Headphone Commute Music Reviews

When it comes to writing about music, we take on an ideological approach of quality vs. quantity. Unfortunately, we do not have the time to review every album out there. Nor do we believe that we have the right to negatively reflect on music that is not our cup of tea. These words are purely recommendations. If we love an album, you’ll be sure to hear about it. Thus, you will find no ratings or release dates. Good music just is… existing on its own… outside of time and numbers.

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• 2562 – Aerial (Tectonic)
• 40 Winks – The Lucid Effect (Project: Mooncircle)
• Aidan Baker And Tim Hecker – Fantasma Parastasie (Alien8)
• Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with Ensemble Modern – utp_ (Raster-Noton)
• Alva Noto – Xerrox Vol.2 (Raster-Noton)
• Ametsub – The Nothings Of The North (Progressive Form)
• Anders Ilar – Sworn (Level)
• Another Electronic Musician – Five (n5MD)
• Argaman – My Little Forest (self)
• BLÆRG – Dysphoric Sonorities (Bottle Imp Productions)
• Ben Frost – By The Throat (Bedroom Community)
• Benn Jordan – Pale Blue Dot (Alphabasic)
• Bersarin Quartett – Bersarin Quartett (Lidar)
• Bluetech – The Divine Invasion (Aleph Zero)
• Boxcutter – Arecibo Message (Planet Mu)
• Brock Van Wey – White Clouds Drift On And On (echospace [detroit])
• Cardopusher – Mutant Dubstep Vol. 2 (Spectraliquid)
• Celer – Engaged Touches (Home Normal)
• Christopher Bissonnette – In Between Words (Kranky)
• Christopher Willits – Live On Earth – Vol. 1 (self)
• Deru – Trying To Remember (Merck)
• Fennesz * Sakamoto – Cendre (Touch)
• Fennesz – Black Sea (Touch)
• Fjordne – The Last 3 Days Of Time (Dynamophone Records)
• Giuseppe Ielasi – Aix (12k)
• Goldmund – The Malady Of Elegance (Type)
• Grischa Lichtenberger – ~Treibgut (Raster-Noton)
• H.U.V.A. Network – Ephemeris (Ultimae)
• Harmonic 313 – When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence (Warp)
• Hauschka – Ferndorf (130701)
• Hecq – Steeltongued (Hymen)
• Hildur Guðnadóttir – Without Sinking (Touch)
• IJO – (Untitled) LP (self)
• Integral – Rise (Tympanik)
• Interbellum – Over All of Spain the Sky is Clear (FlingcoSoundSystem)
• Intrusion – The Seduction Of Silence (Echospace [detroit])
• Juxta Phona & Offthesky – !Escape Kit! (Somnia)
• Jóhann Jóhannsson – Fordlandia (4AD)
• Kaya Project – … And So It Goes (Interchill)
• KiloWatts – Undercurrent (Somnia)
• Krafty Kuts – FabricLive. 34 (Fabric)
• Last Days – Sea (n5MD)
• Library Tapes – A Summer Beneath the Trees (Make Mine Music)
• Lights Out Asia – Eyes Like Brontide (n5MD)
• Lissom – Nest of Iterations (Dragon’s Eye)
• Lulu Rouge – Bless You (Music For Dreams)
• Max Richter – 24 Postcards In Full Colour (130701 / FatCat)
• Mechanical Steering – 10:10pm (self)
• Mokira – Persona (Type)
• Murcof – The Versailles Sessions (Leaf)
• Ø – Oleva (Sähkö)
• Paavoharju – Laulu Laakson Kukista (Fonal)
• :papercutz – Lylac (Apegenine)
• Phylum Sinter – From Unity to Segmentation (En:peg Digital)
• Plaid – Tekkon Kinkreet (Aniplex Inc.)
• Plastik Joy – 3:03 (n5MD)
• Proem – Till There’s No Breath (Nonresponse)
• Rena Jones – Indra’s Web (Cartesian Binary)
• Richard Anthony Jay – This Is What I Live For (Burning Petals)
• Richard Skelton – Marking Time (Type / Preservation)
• Rival Consoles – Helvetica (Erased Tapes)
• Rival Consoles – IO (Erased Tapes Records)
• Robert Logan – Inscape (Slowfoot)
• Scanner – Rockets, Unto The Edges Of Edges (BineMusic)
• Silent Land Time Machine – &hope still (Time-Lag / Indian Queen)
• Solo Andata – Solo Andata (12k)
• Spleen – Where We All Fit In (Summer Rain Recordings)
• Squarepusher – Just A Souvenir (Warp)
• Stephan Mathieu – Radioland (Die Schachtel)
• Sylvain Chauveau – The Black Book Of Capitalism (Type)
• Telefon Tel Aviv – Immolate Yourself (Bpitch Control)
• The Archivist – The Keeper Of The Library (Lacies)
• The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble – Mutations EP (Ad Noiseam)
• The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die (Take Me to the Hospital)
• The Refractors – 8 Year Sleep (Dynamophone)
• The Remote Viewer – I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better (Mobeer)
• The Sight Below – Glider (Ghostly)
• Trentemøller / VA – Harbour Boat Trips : Copenhagen (HFN Music)
• Vladislav Delay – Tummaa (Leaf)
• Von Magnet – Ni Prédateur Ni Proie (Ant-Zen / Jarring Effects)
• Windy & Carl – Songs For The Broken Hearted (Kranky)
• Wurlitztraction – The Star Lit Numbers On Her Fingers (Enough)
• Yagya – Rigning (Sending Orbs)
• VA – Sound of Slow Flow Vol. 1 (Slow Flow)
• VA – 14 tracks re-wiring UK Garage (Boomkat)
• VA – 88 Tapes (Keshhhhhh)
• VA – Diaspora: Cottage Industries 5 (Neo Ouija)
• VA – Intelligent Toys 5 (Sutemos)