Headphone Commute
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Serein - Let's Go Outside
September 19, 2017 05:00 - 212 MBLet's Go Outside is an exclusive mix comprising one and a half hours of music from Serein. Hear old favourites and exclusive new pieces on this compilation made in collaboration with Headphone Commmute. Free to download and stream, this album offers a glance back at where we've come from and, with six brand new, previously unheard tracks, a glimpse of the future. It's the perfect way to get to know us. For full track listing and more information about this mix, please visit headphonecommute.com
Leah Kardos – Headphone Commute Mix
September 05, 2017 05:00 - 111 MBToday we find ourselves in the company of Leah Kardos, a London-based composer, whose work we’ve highly praised back in 2012, with her release on Bigo & Twigetti titled Feather Hammer. Today, Leah is celebrating a release of her newest album, Rococochet, which she says is 'my palate cleanser, something to counter a growing feeling in myself and how I perceive my little corner of the contemporary classical landscape, which can sometimes feel very serious and a bit humourless.' For full track l...
Lost Tribe Sound – The Wounded Healer
August 22, 2017 05:00 - 125 MBIt’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. Trying to find a way to make a positive impact these days and bring people together feels like a daunting task. That’s partly how the Lost Tribe Sound's "Prelude to the Decline" series came to be. Knowing that music has strangely beautiful transformative properties and knowing that we're pretty decent...
Olga Wojciechowska – The Surfaces of Things
August 08, 2017 05:00 - 120 MBThe weather in London is definitely different than in New York. My dense humid mornings of August have been replaced with the gray breezy skies, misty showers, and bright sunny evenings. It’s not exactly better, but it’s definitely not worse. It’s simply different. And right now it’s like this. I woke up then, and I wake up now, to my morning commute, with the music complimenting the weather, full of texture, melody and something else – something else that words cannot explain, as they hold o...
Richard Chartier - Between Two Points
July 25, 2017 05:00 - 275 MBI am super excited to welcome the one and only Richard Chartier back to the mix series. Not even as Pinkcourtesyphone, of whom, I am undeniably a huge fan, but as Richard Chartier himself, which is a rare treat indeed. For exactly two hours, Chartier collects his latest favorite pieces to weave in a fabric of textures, featuring many of our beloved artists previously appearing on Headphone Commute, plus a few more records that we need to check out! This is a sonic treat which is simply wonder...
Eraldo Bernocchi – Glacial Movements
July 11, 2017 05:00 - 136 MBVery excited about this one, folks, because the music on this exclusive mix contains some fantastic pieces from one of my favorite labels, Glacial Movements. Compiled from the catalog by the label manager, Alessandro Tedeschi (aka Netherworld), and mixed by Eraldo Bernocchi (who also appears on the tracklist), this hour-long journey showcases the vast landscape encompassed by this Italian imprint, specializing in glacial, isolationist ambient, and arctic soundscapes. I’ve been a longtime fan ...
Precocious Mouse – Catawampus
June 20, 2017 05:00 - 122 MBWe’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 set, just for your ears. The result is a one-of-a-kind performance, released exclusively on Headphone Commute, right here, right now, challenging, perhaps, not just the medium format, but also your experience. Be careful with this one,...
Radere - Headphone Commute Mix
June 06, 2017 05:00 - 187 MBRadere is the project of Colorado-based Carl Ritger, composing minimal soundscapes, drone, and ambient. His work primarily explores the shadowy gulf that exists between drone and noise, blurring guitars, location recordings, and electronics into densely textured sonic monoliths. Recorded at home using two Technics, a mixer, and a reverb processor, this mix dives into a curated selection of well-worn favorites and recent discoveries that have found their way into my collection. With a focus on...
Fingers in the Noise – A Tribute to the Pioneers of Electronic Ambient Music
May 23, 2017 05:00 - 168 MBOn today’s podcast, we celebrate some of the pioneers of early electronic ambient music, with the help of a long-time contributor, Fingers in the Noise. Here are all of the first explorations into the then unnamed genre, sometimes referred to as avant-garde, new-music, or simply electronic music. Pictured for the cover art of this mix is Laurie Spiegel, an American composer, who, while working in Bell Laboratories in the early 70s, composed with analog synthesizers using interactive software ...
