There is something in the beauty of darkness. And one doesn’t have to be in a dark mood in order to appreciate it. Perhaps one gets desensitized with age to all of the bitter layers, in order to uncover all of the sweetness – like a fine old whiskey, slowly aged and waiting for your taste. This, I believe, Peter Van Cooten understands the most, with his latest Headphone Commute offering, titled Perception Management. The concept behind this mix also challenges your view of the world… The inspiration for this particular mix came from Adam Curtis‘ BBC documentary “Hypernormalisation“.

Your reality is manipulated.
Your perception is managed.
Your thoughts are not your own.
Reality is imaginary.

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Tracklisting:
00:00 01:52 Amon Tobin – Lost & Found (Machinefabriek Deconstruction)
Wendingen (Selected Remixes 2005-2015), 2016, Zoharum ZOHAR 117-2
00:52 02:36 Ryuichi Sakamoto / Alva Noto – The Revenant Theme (Alva Noto Remodel)
The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2015, Milan 399-758-2
02:06 02:05 Bjørn Hatterud – Victoria Arreleano
November 20th, 2016, Line LINE_081
03:55 03:00 Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie – Salero End Credits
Salero (Original Motion Picture Soundstrack), 2016, Erased Tapes ERATP091
05:37 01:16 Roly Porter – 41010
Third Law, 2016, Triangle 33D
06:20 01:57 Phonothek – Something Happened
Lost in Fog, 2016, Cryo Chamber CRYO 037
07:02 03:44 Loren Nerell – Dark Horizon
The Venerable Dark Cloud, 2000/2016, Projekt PRO00330
10:19 00:45 Sussan Deyhim & Shirin Neshat – Open City West
Soliloquy, 2008, Venus Rising Records
10:45 01:35 Andrew Liles – Taumatawhakatangitanghangakauautamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahullanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychyrndrobwyllllantysiliogogogoch
New York Doll, 2004, Infraction INFX013
11:57 02:19 Jóhann Jóhannsson – Orphic Hymn
Orphée, 2016, Deutsche Grammophon 00289 479 6021 GH
13:54 02:06 Jim Haynes – It Doesn’t Matter
Throttle And Calibration, 2016, Crónica 115~2016
15:34 02:33 Christopher Tignor – One eye Blue, One Eye Black (Blue)
Along A Vanishing Plane, 2016, Western Vinyl WV149
17:34 02:35 David Toop – Human Skin And The Stone Steps
Entities Inertias Faint Beings, 2016, Room40 RM475
18:07 03:02 Bionular – The Western Lands
Stary Pisarz, 2016, Oniron ON.004
19:14 01:16 Mark Korven – Caleb’s Seduction
The Witch (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2016, Milan 36768
20:25 00:57 Resina – Nightjar
Resina, 2016, 130701 CD13-23
20:44 03:00 Tigran Hamasyan, Arve Henriksen, Eivind Aarset, Jan Bang – Traces X
Atmosphères, 2016, ECM Records ECM 2414/15
22:32 03:13 Looped Exodus – Mein Hz
Souls Have Machines, 2016, self-released (Bandcamp)
25:10 02:00 Nicolas Jaar – The Three Sides Of Audrey And Why She’s Alone Now
Nymphs, 2015, Other People OP022
27:05 01:04 John Metcalfe & Simon Richmond – A Descent
Set In Stone, 2016, ECC100 Records 008
27:18 03:31 Joe Frawley – Leda And The Swan
Cartomancer, 2016, Self-Released (Bandcamp)
29:40 02:47 God Body Disconnect – Prisoner’s Sacrifice Facing Arcadia
Locus Arcadia, 2016, Cryo Chamber CRYO041
31:40 01:16 Dimitry Evgrafov – The Lofty Sky
The Quiet Conversation, 2016, Fatcat Records/130701 DA13-25
32:40 01:51 Mi – Shanty Town
Meow Wolf’s House of Return: Soundscapes Vol. 2, 2016, Meow Wolf
33:33 01:44 Travis Corwin – Little House
Beach Glass, 2016, Peconic Records 002
34:30 02:03 The Cray Twins – Duao 2
The Pier, 2016, Fang Bomb FB025
35:17 05:12 Stephan Mathieu – If You Love,
Radiance V: Fro Franz Wright, 2016, Schwebung Étendue V
38:30 02:36 Biosphere – Shimmer
Where Words Fail Music Speaks, A Compilation For Ania Mehring, Santa Sangre Magazine (Bandcamp)
39:53 03:53 Monolake – Error
D E C, 2015, Imbalance Computer Music ML029
43:06 01:03 Stephen Paul McGreevy – Fish Rock Road Whistler Shower
Electric Enigma: The VLF Recordings of Stephen P. McGreevy, 1996, irdial Discs 62 ird tcp2
43:20 02:33 Mathias Delplanque – Ma Chambre Quand Je N’y Suis Pas (Paris) (Extract)
Taâlem: Vijftien Années, 2016, Taâlem (Bandcamp)
44:56 03:17 Ocoeur – Aside
Reversed, 2016, n5MD MD243
47:57 02:08 Anders Blomqvist – Sparar (Tracking)
Media Artes II, 2002, Chamber Sound 27
49:20 02:57 Tobias Freund & Valentina Berthelon – Branwelt
Recent Arts, 2016 Non Standard Production NSP 13
50:25 01:47 Paul Jebanasam – eidolons beginning p = (m²A ² am to (rho-z)-y ?t+(? see to wait dz/dt = it xy that I -beta* do not z countless
Continuum, 2016, Subtext SUBCD006
51:33 03:43 Nam-Khar – Tenshug
Where Words Fail Music Speaks, A Compilation For Ania Mehring, Santa Sangre Magazine (Bandcamp)
52:50 02:45 Phurpa – 100 Syllabic Mantra of Bon
Where Words Fail Music Speaks, A Compilation For Ania Mehring, Santa Sangre Magazine (Bandcamp)
54:47 03:03 Biosphere – Good Case And Rest
Departed Glories, 2016 Smalltown Supersound, STS281CD
57:00 02:23 Dead Melodies – Hidden Seeken
Subtle Imperfections, 2016, Sparkwood Records SR22
58:41 01:18 Amon Tobin – Lost & Found (Machinefabriek Deconstruction)
Wendingen (Selected Remixes 2005-2015), 2016, Zoharum ZOHAR 117-2