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Gavin Miller is back, this time with his worriedaboutsatan project, showcasing some of his favourite pieces, including a few of his own, like the opener taken from his latest release for n5MD. We live in a strange and unstable world,...
Time goes by. Time stands still. Time loops upon itself. And if it wasn’t for the sound, changing as it flows through time, and for the clouds, nudging time as they pass through, we wouldn’t even notice all the changes....
Today we have a 3.5 hour showcase by Roel Funcken, who has put together a Sampler Mix from a double-volume Australia Bushfire Compilation, which he has curated for Touched Music. This is a benefit release approaching 70+ tracks selected from...
On today’s podcast, we are featuring an exclusive mix by Arandel who has recently released a new album on the French Infiné imprint, titled 'InBach'. As you may have already guessed, Arandel’s work interprets the German composer’s sacred music into...
This mix was originally broadcast on Headphone Commute in December of 2012. It was created to promote the benefit compilation, under the same name, … and darkness came, and in the process showcase the diverse sonic landscape of music featuring...
For today’s podcast, we are featuring an outstanding label showcase for LINE, mixed by the one and only Richard Chartier. For this mix, which is also available at Name Your Price on Line’s Bandcamp [I highly recommend you grab the...
It’s nearly two months into the new decade and yet I’m still celebrating the music of the past year. And why wouldn’t I, especially when the selection of the favorites is put together by Ryan Griffin of A Strangely Isolated...
On today’s program, Brussels-based Sylvain Chauveau stops by to share his favorite records with the listeners and followers of Headphone Commute. This is an eclectic selection, ranging from acoustic songs to classical and to traditional Japanese music. It’s an hour...
Boy, do I have a special treat for you! Just as I thought we were finished, and the selections of best of the year came rushing in, I realized that we have more to celebrate at the turn of the...
Good morning and welcome to 2020. We kick off another decade with our annual tradition of celebrating the music of yesteryear, by presenting to you our favourites and recommendations. There will be enough here to fill your shelves and empty...
For our 270th entry in the Headphone Commute Mix series, we welcome Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch to share with us her favourite contemporary and modern classical pieces. This is Music by contemporary composers, with a very intemporal quality in its simplicity and...
And we’re back! Back after a short vacation and back with the second volume of delicious IDM from a Belgian duo, Suumhow, whose latest record on n5MD, Secuund, was released only a few days ago, on September 20th, 2019. After...
Home Normal is a remarkable label curated by a remarkable man. Ian Hawgood’s contribution to the minimal music scene over the past decade is hard to overstate. When invited to compile a mix to celebrate the label’s 10th anniversary I...
On March 27th of 2015, we lost one of our own, Susumu Yokota, with numerous releases on Harthouse, Skintone, Sublime and Leaf. This mix is not a eulogy for his untimely passing, but rather an echo of himself that still...
This quiet Wednesday morning seems like an appropriate time to begin a day with another Headphone Commute Mix. Today’s selection is curated by Aaron Martin, whose discovery not only blankets many notable labels, such as Fluid Audio, Dronarivm, Facture, Preservation,...
A word of warning first. This is not an ambient mix intended to relax or create a calm atmosphere. Also, it is not a showcase with full album tracks. It is a 'create-your-own-movie' soundtrack with some rather intense climaxes. And...
Brian Records is a label run by Jim Norman out of Bath in the United Kingdom. Recently, I invited Norman to showcase his record collection in Headphone Commute's I’ll show you mine following his announcement to raise funds for...
Yes, another gorgeous mix by Ryan Griffin of A Strangely Isolated Place, and yes, this one was already released by ASIP in December of 2018, but oh, it is so lovely, and its frequencies keep spreading through the lake of...
It’s been a long brutal winter at label headquarters in Wisconsin, and it’s left a wanting for warmer days and the entry of a new season. The music of this mix has a definite watery and cyclical vibe to it....
I’ve been a long time fan of Dmitry Taldykin‘s Moscow-based Dronarivm label which, thanks to the additional curation from Bartosz Dziadosz (aka Pleq) has always brought us treasures from the depths of ambient and modern classical waters. Many of imprint’s...
Nine years ago (damn!), Dag Rosenqvist made a mix for Headphone Commute under his Jasper TX moniker (listen to From Midnight To Sunlight). Since then he has produced numerous albums under his real name, many of which, like Vowels (2015),...
Back to the regularly scheduled programming (but with a new site in tow) I’m excited to present you with a fresh new mix from Gavin Miller (he is also one half of worriedaboutsatan and Ghosting Season for which he collaborates...
And here we are. Finding ourselves at this place at this time, where we have been before, and yet, it is always new. Even this mix, although now a tradition, to be published during our Best of the Year lists,...
We’re back with the second part of this wonderful piano based journey from Cedric. Be sure to check out Part One, and thank you all for your wonderful comments – I know I speak on behalf of Cedric, but he...
First a man behind the words of A Strangely Isolated Place blog (I prefer to call it a magazine), then a curator of an influential record label, and now a master selector of musical journeys, Ryan Griffin has been a...
