Venetian Snares, Apparat, Ólafur Arnalds, Abul Mogard
Celebrating Headphone Commute’s many years of content, I am highlighting albums that I covered 15, 10, …
Searching for Mercury KX
Mercury KX
Location: London, UK
Founded: 2017
Post-classical imprint (sublabel of Decca Music Group) launched by Solomon Grey featuring Ólafur Arnalds, Luke Howard, Sebastian Plano, and Floex & Tom Hodge
Luke Howard
All Of Us
“… the music is a reflection of this artist’s personal journey through isolation, loss, and, ultimately, destiny…”
Night Gestalt
Headphone Commute Mix
“… the world is falling to pieces… but not with a crash… the world is decaying in waves…”
Federico Albanese
The Quiet Man
“… shimmering and swaying in the breeze of our memories, triggering moments of recall which may have been false…”
XXIM Records
In this episode, Matt Emery chats with Alex Buhr about the vision behind his new label, XXIM Records, his musical background, setting up Mercury KX.
Sophie Hutchings
On Isolation
A visual piece by Sophie Hutchings on the relationship between beauty and isolation
In the studio with Gaspar Claus
“… sometimes I hear something […] and I get inspired by its energy and try to find a way to approach it with my instrument…”