PvC – Mind Awake, Body Asleep
May 09, 2017 10:00 - 137 MBPeter 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 to weaving in the dynamics and textures of individual compositions that truly create a brand new one, disabling your mind from peeling apart the individual pieces (see below the screenshot of the entire sequence). The mix becomes an event of it...
QGCrou - ...and winter came
April 25, 2017 10:00 - 115 MBAnd we are back, with our first official mix, podcasting from London! I’ve been sitting on this one for a while now, mostly through the entire winter – sorry, kids! But when you hear it, you will know that, although seasons definitely have an effect on your psyche, it is the music that lingers long after that, changing the winter into spring, and fall into winter. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have throughout early mornings and late nights. Here are some recent works mixed on the first winte...
Roel Funcken - Isotope Cobalt
February 28, 2017 10:00 - 327 MBThis morning I find myself sitting in a nearly bare office, which was once the headquarters of Headphone Commute for the last five years, as I prepare to depart this country and move on to London, hopefully for the better times. This is the last mix published from the United States (for now), and I’m happy that it will be by Roel Funcken, a friend and a confidant in various genres, whom I will be closer to, once I’m on the other side of the pond. This is the fourth installment in a six-part s...
Oaktree - Soundtrack For A City View
February 14, 2017 10:00 - 184 MBThis recording was made on January 22th in Klub Goud in Antwerp, on the 21st floor of one of the highest buildings in the city, by Adriaan de Roover, aka Oaktree. The set was performed live and inspired by this amazing sunset view. We filmed the horizon and made a soundtrack for it, constantly asking which track would fit the view best at the given moment, trying to highlight some aspects or to give it some contrast. It felt like adding some paint to a picture. For full track listing and more...
Mathias Van Eecloo – eisOtones 10
January 24, 2017 10:00 - 169 MBLast year we have introduced the imaginative curation by Mathias Van Eecloo and so we decided to follow up with the next installment, nearly a year to date from the original broadcast. Let’s hope we make this into another wonderful tradition! Here are some words from Mathias: 'Here are some of my favorites songs from 2016. A mix session recorded for the eisOtones project which is to have 20 mixes with a duration of 72 minutes with 50 tracks. The complete project to have a duration of 24 hours...
Optic Echo Presents – Best Vinyl of 2016
January 10, 2017 10:00 - 239 MBPerhaps more than a tradition by now, Mike Jedlicka of Optic Echo Presents has been sharing with us his favorite vinyl-only selections of the year since 2011. The process begins in December when an acquired collection of records starts getting groomed, re-listened, re-arranged, and then finally, here it is, a sonic summary of the entire year in just a bit over 100 minutes in length. Jedlicka and I were taking last night, him in Portland, me in New York, the opposite coasts of this barely unit...
eilean rec. - aankomst
December 27, 2016 10:00 - 144 MBNot 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 from the 16 releases by all the music artists involved in the label in 2016, and mixed by Mathias Van Eecloo, this special label showcase wraps up our feelings and our states of mind. It's a wonderful journey, one we hope that you enjoy as well! For full track listing and more informatio...
PvC – Perception Management
December 13, 2016 10:00 - 137 MBThere 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 insp...
Erinome – Black Knoll Studio Showcase
November 29, 2016 10:00 - 154 MBErinome returns to Headphone Commute podcast, this time choosing to showcase his favorite tracks that made their way through Rafael Anton Irisarri‘s Black Knoll Studio. It’s a conceptual selection of pieces unlike any other, capturing the overall aura that the studio itself, and Irisarri’s special touch, had on all this gorgeous music! Whether it’s mixing, mastering, remixing or collaborating with other artists (as in Irisarri’s project with Benoît Pioulard, called Orcas), there is a reason w...
Marco Caricola – A 1631 Recordings Mixtape
November 15, 2016 10:00 - 167 MBIn half June, we escaped London for a day and traveled south until Seven Sisters. While the summer season was getting closer, the British sky did not seem to bat an eyelid and painted the Sussex landscape of its usual grey. As for me, I too had been feeling cloudy for a while and in need of a clear up. I used to carry my notebook everywhere, put a playlist on and simply write pages. That day at the sea made no difference, it turned out to be the best in a long while. None of us did return the...
