Ott, Willits + Sakamoto, and Jon Hopkins
Celebrating Headphone Commute’s many years of content, I am highlighting albums that I covered 15, 10, and 5 years ago.
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12k
Location: New York, US
Founded: 1997
An influential ambient and microsound label founded by Taylor Deupree releasing works by Shuttle358, Marcus Fischer, Solo Andata, Pjusk and Kenneth Kirschner among the many others.
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Low Flying Owls
“… as delicate as it is restless, the breadth of instrumentation and influences comes to life across the sonic space and printed page…”
Focus on Arovane
“… curiosity, trying out new technology, and different forms of synthesis always bring me new ideas…”
Music For Capricious Souls Adrift In Noir-fi
For the last fifteen years, this music haunted my days, then cautiously moved through the ether …
Tomáš Šenkyřík
Advent
“… subtle weaving together of acoustic elements, soft synthetic manoeuvres and evocative field recordings to spellbinding effect…”
Taylor Deupree
Small Winters
“… the sonic equivalent of dust motes floating in a sunbeam…”
Music For Synergizing The Synapse Of Ideas
For the last 14 years in a row (!!!) I managed to torture myself with a …