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A Closer ListenAmbient & modern classical6h ago

SLIKBACK X KMRU ~ ENEO

The Italian philosopher Emanuele Coccia writes in Metamorphoses that “every living being is legion”, each species a patchwork of other species, with forms continually fading into…

A Closer Listen1d ago

Ralph Chbeir ~ Brief Encounters / Familiar Grounds

Grief is a great generator of art. Breakups have inspired countless celebrated songs and albums, as has the death of loved ones. The combination of the two can be overwhelming.…

A Closer Listen2d ago

Gibrana Cervantes ~ Verdad y Error

“A judgment of perception is imperfectly verified by repetition”, wrote American ethnologist John Wesley Powell in his 1898 treatise Truth and Error. On Verdad y Error, Mexican…

A Closer Listen3d ago

Emergence Collective ~ Concord

Sheffield’s Emergence Collective has been quietly making a name for itself over the past half decade, beginning with the smartly titled Emergence I in 2021. Only four musicians…

A Closer Listen4d ago

Various Artists ~ EXCAVATIONS I

Clocking in at a generous one hour and 37 minutes, MNJM‘s EXCAVATIONS I is a generous compilation, a window into the work of the two-year-old imprint. As this is only MNJMs sixth…

Headphone Commute10d ago

Featured Artist: Arovane

Today, it is my privilege and honour to introduce Uwe Zahn as the next featured artist on Headphone Community , whom you, of course, already know as the one and only Arovane .

Headphone Commute19d ago

Headphone Commute Radar

Explore a daily list of new releases from HC's curated collection of favourite artists

Headphone Commute04 Oct 2026

Interview with ASC

The following is an excerpt from an ongoing conversation with James Clements currently featured on Headphone Community.

Headphone Commute10 Sep 2026

Benoît Pioulard – Stanza IV

Good morning, dear friends, random stumblers, and longtime readers. My ongoing contribution to this quiet corner

Headphone Commute22 Aug 2026

Benoît Pioulard – Noyaux

"...tangible memories beautifully dissolving within the glowing reverb and lively static of the four softly intertwining tracks..."