Herd - Headphone Commute 2016 Mix
November 01, 2016 10:00 - 125 MBI’m back from my vacation in Eastern Europe, finally attending Poland’s Unsound Festival, and slowly getting into my routine. What better way to start off than with another gorgeous mix? Today Herd returns to our podcast with another heady mix, featuring many pieces he is inspired by, with numerous appearances by FSOL to create that otherworldly dreamscape which has been haunting me ever since the day I heard Lifeforms. Lots of favorites on here as well, including ASC, Legiac, Roly Porter, an...
Roel Funcken – Autotroph (Part 4)
September 27, 2016 10:00 - 256 MBToday we conclude Roel Funcken‘s behemoth 100-track 8-hour mix with the fourth and final part! It’s been definitely a long and worthwhile journey across some of our favorite pieces and both of us hope that you’ve enjoyed this trip. Don’t forget that you can download the entire continuous mix on Funcken’s site here (if you’re brave enough). And please support all of the featured artists and labels – without them we wouldn’t be here! For full track listing and more information about this mix, p...
Roel Funcken – Autotroph (Part 3)
September 13, 2016 10:00 - 255 MBAnd 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 grab them and listen in succession – especially if you have six hours available (great for work and oversea flights). Enjoy this journey while it lasts and stay tuned for the fourth and final part, to be published in just a couple of weeks! For full track l...
Roel Funcken – Autotroph (Part 2)
August 30, 2016 10:00 - 272 MBI hope that you enjoyed previous week’s first entry in Roel Funcken's 8-hour long Autotroph mix, because here comes part two! Featuring some of my all time favorite artists, this second, nearly two hour installment picks up where we left off at the end of our last told story, and slowly cradles us into another week. I am, personally, preparing for another week-long silent retreat, which is always preceded by a 4-hour long drive to Massachusetts, and you know damn well, that I’ll be listening ...
Roel Funcken – Autotroph (Part 1)
August 23, 2016 10:00 - 279 MBRoel 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 Voynich Manuscript Mix was a doozy, get ready for a journey that is nearly 8 hours long! That’s right! Thankfully, I’ve convinced Funcken to break it down into 4 consumable pieces, and today [at only 2 hours in length!] I am honored to present you with the first p...
Dave Howell - 130701 Label Showcase
August 09, 2016 10:00 - 155 MBThis mix was put together by Dave Howell, who heads up FatCat’s pioneering 130701 imprint (which has been a home to Ian Willam Craig, Max Richter, Hauschka, Dustin O’Halloran, Johann Johannsson, set Fire To Flames amongst others). The mix features a number of tracks from 130701's archives well as some indication of the wider wellspring the label draws upon and sits alongside. For full track listing and more information about this mix, please visit headphonecommute.com
Orangewarrior – Chiaroscuro: A Chill and Bass Mix
July 26, 2016 10:00 - 148 MBOrangewarrior is back with his signature selection and intricate mixing for a delicious hour of chill and bass. It’s been a while since he shared his wares with us, nearly five years I think, when his last Chilled Dubstep Mix was published on Headphone Commute, which scored over 18,000 streams as of this writing, and which I still deeply enjoy (perhaps you should queue it up next). Meanwhile, the music has evolved, the genres changed, and “step” has almost disappeared. What remains is the syn...
Roel Funcken - Calabi-Yau Manifold Mix
July 12, 2016 10:00 - 306 MBI’ve got another special treat for you this Tuesday morning? Why? Because I love you, of course! Here’s a two-plus-hour journey into some of the most beautiful music you will hear (until next time, on Headphone Commute), selected by the one and only Roel Funcken, who has graced our ears with his intricate picks, mixdowns, and, most importantly, his very own tracks, appearing on this Calabi-Yau Manifold Mix. The Calabi-Yau manifold is a special type of topological space from mathematics and al...
Pleq - Dronarivm Label Showcase
June 28, 2016 10:00 - 137 MBI’m very excited and proud to share with you this mix today. There are three reasons for this. First of all, it’s put together by one of my favorite artists, Bartosz Dziadosz, recording under the moniker Pleq; second, it showcases some of the amazing pieces (including a few unreleased ones) from Dmitry Taldykin’s Dronarivm label (which Dziadosz helps curate); and finally, it’s just a gorgeous trip across some beautiful ambiance that you will surely enjoy. I’ve listened to this mix more than a...
