Julia Gjertsen, nonkeen, Unstern
Julia Gjertsen’s ambient piano melodies, nonkeen’s jazzy keys with Nils Frahm, and Unstern’s atmospheric debut…
Searching for Moderna
Moderna
Location: Montreal, Québec
Founded: 2015
A fairly young modern classical label specializing in “instrumental landscapes within sound geometry”
Snorri Hallgrímsson
The Girl in the Dark
“… blending a tragic quality of an intimate felted upright piano with the emotional weight of the orchestra…”
Music For Your Stationary Travels
Five years ago, in 2019, I unveiled a new list, and I think this year, we’ll …
Music For Watching The Snow Slowly Fall In The Moonlight
In the silent and sad mountains, music speaks without the lyrics. Words escape and rise in …
Music For The Frosty Night When I Miss Your Warm Light
Another sunset without you. How precious were those little moments… how futile are these tardy words. …
Music For The Film Behind Closed Eyelids
In the first instalment of Headphone Commute’s Best of 2023, I gather my favourite selections of …
Linus Alberg
Vienna
“… effortlessly fluttering melodies held together by bass, harmonium, and fragile echoes of the breathy trumpet…”
Snorri Hallgrímsson
I Am Weary, Don’t Let Me Rest
“… heartwrenching melancholia that walks the scale in search of resolution, peace, and rest…”