I’ve been praising Mike Jedlicka‘s end of year selection for nearly six years now, when, with a slight hand of a magician and a skilled curator, he presents his favorite vinyl-only mix. The tracklisting alone shows Jedlicka’s vast knowledge in...
This mix is called 'child of nature'. It is a proof that music and nature fit together very well, especially for those who feel connected with nature. However, in every one of us, you find a little 'child' of nature....
It’s been a taxing year on the psyche, just tuning into social media or any type of news can turn one’s stomach. Seems like an easy time to lose your mind, if not want to retreat from all of it....
We’ve got something very different for you today, folks. Instead of a mix, I asked the London-based Caleb Wood (aka Precocious Mouse), who specializes in glitchy drone, clipped micro-sampled beats, and barely audible dark ambient noises, to compose an hour-long...
Peter van Cooten’s intricate storytelling with his favorite piece is the precise definition of a true curator. But it’s not just a collection of sequential tracks that makes a mix from PvC a transforming experience, it’s also his multi-layered approach...
Not much time left in 2016... and as this year slips away from us, with all of its musical wonders, some wins, and some losses, we take a quick look back with this wonderful mix from Eilean Records. Compiled...
And we are back with the third part of Roel Funcken‘s Autotroph mix, traversing all of the familiar and some previously unexplored corners of ambient, modern classical, and experimental worlds. If you missed the first two parts, be sure to...
Roel Funcken is unstoppable. I don’t know where he finds the time (or the inspiration), but I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to host yet another one of his immersive mixes. If you thought that his last, 4.5 hour long,...
The fourth and final part, in a four-part series of Roel Funcken's The Voynich Manuscript Mix. On this amazing journey, Funcken masterfully weaves in his favorite ambient and modern classical pieces with the tracks from The Voynich Manuscript album, an...
Inspired by his attendance of Sound of Story workshop at the Lighthouse Arts in Brighton, Phil Tomsett creates a musical narrative weaving in his favorite pieces. There's a very detailed explanation about this mix that I implore you to check...
I think that today is one of those days that requires no words... For full track listing and more information about this mix, please visit headphonecommute.com
Vittoria Fleet is a Berlin-based duo of Allan Shotter and Giada Zerbo. First appearing on Headphone Commute pages with their self-released Kissing Cousins EP back in 2012, the project got picked up by the beloved n5MD label, releasing Acht LP...
After more than six months in the making, I am excited to present you with the second volume of my Residuum mix series, showcasing my favorite pieces in reductionist microsound and isolationist ambiance. Just as the first volume, released more...
Welcome to another Headphone Commute podcast. You’re in for a treat! Peter van Cooten has been contributing countless reviews and mixes and there’s no sign of him slowing down! And that’s a great thing, because we certainly love the soundscapes...
If, like me, you initially snickered at the title of this mix, in hopes that it conveyed a large gaseous emission, fear not for your own immaturity (as my own), for in fact, in German, Ueberfahrt means passage, crossing, and...
Jam Karet is B ahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) meaning 'Elastic Time' (or 'Rubber Hours'). It is used for all 'time waiting patiently or expected, rather than wasted'. It definitely also makes life easier: if you have an appointment at 9pm, jam...
Eilean Rec. is an independent French label, run by Mathias Van Eecloo (of Monolyth & Cobalt) releasing ambient, electro-acoustic, experimental music, and everything in between. All physical releases are limited to about 50 to 200 copies, and are handmade with...
So we're already in December, and after 24 mixes of 2014 we've got exactly two more (including this one), plus a round-off with Best Vinyl of 2014 courtesy of Optic Echo Presents. But before we bid this year adieu, we've...
When I listen to music I instantly find myself transported to a particular place, or time. This is often accompanied by a sensation, for example feeling a change in temperature, or a tingle of the skin like a fine mist...
Transitions... that space in between. We often rush from one place to another, moving in our lives from point A to B, becoming this or that, while missing out on all of those transitions... Yet these may hold the essence...
If you haven’t noticed, I had a nice vacation in Japan (see HC’s Instagram), but now I’m back, ripping through the archives of unpublished reviews, interviews and mixes. To cleanse the palette a bit from the usual Headphone Commute fare,...
It’s been a while since I made a mix for you, guys… so you can say that this has been a long time in the making. In fact, I finished the mix back in February but held on to it...
Today we kick off a three-part Pianorama mix series! Compiled by Cedric as a follow up to his very first installment, the initial journey was just a bit over three hours long, and originally designed to be listened to in...
And just like that, without wasting any time, we move into our regularly scheduled programming, with the very first mix of 2014! Saimon Saimonse has previously charmed our listeners with his gorgeous selections for 'without you i’m nothing', 'Road to...
This podcast has been lovingly selected and produced exclusively for Headphone Commute by Emmet Wino and Noémie of the Emerging Species label in London. Close your eyes and trip to this incredible internal cinema piece with no interruptions. Not to...