honest words on honest music
In the studio with Hania Rani
“… I usually try to bring new elements to the process or deliberately limit myself to one instrument…”
The Audio CD Flaw
My journey into a rabbit hole of bit-perfect data transfer
How to fall in love with digital music…
All about appreciating the medium from a connoisseur’s point of view…
Benoît Pioulard
Stanza IV
Good morning, dear friends, random stumblers, and longtime readers. My ongoing contribution to this quiet corner … Continued
Benoît Pioulard
Noyaux
“…tangible memories beautifully dissolving within the glowing reverb and lively static of the four softly intertwining tracks…”
The following is an excerpt from an ongoing conversation with Thomas Meluch, aka Benoît Pioulard, our … Continued
Simon Goff
Dream Sequence I
“… a deep and harmonious convergence of modular synths and strings with the acoustics of the Grunewald Church…”
An excerpt from our conversation with Monique Recknagel and her label, Sonic Pieces.
Fax + Braulio Lam
Serifa
“… leading us through a grainy and perfectly framed landscape…”
Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri
In a Quiet Radiance
(feat. Andrea Burelli & Martina Bertoni)
An excerpt from an ongoing conversation with Yann Novak
Yann Novak
Context Collapse [Live]
“… the paradoxical nature of truth and transparency in our contemporary information landscape…”
“… break out from the suffocation of other projections, hurtful delusions, and our past…”
Deaf Center
Open Upon
“… through quiet pathways and grand boulevards where hours become days, and time seemingly freezes…”
Joachim Spieth
Afterimage
“… tracing the moment when sound becomes space, and movement turns into stillness…”
An excerpt from our Joachim Spieth and his label Affin.
The Inward Circles
Shadow Reflex
“… acoustic sources are still present — scraped, struck, bowed — yet they’re subjected to processes that shear away any sense of origin, leaving only convulsive rhythm and scorched resonance…”
Richard Skelton’s “most alien and forbidding work” since 2015.
The following is an excerpt from an ongoing conversation with Richard Skelton, the current featured artist on Headphone Community. We have recently discussed his background and early formation, and now it’s time to dive into his composition and sound craft.
“… the more we share, the less we seem to feel…”
zakè
Low Harmonics
“… deeper into the lower spectrum of sound, shaped by heavy bass ebbs and low-frequency flow…”
36
A Warm Static Sphere
“… a meditative drift of warmth and solitude, enveloping the listener in quiet light…”
An intimate conversation with Zach Frizzell about the origins, mission, and heart behind Past Inside the Present — a label built on community, honesty, and emotional resonance.
Deaf Center
Lucy’s Dream
Twenty years after Pale Ravine, Erik K Skodvin and Otto A Totland return with a haunting reverie stitched from forgotten fragments and new light. Merging echoes of the past with the clarity of the present, it feels like opening a door to memory itself – an elegy for what was, and what’s yet to come.
zakè
Collected Orchestral Works, Vol. I
“… subdued drones and recurring phrases…”
Featured Artist: zakè
“… environments marked by sweeping melancholic swells and evolving textures…”
Let’s start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, … Continued
An excerpt from an interview with 36, who is currently the featured artist on Headphone Community. On the platform, you will also find previously unreleased tracks, many Bandcamp codes, and many other exclusive perks! Join us for an ongoing conversation about music, where this interview is currently in progress, published in multiple parts!
Guentner + Spieth
Chrysalis
“… hypnotic, dub-infused, sonically rich environments…”
Jason van Wyk
Inner (Horizon)
“… familiar melodies dissolve into stillness, inviting quiet reflection and deep listening…”
“… the feeling behind a track is always the guiding light…”
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Persistence (Abul Mogard rework)
“… dense and fragile at the same time… a shadow… a dream of the original…”
zakè & Pallette, 36 & zakè, and Hammock
“… subtle textures and timeless tones create a quiet refuge from a world in motion…”
A conversation I had with Dennis Huddleston and Zach Frizzell, who record individually and collectively as 36 & zakè, specifically around their three-part Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel series.
Mike Lazarev
Tarnished Tapes and Saturated Signals
“… a work that asks for nothing, and gives everything…”
A record to be heard in darkness, in the hour before dawn, or deep in the night when everything else has gone quiet. In an age that confuses noise with presence, Mike Lazarev continues to speak in a whisper. Only those who know how to be still will truly hear him.
The following is only an excerpt from an Interview with Abul Mogard, who is currently the featured artist on Headphone Community. For just $1 a month, you can join us in this intimate discussion, where you’ll also have the opportunity to ask your questions. The real game-changer of this new platform lies in the fact that every monetary contribution goes directly back to support the artist!
Abul Mogard
In a studded procession
“… a haunting meditation on memory and sound, where restored fragments unfold into hypnotic, all-enveloping sonic light…”
Jason van Wyk
Remnants
“… a hypnotising cocktail of spatial ambience and pulsating rhythms…”
The following is an excerpt from an Interview with Erik K Skodvin, who is currently the featured artist on Headphone Community. For only $1 a month, you can join us in an intimate discussion, where you get to ask your questions as well, knowing that every contribution goes directly back to support the artist. Join us now for an ongoing conversation about Erik’s music, where this interview is currently in progress, published in multiple parts!