July 2009
JulyJul 30 Thursday 09
Richard Skelton – Marking Time (Type / Preservation)
In the past few years I have become a bigger fan of simple and elegant works, sometimes consisting of a single instrument, sometimes of a single theme. I wonder if it is perhaps related to the process of aging and a calming mind. Ambient music begins to make more sense. …
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Two and a Half Questions with Richard Skelton
Can you elaborate on the title of your album, Marking Time?
I used to think that putting titles to instrumental music was a waste of time. But these days I feel like there's something totemic in naming songs – that a song isn't truly birthed, isn't truly alive, until …
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JulyJul 28 Tuesday 09
Murcof - The Versailles Sessions (Leaf)
I am way overdue to give this album a proper review. I first heard The Versailles Sessions back at the end of 2008, when this Leaf release immediately made it on to my Best of 2008 list. Then, as time flew by, I was expecting to cover the upcoming release, Océano. The …
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Two and a Half Questions with Murcof
With The Versailles Sessions you moved from working with samples of modern classical works to collaborating and writing for the actual musicians. Tell us about that experience.
It was different in the sense that the sound sources i worked from where of a very specific …
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JulyJul 26 Sunday 09
The 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, trombones, and jazz trumpets howl and growl, along digitally effected …
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Two and a Half Questions with The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble
Do you have any plans on releasing a recording of an actual live performance?
Well, we release live stuff under the Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation. The new live improv album 'Succubus' has just been released on Ad Noiseam. We did released the live album 'Doomjazz Future …
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JulyJul 18 Saturday 09
VA - 14 tracks re-wiring UK Garage (Boomkat)
Boomkat is not exactly a record label. And it's not really known for its compilations. But it is a famous online music store for all of your underground musical flavors, from dubstep to hip-hop to IDM and modern classical. Towards the end of 2008, Boomkat launched a …
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JulyJul 12 Sunday 09
VA - 88 Tapes (Keshhhhhh)
Keshhhhhh Recordings is based in Cambridge (England) and is run by Simon Scott (you should know him as the ex-drummer from the shoegaze band, Slowdive). I'm not exactly sure what Simon has in mind for the future of his label, but I must say, he's off to a pretty good …
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JulyJul 6 Monday 09
Free Mix : Intelligent Breakcore
This mix has been in the making for quiet some time. Maybe not in its actuality, but at least in my head. It all started when I was compiling Headphone Commute’s Best of 2008 list at the end of December last year. I wanted to select some of my favorite tracks and …
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JulyJul 4 Saturday 09
Trentemøller / VA - Harbour Boat Trips : Copenhagen (HFN Music)
Danish electronic producer, Anders Trentemøller, sets aside his studio equipment used to make some of the finest raw and tight minimal house grooves, to put together a compilation of some of his favorite downtempo tracks from Copenhagen. Harbour Boat Trips is a …
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JulyJul 3 Friday 09
Label Profile : Merck
I've been a little swamped with 'life' and behind on all the reviews.
Let's just say that I'm on a short vacation.
Meanwhile, I was able to squeeze out an amazing new interview with Gabe Koch of Merck Records!
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