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Matt van Ax is a good ol’ friend of mine. In the late 90s Matt spent countless hours perfecting his DJing skills, creating seamless transitions of perfectly beat matched tracks across the kick-drum pounding genres. And even after numerous gigs in the clubs and underground parties across the globe, he still spins till this day… [...]
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Tags: ambient dub, dub techno
Mix : Yoja – Fly
Through a seemingly random occurrence I am introduced to some amazing new artists, in this almost magical mix by a mysterious Russian selector, known by the name of Yoja. The name of this special mix speaks all for itself, and through a 30+ minute journey, Yoja, “a true master of the mental acrobatics”, invites you [...]
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Tags: ambient
Mix : Cole Pierce – Go Lightly
On this beautiful Sunday morning we are mesmerized by the storytelling qualities of Cole Pierce‘s latest mix. This is his third installment for Headphone Commute’s podcast, and we are definitely happy to host his selection of incredible tunes that otherwise would have never grazed these speakers. Here’s more from Cole: This mix was named Lazy [...]
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Tags: ambient, experimental, folktronic, jazzy
Mix : Shukry Adams – Rubickskeub
Shukry Adams returns to Headphone Commute’s podcast with his third installment! What can we say – we love his eclectic selection… He makes our ears go “woot?” :) There are no words to describe this journey, although Adams certainly has tried, occasionally inventing his own genres along the way. Here is his blurb, unedited, and [...]
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This vinyl only mix by Optic Echo‘s founder Mike Jedlicka was formulated to represent where the light and dark meet at the first flicker of dawn. You’ve been awake all night with a feeling of a constant undertow pulling the world away, a premonition of something unknown to come. A vague hallucination of old memories and new dreams [...]
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Tags: ambient, dark ambient, electronica
In our continuous devotion to bringing good music to your ears, Headphone Commute has partnered with The Beat Oracle for this special podcast. The Beat Oracle is a radio show, broadcasting weekly out of Columbus, Ohio, on Saturdays at 6pm on WCRS, 98.3 and 102.1FM radio. For over a decade, The Beat Oracle has thrived on presenting [...]
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Tags: electronic, idm
The Easily Embarrassed project is a Netherlands group consisting of three electronic musicians – Jeffrey van der Schilden, Nick van der Schilden, and Peter Spaargaren. The crew have been producing for the past four years, releasing full length albums and EPs on labels like Cardamar, Cosmicleaf and Soundmute. For this Headphone Commute podcast, Easily Embarrassed [...]
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Tags: electronica
Today we are excited to present you with an exclusive mix from Warsaw based producer, Bartosz Dziadosz, known to the world of IDM and electronica simply as Pleq. Comprised mostly of original tracks and remixes from many favorite artists, such as offthesky, Nebulo, Spyweirdos and others, the mix takes you through a somber trip of [...]
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Tags: electronica, idm
(click the image to enlarge) Last week, we featured the first installment, Re:pose, of a two-part exclusive mix series for Headphone Commute by Access To Arasaka. Today we conclude the session with a glitchy IDM mix of AtA’s favorite selections. Get your ears ready, as we ease into the sounds from Tympanik Audio and kick [...]
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Tags: idm
(click the image to enlarge) Today, the United States is celebrating George Washington’s birthday as its President’s Day holiday. Another snow storm has covered the eastern coast; and as the flurries continue to blanket the pavement, we ease into the day with a gorgeous mix by Access To Arasaka. I first fell in love with [...]
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Tags: electronica
Snobo, aka Gosh from Yaputhma, is a Riga (Latvia) based musician, DJ, and most importantly, music lover. With the early 90s spent as a guitarist and singer/songwriter, the late of that decade producing house, jungle, and trip-hop, and the 2000 mostly DJing at Riga clubs and lounges, Snobo eventually slowed down his sets to nearly [...]
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Tags: ambient
Mix : James Alaska – Aheverse
James Alaska is a London based composer. He began DJing at the age of 16, drawing inspiration from the likes of David Mancuso, Larry Levan and Danny Krivit. Over a period of 20 years he ran club nights and held DJ residencies in Liverpool and London. These included gigs with the likes of Andy Weatherall, [...]
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Tags: ambient, minimal
Mix : riverrun – inspirations
Daniel Land has quietly descended on these pages with his ambient project, riverrun, at the end of 2010. His slow evolving explorations of sound in Pentimento drenched our studios in dense layers of sound, and a profound state of being. It seems that Land set off to create a record in a vacuum of influences. [...]
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Tags: ambient, drone
Mix : PvC – Dawn Secrets
Peter van Cooten has been involved in music for over 50 years now. Based out of Utrecht, Holland, Peter has been feeding his passion for ambient music by consuming the sounds ranging from Klaus Schulze, to Tangerine Dream, to Bill Laswell and of course, Brian Eno. After being invited to compile a mix for Dutch [...]
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Tags: ambient, experimental
Your wait is over! After last week’s Part One of Headphone Commute’s Best of Modern Classical 2010, I am back with the second half of this mix. A little less strings, a little more piano this time, this selection of tracks goes perfectly with today’s Music For Watching The Snow Slowly Fall In The Moonlight. [...]
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Tags: ambient, modern classical, piano
Another year in music has passed. How do I celebrate all of the great releases? Best of 2010 lists featuring some of my favorites is one thing, but how do I share the actual feelings that the music evokes? Well here it is! The first part of the mix selecting some of my absolute favorite [...]
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Tags: ambient, modern classical
Mix : Clem Leek – Cold Air
Well, it’s that time of the year… The crowds gather in shopping malls across the globe to drop some cash on their beloved. The cold air strips the branches off their dead leaves. The minds reflect on all of their accomplishments through the year. And the snow slowly falls… To help you gather your being [...]
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Tags: ambient, modern classical
Mix : Selffish – Reference Point
Born in Riga, Latvia, Andrew Eigus has been producing electronic music as Selffish since 2002. Laced with field recordings of the Baltic landscapes, his releases have appeared on +371 Records and one of the most popular electronic net labels, Thinner. For this special Headphone Commute podcast, Eigus creates a cinematic mix, featuring his favorite releases [...]
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Mix : DJ Walkman – Varpa
You know DJ Walkman, don’t you? He is one half of the Lithuanian netlabel team, Sutemos, that brought us some of our favorite artists through the critically acclaimed Intelligent Toys series! Today, DJ Walkman takes off his managing hat, and puts on a pair of DJ headphones to bring you one of the finest mixes [...]
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Tags: electro, electronica, idm
Welcome to another exclusive mix from Headphone Commute… On this first day of November we bring you a gorgeous journey into the subconscious mind of Subheim. Both, uplifting and dark, this musical exploration, will take you into other worlds, real and imagined. It’s always nearly impossible to describe the music featured by our podcast contributors [...]
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Tags: cinematic, dark ambient, dark idm
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