Marta Mist – Headphone Commute Mix
June 14, 2016 10:00 - 138 MBThis morning’s Headphone Commute mix is prepared by a Marta Mist, an ambient collective out of Leeds, UK, whose last record, Scavengers, appeared on our Time Released Sound label special. The selection of pieces here is pretty wide and eclectic, a perfect way to derail your wondering mind, and hopefully introduce you to some new artists in the process. For full track listing and more information about this mix, please visit headphonecommute.com
Fingers in the Noise - Tears of Clouds
May 31, 2016 10:00 - 179 MBFor today's mix we welcome back Laurent Bisch, aka Fingers in the Noise, who previously created a mix for Headphone Commute back in 2014, titled Drone Journey. Bisch's meticulous selection of his favorite tracks, weaves a storytelling tapestry of sound, creating a moody, stormy atmosphere, perfect for a rainy day or cloudless night. Either way, this is the music that stays with you after it's gone. Hope you will discover some magical moments and enjoy! For full track listing and more informat...
Near The Parenthesis – Shapes
May 17, 2016 10:00 - 122 MBTim Arndt (aka Near the Parenthesis) has assembled this mix of personal listenings and influences in advance of his upcoming release on n5MD. Ranging new and old, digital and analog, it's centered on a very relaxed vibe for transitioning into your day... or perhaps backing out of it. Much of the mix is focused on the labels which influenced his current style, as much as the artists themselves. For full track listing and more information about this mix, please visit headphonecommute.com
'k'' - within confines
April 05, 2016 10:00 - 269 MBPerhaps too early for the actual celebration of two hundred mixes, yet nevertheless a milestone of its own, this podcast signifies yet another transition in time and space. Tomorrow I set off on one of my longest and most exciting adventures, covering South East Asia countries: Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia in about a month’s time. This trip will give me an opportunity to step back from the every day grind, including the sometimes compulsive consumption of music, and enter a completely...
Saimonse – Dark Souls
March 15, 2016 10:00 - 155 MBIn another annual tradition, Saimon Saimonse returns to Headphone Commute podcast with his favorite selections. This time it’s a murky trip, evoking, as the title suggests, those dark souls. This is one of those mixes that requires no words, as the music tells the story all on its own. For full track listing and more information about this mix, please visit headphonecommute.com
Roel Funcken - The Voynich Manuscript Mix_part04
March 01, 2016 10:00 - 178 MBThe 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 upcoming release on Dronarivm as Legiac (a project with his brother Don Funcken and Cor Bolton). This is a fantastic trip through music, layered with not only skillful selection, but Funcken’s expert touch of mixology, blended with a few effect...
Roel Funcken - The Voynich Manuscript Mix_part03
February 23, 2016 10:00 - 150 MBThe third 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 upcoming release on Dronarivm as Legiac (a project with his brother Don Funcken and Cor Bolton). This is a fantastic trip through music, layered with not only skillful selection, but Funcken’s expert touch of mixology, blended with a few effects to smooth...
Roel Funcken - The Voynich Manuscript Mix_part02
February 16, 2016 10:00 - 145 MBThe second 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 upcoming release on Dronarivm as Legiac (a project with his brother Don Funcken and Cor Bolton). This is a fantastic trip through music, layered with not only skillful selection, but Funcken’s expert touch of mixology, blended with a few effects to smoot...
Roel Funcken - The Voynich Manuscript Mix_part01
February 09, 2016 10:00 - 154 MBToday I’m honored to present you with Roel Funcken's The Voynich Manuscript Mix, which we will publish in four individual parts, followed by the full, continuous 4:32 hour 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 upcoming release on Dronarivm as Legiac (a project with his brother Don Funcken and Cor Bolton). This is a fantastic trip through music, layered with not only s...
eisOtones 9
January 27, 2016 10:00 - 167 MBA mix session recorded for the eistOnes project/process which is to have some mixes with a duration of 72 minutes with 50 tracks. The complete project will be closed when there will have the 20 mixes for a duration of 24 hours with 1000 songs. 1 mix will be recorded by year, at the same period, in January. For full track listing and more information about this mix, please visit headphonecommute.com
Optic Echo Presents – Best Vinyl of 2015
December 30, 2015 10:00 - 275 MBAnd here we are, at the end of another year. It’s hard to imagine that yet another planetary rotation has completed its course, but it’s better to know that it was with this music. So much experienced, so much accomplished, and never enough. We now have only memories, recorded with a timestamp, a bit like this sonic journey. For the fifth year in a row, Mike Jedlicka of Optic Echo compiles his selection of favorite releases in this vinyl-only mix, matching many of my own choices for best of t...
