This may be the first time that Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea are officially appearing on Headphone Commute, but I assure you, I have been listening all along, starting from their self-titled debut release on Past Inside The Present to the more established Liberamente out on Jonas Munk's (aka Manual) Azure Vista imprint in 2019. Of course, besides the solo works by these monumental ambient composers, Zach Frizzell (aka zakè) and Damien Duque (aka City of Dawn) have previously collaborated together, and their 2023 album on PITP, Ash, was picked as one of my favourites of the year. Here, they are joined by Marc Ertel to round up the project, which appears to spearhead the "dronegaze" genre, this time forward driven by orchestral textures, guitar swells, and bass ("Cadere" is my particular favourite piece). Today, I am sharing the last track from their upcoming new album, Reveries, rounding off three-quarters of an hour spent in tranquil waves, sunny rays, and drifting bliss. It's an overall positive and soothing experience, approaching cathartic and restorative treatment as if pointing something towards your entire being, which releases vital healing energy and something you can drown in, becoming one with everything at once. Maybe "curegaze" or "ambientonic" is a better term for that...

Reveries

Aufero

TRACK PREMIERE : Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea - Aufero

Here's a fragment from the soundtrack to Lost in Time, a film by Patrick Bernatchez.

Lost In Time - Chapter 01

Stay (Late Summer)

Z space robots Z

Vault Series EP

Vault 2015

25 years COMPOST RECORDS label anniversary - 10x12" box set
PRE-ORDER LINK : https://CompostRecords.lnk.to/25CompostRecords
Release date : 24 May 2019

25 years https://soundcloud.com/compost Records. Wow! For many people, the record label is rated among the best German independent labels for club music, and it specifically belongs to the leading labels for house, future jazz and downbeat.

This box-set serves as proof of that achievement: Dozens of producers, DJs, label owners and companions sent us their thoughts, dedications and quotes.

In fact, Compost is known worldwide for being the pioneer of the future jazz genre. The very successful and highly acclaimed compilation-series like "Future Sounds Of Jazz", "Glücklich", "Elaste" or "Party Keller" are still timeless highlights.

For the 20 years anniversary we published a book - five years later, we put the music into focus even more again: The idea was to ask esteemed artists to reinterpret their favorite Compost tunes. So we are excited about getting both talented young artists and many of our all-time favorite producers involved in this project. Alongside the remixes and sold out vinyl label-classics, there are a few exclusive tracks in this strongly limited, hand numbered 10x12'' box. In addition, you can explore the impressive label history and background stories in the liner notes written by Michael Reinboth himself. On top of this, the anniversary box includes some Compost-gimmicks, a download code (for all vinyl tracks and some bonus ones) and a mixtape by each Michael Reinboth and Thomas Herb.

25 Compost Records - RECORD 6

LISTEN ON YOUTUBE

PREMIERE : Marsmobil - Sometimes I Don't Regret (Die Orangen Remix)

Forthcoming on Akuphone CD/LP/DL (AKU1016)
Extract from "VA Seitō: In the Beginning, Woman Was the Sun"
akuphone.com/catalog/1ks5VIGPKYSk#content

Recorded at home by Sarry 821, 2017
Fuji Yuki: Vocals, Synthesizer, Effects
Composed by Fuji Yuki

Seitō gathers Japanese female artists from various electronic and experimental music fields. Like the « Tokyo Flashback » series issued by P.S.F. in the early 1990s, this collection recorded between 2017 and 2019 exposes the richness of the contemporary Japanese underground music scene. The title refers to a cult feminist magazine printed in Japan in the 1910s. All tracks issued for the first time.

Fuji-Yuki - Blood Moon

'Mount Bromo' is the first single from Bloom's Taxonomy's forthcoming full length album 'Foley Age'. Its unique musical palette fuses a gamelan - a traditional Balinese instrument which uses a completely alien tonality and scale from those familiar to western ears - and Bloom's Taxonomy's signature electronic beats and synths to produce a transportive ambient electronic track. The B-Side, 'United Nations Bicycle Parking' is a soothing, atmospheric synth/field recording soundscape.

Mount Bromo

Performing and producing atmospheric electronic music in London.

New album LIFE RITE out now