In the studio with Rafael Anton Irisarri
Editor’s note: I’m really excited to roll out this brand new column on Headphone Commute, dedicated to all of you, gear heads, DSP junkies and sonic geeks! In this special feature, each carefully...
View ArticleIn the studio with Brock Van Wey
Editor’s note: Welcome to the second installment of Headphone Commute’s “In the studio with…” column. Behind this door with the Hello Kitty “Welcome” sign (pictured above) lies the home in which Brock...
View ArticleIn the studio with Frank Bretschneider
Frank Bretschneider is a Berlin-based electronic musician working with sine waves, white noise, and other primitive signals as source material for his compositions. In 1995, along with Olaf Bender,...
View ArticleIn the studio with Robin Rimbaud
Among his many monikers, Robin Rimbaud is most known for his work as Scanner with releases dating back to the early 90s, and a vast discography on labels such as Ash International, Sub Rosa, and his...
View ArticleIn the studio with Arovane
Uwe Zahn has been recording under his Arovane moniker since the early days of City Centre Offices. In fact, Occer / Silicad was the first label pressing back in 1999. I was particularly swept away by...
View ArticleIn the studio with loscil
Scott Morgan is a Vancouver (Canada) based musician, deriving his alias from the “looping oscillator” function in Csound audio programming language. Yet loscil’s music is more than loops. Morgan’s...
View ArticleIn the studio with Christopher Bissonnette
And we’re back with yet another entry in our new “In the studio with…” column. You guys seems to like these, noh? Today we’re featuring the working environment of Christopher Bissonnette, a Canadian...
View ArticleIn the studio with Luke Howard
Luke Howard was on of my great 2013 discoveries. This Australian musician appeared on the scene via his self-released debut, titled Sun, Cloud, and immediately captured my heart, and a deserved spot...
View ArticleIn the studio with Benn Jordan
Benn Jordan is a Chicago based musician, who somehow manages to stay out of the spotlight, no matter how much I want to shine it on him. You see, when it comes to intelligent electronic music, lush...
View ArticleIn the studio with Taylor Deupree
Perhaps Taylor Deupree does not need introduction. Having made an imprint on the electronic music scene in the mid 90s, Deupree went on to create his very own form of ambiance: meditative, minimal,...
View ArticleIn the studio with Richard Devine
Richard Devine is an electronic musician releasing on Warp, Schematic, Sublight and Detroit Underground among the many labels. As a sound designer, he’s created patches for Korg, Native Instruments,...
View ArticleIn the studio with Lusine
Jeff McIlwain has been on my radar for 15 years now, ever since I heard his bass-dropping IDM cut-up beats on Isophlux back in 1999. McIlwain released four full-lengths on Ghostly International as...
View ArticleIn the studio with Celer
Lets start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? There’s a lot of music and art in the background of my family. There...
View ArticleIn the studio with Skyphone
Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? We are three in the band, so we all have different beginnings. All of us have played in rock bands in the...
View ArticleIn the studio with Kiasmos
Kiasmos appeared on the scene back in 2009, on an Erased Tapes split EP with Rival Consoles. A few years later, and this somewhat elusive duo were still teasing us with only a few tracks here and...
View ArticleIn the studio with Deru
You can listen to something a million times by yourself but the second you’re sharing it with someone else you hear things in a new way… I’ve been a fan of Benjamin Wynn’s music ever since his very...
View ArticleIn the studio with Lawrence English
I like the notion that everything cycles, everything flows with a kind of asynchronous togetherness. Lawrence English is an Australian composer, media artist, and a curator. Working across an eclectic...
View ArticleIn the studio with Dag Rosenqvist
Lets start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? When I was young, like 15-16 or something, I started playing bass in a...
View ArticleIn the studio with Benoît Pioulard
Lets start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? Technically it would have been the piano – I was started on lessons...
View ArticleIn the studio with Hauschka
Lets start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, and what was your very first piece of gear? I started composing music in the age of 12. The first piece that I...
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