honest words on honest music
In the studio with Hania Rani
“… I usually try to bring new elements to the process or deliberately limit myself to one instrument…”
The Audio CD Flaw
My journey into a rabbit hole of bit-perfect data transfer
How to fall in love with digital music…
All about appreciating the medium from a connoisseur’s point of view…
Good morning, friends, and welcome to June! Today, we begin our exploration of everything that makes … Continued
Fax + Braulio Lam
Serifa
“… leading us through a grainy and perfectly framed landscape…”
Abul Mogard & Rafael Anton Irisarri
In a Quiet Radiance
(feat. Andrea Burelli & Martina Bertoni)
The following is an excerpt from an ongoing conversation with Yann Novak, our current featured artist on Headphone Community. Since the beginning of this month, we have been talking about Yann’s music career, his approach to composition with sound and light, the perception of reality through mental and physical means, the use of voice, cryptography, and field recordings on his albums, and, of course, his influential Dragon’s Eye Recordings label.
“… break out from the suffocation of other projections, hurtful delusions, and our past…”
Yann Novak
Context Collapse [Live]
“… the paradoxical nature of truth and transparency in our contemporary information landscape…”
“… sound as a physical and spatial experience, often blurring the boundaries between installation, performance & recording…”
Yui Onodera & Arovane
Form 9
“… a celestial environment that seems to swirl, fold, and echo off the invisible structures…”
March 22nd, 2026
Good morning, friends, and happy Sunday! Exactly a month ago, I said the same words and … Continued
The following is an excerpt from an ongoing conversation with Joachim Spieth, the current featured artist on Headphone Community. His month-long residency is almost over, but you can still catch him for an in-depth discussion on sound sculpting, transforming source material, running a successful Affin label, and much more!
Deaf Center
Open Upon
“… through quiet pathways and grand boulevards where hours become days, and time seemingly freezes…”
Joachim Spieth
Afterimage
“… tracing the moment when sound becomes space, and movement turns into stillness…”
Today, we kick off our month-long Joachim Spieth residency. As usual, I’d like to start at … Continued
The Inward Circles
Shadow Reflex
“… acoustic sources are still present — scraped, struck, bowed — yet they’re subjected to processes that shear away any sense of origin, leaving only convulsive rhythm and scorched resonance…”
Richard Skelton’s “most alien and forbidding work” since 2015.
The following is an excerpt from an ongoing conversation with Richard Skelton, the current featured artist on Headphone Community. We have recently discussed his background and early formation, and now it’s time to dive into his composition and sound craft.
February 22nd, 2026
I hear another storm is coming to the East Coast of the US, while here, in the UK, it will be 17 degrees on Wednesday. Oh, well…
Nathan Fake
Yucon
“… big skies, endless landscapes and fresh air rushing against your face..”
50 tracks from 50 releases of 2025
Aukai
Raíces al Viento
“… a collection of minimalist, fragile, and honest pieces that continue to reach in and touch the soul…”
February 9th, 2026
It’s been a while since I published my OUT TODAY column… Here is a list of releases from late last year that you will surely enjoy!
I’ve been writing about and talking with this British artist since his 2008 album, Marking Time, … Continued
“… the more we share, the less we seem to feel…”
zakè
Low Harmonics
“… deeper into the lower spectrum of sound, shaped by heavy bass ebbs and low-frequency flow…”
36
A Warm Static Sphere
“… a meditative drift of warmth and solitude, enveloping the listener in quiet light…”
An intimate conversation with Zach Frizzell about the origins, mission, and heart behind Past Inside the Present — a label built on community, honesty, and emotional resonance.
Deaf Center
Lucy’s Dream
Twenty years after Pale Ravine, Erik K Skodvin and Otto A Totland return with a haunting reverie stitched from forgotten fragments and new light. Merging echoes of the past with the clarity of the present, it feels like opening a door to memory itself – an elegy for what was, and what’s yet to come.
zakè
Collected Orchestral Works, Vol. I
“… subdued drones and recurring phrases…”
Featured Artist: zakè
“… environments marked by sweeping melancholic swells and evolving textures…”
Let’s start at the very beginning. Can you tell us how you got involved in composing, … Continued
An excerpt from an interview with 36, who is currently the featured artist on Headphone Community. On the platform, you will also find previously unreleased tracks, many Bandcamp codes, and many other exclusive perks! Join us for an ongoing conversation about music, where this interview is currently in progress, published in multiple parts!
“… loops become mantras and repetition becomes transcendence…”
Guentner + Spieth
Chrysalis
“… hypnotic, dub-infused, sonically rich environments…”
Jason van Wyk
Inner (Horizon)
“… familiar melodies dissolve into stillness, inviting quiet reflection and deep listening…”
“… the feeling behind a track is always the guiding light…”
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Persistence (Abul Mogard rework)
“… dense and fragile at the same time… a shadow… a dream of the original…”
zakè & Pallette, 36 & zakè, and Hammock
“… subtle textures and timeless tones create a quiet refuge from a world in motion…”
A conversation I had with Dennis Huddleston and Zach Frizzell, who record individually and collectively as 36 & zakè, specifically around their three-part Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel series.
Mike Lazarev
Tarnished Tapes and Saturated Signals
“… a work that asks for nothing, and gives everything…”
A record to be heard in darkness, in the hour before dawn, or deep in the night when everything else has gone quiet. In an age that confuses noise with presence, Mike Lazarev continues to speak in a whisper. Only those who know how to be still will truly hear him.
The following is only an excerpt from an Interview with Abul Mogard, who is currently the featured artist on Headphone Community. For just $1 a month, you can join us in this intimate discussion, where you’ll also have the opportunity to ask your questions. The real game-changer of this new platform lies in the fact that every monetary contribution goes directly back to support the artist!
Abul Mogard
In a studded procession
“… a haunting meditation on memory and sound, where restored fragments unfold into hypnotic, all-enveloping sonic light…”
Jason van Wyk
Remnants
“… a hypnotising cocktail of spatial ambience and pulsating rhythms…”
The following is an excerpt from an Interview with Erik K Skodvin, who is currently the featured artist on Headphone Community. For only $1 a month, you can join us in an intimate discussion, where you get to ask your questions as well, knowing that every contribution goes directly back to support the artist. Join us now for an ongoing conversation about Erik’s music, where this interview is currently in progress, published in multiple parts!