Good morning, and welcome to the quietest week of the year. Did you have a good holiday? Before I sign off for the year, I think I’ve got one more gem to share with you. Here's a wonderful label showcase and a reflection on this past year from a lovely independent Valencia-based imprint, Archives, curated and operated by Agustín Mena, aka Warmth. I’ve profiled plenty of its releases since its inception in 2015, and I must admit that Warmth’s Parallel (2018) has been on repeat more than others. If anything, it is only rivalled by Glow, which is his collaboration with Fionnlagh, recently released on December 8th, 2023 (you’ll hear a few tracks on this mix). In any case, enjoy the mix, and please support the featured artists! For full details and tracklisting, visit Headphone Commute's main site.

Mixes

Archives 2023

Warmth - Archives 2023

Æther #006 by David Cordero
Dronarivm Guest Mixes Series

The new mix in our guest series comes from the Spanish artist David Cordero, whose album 'Postales' we recently released ~ https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/postales. 

In this mix, David has curated a selection of his favorite tracks from 2024, offering his personal perspective on contemporary ambient music. Through his choices, he invites us to explore atmospheres imbued with emotional depth and nuanced textures, which are shaping the genre today.

Tracklist:

00:00. Bahía Mansa - Camachaca (from 'Ruralia', Florina Cassettes)
05:38. Federico Durand - Mensaje desde el Mar del Norte (from 'Té de Flores Silvestres', IIKKI)
11:04. Sachi Kobayashi - Clouds in the Sky I (from 'Clouds in the Sky', Enmossed)
14:54. IDRA - What you Thought that Day (from 'Resonant Bodies, Anticipate Memories', Seil Records)
17:55. Rhucle & Morimoto Naoki - Kisui (from 'Reminiscence', Seil Records)
21:46. Elin Piel - Gärden (from 'Vaka', Northen Electronics)
26:11. Shuta Yasukochi - Sakura (from 'Harmonies of Flowers', self-released)
30:48. Ian Hawgood & Wil Bolton - Sylvan Phase (from 'Floral Forms and Subsequent Interactions', Home Normal)
34:43. Yumi Iwaki - Smoketree (from 'Spin a Tale', Muzan Editions)
42:33. Gläsbird - Timberline (from 'Fenscapes', Whitelab Recs)
46:59. Moskitoo - Evve (from 'Unspoken Poetry', Headz/Weather)
49:39. Warmth - Into Dust (from 'Claroscuro', Archives)
53:07. Chihei Hatakeyama - Stray Sheep (from 'Thousand Oceans', Dronarivm)
57:15. Suso Saiz - The Horizon Did it (from 'Distorted Clamor', Music From Memory)
1:02:55. anthéne - Sometime Someway (from 'Cloudburst', Home Normal)
1:08:53. Marine Eyes - All you Give (for Ash) (from 'To Belong', Past Inside the Present)
1:12:29. Hollie Kenniff - For Forever (from 'From Forever', Nettwerk)

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Æther #006 by David Cordero

𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑜
𝐼 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟
𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟
𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛
𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐼 𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑡
𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑑
𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘

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Nocturn I-V is the inaugural release for LILA लीला — http://lilaone.bandcamp.com/

released September 3, 2021

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𝓕oundational to LILA लीला is the view that we are all in this adventure of life together. As a reflection of this, a part of the income from music releases will always be going towards organisations working towards bringing better conditions of life to all inhabitants of this beautiful Earth, our home in the Universe. As LILA लीला grows, all parts grow.

Abraço de Vapor ⁺Nocturn⁺ [LILA-AV1] Previews

Tracklist

01. Glacis and Polaroid Notes - A Long Time Back
02.  Hiroshi Ebina - What Would They Say if They Were Still Here
03.  Ozbolt - Harkerville Coastal Trail
04.  Sevensy - Look Up Look Down
05. Stray wool - You were away  A2
06.  Nobuto Suda - Trailing Dusk
07.  Sven Laux - The Uncertainty (Part 2) 
08.  Ian Hawgood - Sketches For A Friend (full mix)
09.  Lake Mary & Daniel Wyche - Snow Bloom
10.  Rhucle - Mizzle

415. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Æther #008 by Dag Rosenqvist
Dronarivm Guest Mixes Series

Following the recent release of his beautiful piano-based album 'Tvåhundra ord för ensamhet' - https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/tv-hundra-ord-f-r-ensamhet - Dag Rosenqvist has put together a rather unusual mix for Dronarivm, featuring his favorite piano-driven tracks across various genres, ranging from classical and jazz to trip-hop and indie rock.