Phil Tomsett - Dramaturgy
December 15, 2015 10:00 - 123 MBInspired 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 out on the main site (slightly the opposite of our last mix, which barely had any words). For full track listing and more information about this mix, please visit headphonecommute.com
Erinome - Currents
November 24, 2015 10:00 - 240 MBI 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 - Headphone Commute Mix
November 10, 2015 10:00 - 138 MBVittoria 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 in 2014 and most recently, just this past October, Greed LP. Describing their music, I've often compared the project to output by Clark, Tim Exile, Apparat and even Björk - somewhat dark, punctuated, and glitchy while being warm and soft at the very same...
Gosh Snobo - Waltz of The Fireflies
October 20, 2015 10:00 - 152 MBExistentially, this mix is a meditation on mortality, a fear of death (own and dear ones) and simultaneously a latent desire to shortcut the earthly path. A kind of aural Maranasati, just prettier and less scary, or a reading from Seneca’s letters, but non-verbal and less moralizing. Kicking off with the sound of clay burial urns captured by Simon Whetham, it is centered around Sufjan Stevens' lament to his late mother, which opens the gates of an afterlife that begins with a narrative from a...
Svarte Greiner – Vapor
October 06, 2015 10:00 - 137 MBAs winter approaches I find myself waking up to darker hours. There is something special about these early mornings, when the first rays of light are still deep asleep. It is only appropriate that I saturate my daily rituals with the right type of music – the music which seems to originate from a deep well filled with eerie vapor that is Miasmah, one of my all-time favorite labels, run by Erik K Skodvin (aka Svarte Greiner) out of Berlin. Next year the label will mark its 10-year anniversary,...
Cole Pierce - Middle
September 22, 2015 10:00 - 196 MBSo it has come to this… Days turn into weeks, weeks into few months, and months into those years. I take in one breath, and summer turns into autumn, reminding me that nature doesn’t wait, and time is just another villain, mocking from afar. And now I measure time with music, and the weeks with mixes, and the years with lists. Today I check in with Cole Pierce to see if he’s got music for my ears, and sure enough, he’s more than happy to oblige. Enjoy your autumn walk! For full track listing ...
Roel Funcken - Lyra Vistro
September 01, 2015 10:00 - 236 MBW00t w00t! Another Headphone Commute mix! And this is #185 by my counts – has it really been this many? And was the last Roel Funcken contribution towards this podcast more than a year ago – the Healing Emplinx back in May of 2014? That can’t be! I’m not sure what’s happening to time – I need a way to slow it down, and even my silent retreats are not exactly helping when I’m mindless in the daily grind. Speaking of the daily grind – I hope this Vistro Lyra mix will help you as much through yo...
Strië – Headphone Commute Mix
August 18, 2015 09:00 - 132 MBOn today’s installment of your bi-weekly dose of music to commute to (whether you are stationary or in transit), we are proudly featuring one of our favorite mysterious artists, Strië. The real name and personality of the Eastern European composer may evade us, but the soul shines on right thru! Even the description of the mix is opaque. There is no foreground or background, only a continuity of interlacing relationships – Lyonel Feininger. Please enjoy responsibly and support the featured ar...
HC - Residuum Vol 2
August 04, 2015 10:00 - 206 MBAfter 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 than two years ago, the transitions in this collection have been meticulously curated for a deep listening experience. This mix is best experienced with a really good pair of open-back headphones, preferably in the horizontal position – do not operate a...
PvC - Entropic
July 07, 2015 11:00 - 135 MBWelcome 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 that PvC introduces our ears to, with his intricate selection of layers, textures and most importantly, story-telling. The latter is what makes up a great selector, elevating him on par with the artist themselves, where the collage of sounds becomes mo...
Klavikon - Headphone Commute Mix
June 23, 2015 11:00 - 103 MBToday’s Headphone Commute Mix is courtesy of Leon Michenere, aka Klavikon, who has been exploring a new approach to the prepared piano, expanding on the experimental works by John Cage and David Tudor. Indeed, this is an introductory opener to the mix, which takes off into a fascinating territory of haunting and percussive textures. Michener’s own music is influenced by artists such as Autechre, Basic Channel, Jeff Mills, Photek, Squarepusher and many more, an aspect which is clearly stated t...