an unfortunate accident, or maybe I just wanted to keep it all to myself! But it is here now, and I am happy to [...]
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On today’s Headphone Commute Podcast we feature a very special mix from one of the performing artists at Seattle’s Decibel Festival, teasing you with a preview of things to come. The festival is only a few weeks away, but the party has already started! On this mix, Ctrl_Alt_Dlt showcases his favorite latest tunes, delivering a [...]
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Tags: tech house, techno
Reflections : Lawrence English – A Young Person’s Guide To Hustling In Music and The Arts [intro]
I am proud to present the readers of Headphone Commute with an article by Lawrence English. Republished in three sections, today we only tease you with this introduction by the author. About The Author Lawrence English started his first fanzine when he was 15. He started a label the following year and has since been [...]
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Reflections : Tunes and Archives
There’s a store in my old college town that I visit maybe once a year or two when I’m around. The shelves are stocked with the latest pop-jizz and radio’s’hit, but it is the back section, marked in yellow, aged, and peeling “techno/rave” label that draws me in like a magnet. Here, time stays still… [...]
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