It also makes a fitting soundtrack for reading the interview with Dag, in which he explores the unique process behind the creation of the album and shares the sources of his inspiration: https://dronarivm.com/2025/04/25/interview-with-dag-rosenqvist/

Tracklist:
00:00. 90 Day Men - Even Time Ghosts Can't Stop Wagner (from 'Panda Park', Southern Records)
06:21. Tricky - Piano (from 'Pre-Millennium Tension', 4th & Broadway / Island Records)
10:33. Bobo Stenson Trio - Ermutigung (from 'Indicum', ECM Records)
15:29. A Silver Mt. Zion - Broken Chords Can Sing A Little (from 'He Has Left Us Alone, But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms…', Constellation)
23:28. Midaircondo - Serenade (from 'Shopping For Images', Type)
28:14. Frankie Sparo - Hospitalville (from 'Welcome Crummy Mystics', Constellation)
32:17. PJ Harvey - Dear Darkness (from 'White Chalk - Demos', Island Records / UMC)
35:13. Jan Johansson - Visa från Utanmyra (from 'Jazz På Svenska', Megafon)
39:40. Arvo Pärt - Spiegel Im Spiegel (from 'Spiegel Im Spiegel', Brilliant Classics)
49:57. UNKLE - Rabbit In Your Headlights (from 'Rabbit In Your Headlights', Mo Wax)
55:54. Clint Mansell - Together We Will Live Forever (from 'The Fountain OST', Nonesuch)

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Æther #008 by Dag Rosenqvist

Tracklist

01.  't Geruis - Picture Drawn For A Birthday
02. Aiko Takahashi - La Ligne Verte
03. James Osland and Andrew Heath -Enjoying The Passage Of Time
04. Federica Deiana -  Departure
05.  Pye Corner Audio - Beneath The Noise Floor Part Two
06. Francisco Sonur - Albura
07. Far away Nebraska - Echi distanti e un pensiero ricorrente
08.  Giannis Gogos - Fragments
09. Brian McBride - The Stringer to Light Feed Frenzy

421. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Tracklist

01.  Hiroshi Ebina - What Would They Say if They Were Still Here
02.  Olli Aarni - Pelkkä valo
03.  Hirotaka Shirotsubaki - Cloudy Sky in November
04.  Runaway Horses - Mirrored Self
05.  Francisco Sonur - Aurora
06.  The Green Kingdom -  Silent Stars Above
07.  Tomoyoshi Date and Bill Seaman - Duet 3
08.  Weareforests -  Dogwood
09.  Pye Corner Audio - Volcanic Rock
10.  't Geruis - Tendresse
11.  Yuri Urano - New Earth

422. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Æther #009 by Tim Six
Dronarivm Guest Mixes Series

We recently released a beautiful two-track EP by Paris-based ambient/drone artist Tim Six - https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com/album/alpine-valley - and asked him to share some recordings that he's been enjoying lately, so he came up with this mix.

You can also read about Tim's preferences in music, synthesizers, and hairstyle in a short interview we did with him: https://dronarivm.com/2025/06/28/interview-with-tim-six/

Tracklist:

00:00. Ariel Kalma ~ Water Echoes [Self-released]
03:23. Shine Grooves ~ Ambience 113 [Not Not Fun]
06:27. Lamina ~ Eclipse [Mappa]
09:57. Amkarahoi ~ Arrhythmic Wave [Biardo Records]
14:27. v a n i t a s 命死 ~ 緑のHorizon [Self-released]
17:47. TEGU ~ 2x3 [Not Not Fun]
22:20. Light Blending In ~ Entities [The Tidal Charm]
25:52. Bålsam ~ Dream Particles Forming [Global Pattern]
31:33. Evelyn Greene ~ TOUCH [Dream Journal Institute]
38:38. Mychael Danna & Tim Clément ~ Under August Sun [Chacra Alternative Music]
43:32. Jean-Paul L'Heureux ~ Rilassamento Subliminale [Demetra]
48:09. Tim Six ~ Park in the evening [Aural Canyon]

Æther #009 by Tim Six

Where darkness meets tranquility — "tears of happiness" by instagram.com/id10.ambient x instagram.com/lonelyspirittt is out now.

✨ listen now: https://go.ambiqo.nl/il-tearsofhappiness

ID10 x lønelyspirit - tears of happiness (sped up)

rumination till the end of time

Dit is een architectuur voor transformatie. Dertien sonische landschappen, ontworpen om je te begeleiden door de poort van de eclipse naar een nieuw hoofdstuk.

'Here I Am' is een reis in 13 delen. Van de delicate noten van piano en viool tot de diepe, meditatieve lagen van ambient soundscapes. Elke track is zorgvuldig verweven met specifieke binaural beats en solfeggio frequenties, niet als effect, maar als fundament.

Dit album is gemaakt als een ritueel. Een soundtrack om bewust los te laten, diep te voelen en helder te kiezen wie je vanaf nu wilt zijn. Luister het van begin tot eind als een complete sessie, of kies de track die resoneert met wat je op dit moment nodig hebt.

De titel is de bestemming van elke track: een dieper besef van het hier en nu. 
*Here I Am*. 
Volledig aanwezig. Klaar voor wat komt.

Jockkie - Here I Am - 06. Lost in the Maze

Dutch independent label focused on contemporary ambient / modern classical music.