Spleen – Where We All Fit In (Summer Rain Recordings)
Beautiful melodic electronica will always have a slot on my shelf. Even if it’s a digital only release. And here’s one from a quickly gaining recognition netlabel, Summer Rain Recordings. And the label...
View ArticleRival Consoles – Helvetica (Erased Tapes)
From the label that brought you majestic modern classical music from Icelandic rising star, Ólafur Arnalds, comes a new installment in emotional… wait… what’s this? My expectations for melodramatic...
View ArticleThe Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble – Mutations EP (Ad Noiseam)
Coming in with slow jazzy percussion, deep rumbling bass, and all acoustic instrumentation, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble enters from the shadows of ghostly vocals and crackling dust. Violins,...
View Article20 EPs of 2009 [part 1]
As the year draws to a close, and I start thinking about the upcoming Best of 2009 list, I realize that I haven’t properly covered some 12″ singles, EPs and mini albums. These tend to fall off my...
View Article20 EPs of 2009 [part 2]
Here comes part two of my original writeup for 20 EPs of 2009. To those with minimal math skills and a keen eye to detail I must apologize for a little white lie. There was so much great music this...
View Article50 (MORE!) Albums, EPs and Compilations of 2008
Hold up, hold up. Rewind selector! Before I attempt to sit down and put together my list of favorite albums of 2009, I must pay homage to the music that slipped past me in the year before. I have said...
View ArticleSound Bytes : Clem Leek, Rafael Anton Irisarri and Simon Scott
OK. I give up. There is just no way that I can cover all of the wonderful music out there. There’s just not enough time! But I still want to tell you about all of the amazing releases that come across...
View ArticleSound Bytes : Kuedo, Eskmo, and VibeSquaD
I sat down to cover the latest release from Planet Mu by Kuedo, and my mind migrated over to the bass sounds from Eskmo which then reminded me of an album by VibeSquaD. This is a perfect example of why...
View ArticleSound Bytes : Baconhead, Anodyne Industries, and Mormo
This installment of Sound Bytes features some of my latest picks among the net-label community. Distributing music digitally, and mostly for FREE, net labels are a collection of artists sprinkled...
View ArticleSound Bytes : Hyperdub Special
This special installment of Sound Bytes features not just three, but five quick entries covering the very latest releases from one of the ground breaking, boundary pushing, genre bending labels,...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE : Marsen Jules – Sketch #04 – Serenade
Well, here’s indeed something special! The wonderful folks at Oktaf are releasing tracks in a new Sketches series into the world one at a time, and we got our dirty hands on the fourth installment...
View ArticleColorlist – The Fastest Way To Become The Ocean (Serein)
For the first entry in the label’s Seasons 2011 series, Huw Roberts of Serein invites a Chicago based crossover jazz duo, Charles Rumback and Charles Gorczynski, to contribute a four-track EP as...
View ArticleDonato Wharton – A White Rainbow Spanning The Dark (Serein)
Does the sad, minimal, and drony music compliments the rain, or does the wet, dark, and windy morning makes that music so much better? These are some of the thoughts on my mind during my rainy...
View ArticleNest – 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...
View ArticleHauschka – 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...
View ArticleBest EPs and Singles of 2011 [part one]
I will be the first to admit that mini-albums, EPs, and 12″ singles do not get as much attention on these pages as they deserve. These brief glimpses of miniature releases fall and melt like tiny...
View ArticleBest EPs and Singles of 2011 [part two]
Please believe us when we say that we’re dying to tell you about our favorite album selections of 2011. It feels like everyone has already announced their choices, but we’ll stick to our principles and...
View ArticleAkkord – HTH020 (Houndstooth)
Akkord follows their stellar début album on Houndstooth with this addendum of 4 new tracks on an HTH020 EP. One of the things I loved about their first EP and album were that they seemed unafraid to...
View ArticleUNDISCLOSED – 99A2A5
Well, here it is, the very last release in Headphone Commute’s UNDISCLOSED series for this year [don’t worry, I’ve got a few more EPs on the way]. As usual, it’s very difficult for me to talk about my...
View ArticleThe Inward Circles – I have heard a music and it is delirious (Corbel Stone...
If you’ve been following my musings (for the past 9 years, jeez!) you know that I rarely attempt to invest my time in covering short playing EPs. There’s no particular reason behind it, except that...
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