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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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

Benoît Pioulard – Stanza IV
Good morning, dear friends, random stumblers, and longtime readers. My ongoing contribution to this quiet corner

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