On the third day of Seattle’s Decibel Festival, the city has finally showed its true colors. The grey clouds of Autumn drew like curtains around the landscape, bidding September farewell. Summer has come and gone, but the music kept on going – lets hope it will keep me warm throughout the day. I spent most [...]

My second day at Seattle’s Decibel festival began with a leisurely stroll down a sunny 5th Avenue, towards the Space Needle. I had to get some of the tourist attractions out of the way, and was actually heading for the Experience Music Project (EMP). At the museum, I spent some time checking out the famous [...]

DJ Krush (Photography by Angela Dawn Paterson) Arriving at Seattle’s downtown hotel, the first thing I realized was that I was under-dressed. The 70-degree crisp weather felt cooler on my skin than the New York’s same-temperature-stale-smug-mist, and even a cup of dark roasted Starbucks’ coffee failed to warm up my three-hour jet-lagged bones. Checking in [...]

It’s official! Headphone Commute is covering Decibel Festival 2011! The 8th International Festival of Electronic Music, Performance, Visual Art and New Media will take place across multiple venues in Seattle, WA, from September 28th through October 2nd – that’s five full nights (and days) of music! I’ve already scoped out the locations of venues and the [...]

This past Saturday night was my third time at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge – second to check out a dubstep show (on July 18th, I saw a live performance by Darkstar). What can I say? I definitely dig the venue. From its laid back style with dedicated staff to good selection of drinks [...]

On Sunday, April 24th, New York’s Le Poisson Rouge hosted a showcase of Ghostly International artists, celebrating another installment in the label’s mysterious experimental, ambient, and modern classical series, SMM: Context. This was my very first visit to the famous and eclectic NYC venue, and I came away impressed and delighted from the overall experience. [...]

The tenth iteration of Bristol’s In Between Time Festival of “Live Art and Intrigue” has just wrapped up. This year they made the very respectable programming decision to show international sonic heavyweights Ben Frost and Tim Hecker with native Bristolian, Ekoplekz (recently signed to Peverelist’s Punch Drunk label.) The Arnolfini Auditorium was an ideal venue, [...]

I returned to New York City’s Randall’s Island Park on the second day of the Electric Zoo Festival in time to watch Jon Hopkins‘ live performance at 1pm. I was able to leave a bit earlier the night before, drive home, wash off all of the dirt, and get some rest before another full day [...]

On Labor Day weekend (Sept 4th & 5th), over 50,000 fans gathered at New York City’s Randall’s Island Park (the event was sold out both days at 25,000 person capacity) to celebrate some of the world’s top dance music producers and DJs. Although parking was advertised as limited, I met many people coming over from [...]

Piknic. Photo by Juan Saez courtesy of MUTEK on flickr My morning started off with a Brunch for Professionals put together by the MUTEK crew. Big thanks for that – I’ve got to chat and meet up with some journalists, folks from Serato, and Ableton. It started raining in the early afternoon, and instead of [...]

Once again, the day began with workshops, panels and intimate discussions. While Nathan Fake played an outdoor wireless set at Place de la Paix, The Wire interviewed The Caretaker (photo on the left). This was a fun conversation where James Leyland Kirby talked about his past pranks as V/Vm, his laid back attitude, obsession with [...]

Day two of the Montreal based festival of digital creativity and electronic music began with workshops, panels and Q&A sessions. Derek Walmsley of The Wire held an intimate discussion with Drew Daniel and Martin Schmidt of Matmos. In that hour a lot of topics were covered, so I’ll leave it to the magazine to publish [...]

Walking around Montreal, I tried to absorb the environment the way a city dweller would. Taking in the tourist sights as well as the side streets filled with graffiti and occasional construction barricades, my feet explored the grounds of the surrounding neighborhood. But no matter how far I ventured (within the walking distance), I was [...]

If you haven’t heard me rave about MUTEK yet, well, now is the time. I am absolutely excited to be attending this year’s 11th edition festival, taking place in Montreal, Canada in less then a week – on June 2nd through 6th. I am also deeply honored to announce that I will be covering the [...]

I rarely get this excited about live shows these days. Don’t get me wrong, I love to see the artists perform. But with the bad sound system, rowdy crowd, and god awful hours, it’s difficult for the event to compete with my studio speakers. But Resonant Forms is a whole new deal, boys and girls. [...]