Posts Tagged ‘modern classical’
Ghostly’s got it right. I don’t know who’s talking over there, but someone is definitely listening. Perhaps it’s all in the numbers. Perhaps publishing experimental, ambient and modern classical genres can be a viable business option after all. Of course I’m speculating here, but if the public is listening (and buying!) this music, then why [...]
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Optic Echo – Best Vinyl of 2011
For this vinyl only mix, Mike Jedlicka of Optic Echo selects over 90 minutes of his favorite releases on wax for this Best Vinyl of 2011 journey. Full of incredible ambient soundscapes and modern classical marvels, Jedlicka crafts an itinerary worthy of repeat revisits and appropriate for another end of year celebration. Besides being a programming [...]
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I first came upon a solo piece from Christina Vantzou when I heard her work on Ghostly‘s SMM: Context compilation. There, her beautiful track, “11 Generations Of My Father”, was comfortably sandwiched alongside some of my favorite modern classical and ambient composers, such as Svarte Greiner, Jacaszek, Goldmund, Manual and Rafael Anton Irisarri. That appearance [...]
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It still hasn’t snowed on the east coast of the US. The temperature does dip below 30, but then there are days when it’s over 50 degrees, and the sun is blaring into my studio, its warmth so strong I still haven’t turned on the heat. The trees have shed their withered leaves, but the [...]
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PvC – Stillness
My good friend and accomplice in exploration of beautiful music, Peter van Cooten, returns to Headphone Commute to showcase some of his favorite selections from 2011. And what a great way to start off the year! Here is an introduction from Peter: This mix obviously found its name from the lovely intro (and outtro) track [...]
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Tags: ambient, minimal, modern classical
Mix : Nils Frahm – Plagiat
Before the year is officially over, we manage to squeeze out yet another mix. This is our 70th podcast! If you’re just discovering our mixes, it’s time to subscribe via iTunes and download all of our previous releases (we’re thinking of cleaning up the archives and only keeping the last year online)! For this end [...]
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Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran must get on very well. They have combined here to release their first collaborative work, A Winged Victory For The Sullen, and done so in spectacular fashion. Guest appearances by the Icelandic cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir and violinist Peter Broderick only excite our neurons further. Delicate and restrained in its approach, [...]
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Hauschka – Youyoume (Serein)
Well, excuse me, if it’s not good ol’ Volker Bertelmann making an appearance on the last installment of Serein‘s Seasons series as Hauschka! Having released Salon Des Amateurs earlier this year on FatCat‘s 130701 imprint, as well as a collaboration with Hildur Guðnadóttir, Pan Tone, on Sonic Pieces, and a two track long player with [...]
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Nest – Body Pilot (Serein)
All this week, Headphone Commute has been featuring a Serein Label Special, profiling its 2011 Seasons series, which is composed of four limited 10″ vinyl records, released over the course of the year, pressed on heavyweight vinyl with hand numbered outer sleeves. And now we come to the highlight of Serein’s artist roster. Nest is [...]
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Learning that Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason decided to work together on a project has already sent torrents of anticipation through the experimental and modern classical music communities. Finally experiencing the album is a whole other journey. Part of me is not surprised that Frost and Bjarnason partnered for this collaboration. I have previously heard [...]
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Tags: ambient, cinematic, modern classical
Mix : HC – Time Released Sound
Today I am proud to share with you one of the mixes on which I have been working on for some time now. A special compilation showcasing Time Released Sound – a label run by Colin Herrick featuring hand made limited edition releases by Shaula, Fabio Orsi, Alessio Ballerini, Paper Relics, Maps And Diagrams, Antonymes, [...]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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It’s a good morning to hibernate… 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 in its lifetime it managed to capture our attention with every single release. From miniature 3″ CDrs in the Postcard Series [...]
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Walking into Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater of New York, I have to sneak in past the security guard, past the gathering crowd, past the box office receptionist, in through a carelessly propped open back door, in towards the dark seating room of a restaurant slash bar slash performance, where I am due to [...]
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