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In this installment of Sound Bytes, I cover four recent EPs in the delicious, spicy, glitchy IDM genre. This is a perfect compliment to the Best of 2011 Music For Synergizing The Synapse Of Ideas list, where I selected my favorite full length releases of the year. I also want to introduce the new layout of the Sound [...]
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Welcome to our newly redesigned Sound Bytes column! Today we feature four thematic releases following a trajectory of sound and words through ambiance, minimalism, and drone. In this particular installment we went to focus your attention on a few fantastic labels - Slow Flow, Twice Removed, and Unfathomless. Segue Into The Fall Slow Flow Slow Flow is a [...]
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Tags: ambient, drone, minimal
I suppose I haven’t written up a for a Sound Bytes column in a few months now… I can give you many excuses (most of them have to do with getting ready for the end of year lists), or I can just get on with it and share the latest hidden gems that I’ve uncovered [...]
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Leave it to Peter van Cooten of Ambient Blog to discover and bring to our attention a few gems that fell through the cracks… Always with his finger on the pulse of latest trends in ambient, modern classical, and experimental genres, Peter covers some of our favorite and previously unknown selections on his site. In [...]
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Recent advances in technology elevated everyone to a status of a bedroom producer. Our social networking has released a torrent of music bombarding the airwaves with every possible strain. Among the endless mosaic of fragmented sound bytes I notice these gems. I hope you’ll agree… Daniel Mackenzie – Teeth Sleep Under Winking Black Eyelid (self) [...]
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Tags: ambient, piano, post-rock
OK. I feel terrible… There are a few amazing albums that I’ve been “sitting on”, and failing to share with you… All three of these are absolute gems and have been on my rotations for more than six months now. As soon as I heard the first tracks of each album, I knew that I [...]
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Tags: ambient, modern classical
Here’s a great set of reviews from Elizabeth Klisiewicz, covering the latest in experimental and jazzy beats – three albums that should get your head nodding and your feet shuffling. Fans of the The Cinematic Orchestra and Bonobo will agree! If you have a Spotify account, the little green icon will take you directly to [...]
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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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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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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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Welcome back to a second entry in our Sound Bytes Label Special, covering a new California-based independent, Time Released Sound. Founded by Colin Herrick in March 2011, this small, independent, California-based label releases hand-made, limited-edition albums and EPs, with painstaking details and loving attention. “Focusing primarily on classically infused and folk based ambient and electroacoustic [...]
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Tags: ambient, modern classical, piano
Hauntology… No, not an idea of Derrida’s within philosophy of history, but more of a state of mind induced by this music, deserving its own special name. More than an eerie feeling evoked by the sound, but rather the sound itself, rising from within the ashes of burned memories and dreams. The music comes from [...]
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Tags: ambient, dark ambient, modern classical
The clock tick-tocks, and the music just keeps coming in. There’s no way that I can keep up (I’ve said these words before, I’m sure). Thankfully, a few bits and bytes are picked up by Elizabeth Klisiewicz for this installment of Sound Bytes. Meanwhile, Peter van Cooten tirelessly continues his journey through previously undiscovered music [...]
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Welcome to another installment of Sound Bytes. Today I am proud and honored to introduce you to a brand new record label – Time Released Sound. Founded by Colin Herrick in March 2011, this small, independent, California-based label releases hand-made, limited-edition albums and EPs, with painstaking details and loving attention. “Focusing primarily on classically infused [...]
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Tags: ambient
Is it possible that we’re already in the post-dubstep era? What does that mean anyway? In my opinion, a lot of electronic music genres after a significant incubation period split into two branches. One goes the club route, stamping out tracks through a template of dance formula, which becomes quickly familiar to the DJs and [...]
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Tags: post-dubstep
Albums, that at first seem to be just a random collection of latest releases, suddenly seamlessly fit together into another entry of Sound Bytes. Collecting the latest in experimental, abstract, and melodic electronica, here are some of the gems we’ve uncovered from Gagarin, Aria Rostami and The Ebertbrothers. Above image is taken from The Ebertbrothers’ [...]
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Tags: experimental, idm
What started out as a Sound Bytes column featuring Hibernate Recordings latest releases, ended up growing into a three week label special. I just couldn’t hold back sharing with you the music that has been warming up my speakers and my soul. Here’s the last entry in this Sound Bytes installment, and be sure to [...]
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Tags: ambient, modern classical
I just spent my first week with Spotify (since it went live in US), and I’m already reeling from all the music that now I have access to. But being overwhelmed by a nearly unlimited catalog of digital media makes me want to pay even more attention to handcrafted and meticulously produced albums. Labels like [...]
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Tags: ambient, experimental, modern classical
If you haven’t yet noticed this wonderful micro-independent label from Hebden Bridge (West Yorkshire, UK), perhaps we can help… Hibernate is only two years old (est. 2009), but so far in its lifetime, it managed to capture our attention with every single release. From miniature 3″ CDrs in the Postcard Series to an extremely limited [...]
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Tags: ambient, experimental, modern classical
In this installment of Sound Bytes, I am covering three releases which all bend the genres just a tiny bit, but enough to invent some of their own. Submotion Orchestra cleverly mixes jazz and dubstep to create some of the most amazing bass rumbling electronica, with melodies that get stuck in my head for days! [...]
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Tags: breakcore, drum'n'bass, dubstep
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