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“Like a Bird”, recorded live at IKLECTIK × Waterloo Festival, St John’s Church, Waterloo, London — 12 July 2025.

The original album version appears on Quiet Pieces, released 30 May 2025 via Soft Echoes.

Photo by Colin Hickie.

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Like a Bird (Live at IKLECTIK × Waterloo Festival, St John’s Church, London, 12 July 2025)

After decades of chasing, accumulating, and then sharing new music with you, I think I've hit some saturation point. I think I'm done spinning in the vortex of the "new", being pulled in all directions, catching up on all the "fresh" and "innovative" tracks. I'm not saying that I will stop covering new music. No. But I think I'll focus the virtual lens of my listening on a very narrow point, investing my time and attention over more extended periods. I think I will turn inwards... towards music and the artists that genuinely make me feel. This is the case with Rafael Anton Irisarri's A Fragile Geography, an album from 2015, which captured my attention then as it does now, triggering memories, triggering thoughts, and emotion. A decade ago, during a move between coasts, Rafael lost his possessions - stolen with the moving truck - along with all his audio archives, forcing him to rebuild his studio and sound from the ground up. The pain of this loss is reflected in almost every single track on the album. This music is slightly dark and melancholic. It's visceral, and it gets under your skin. And there it stays with you for ages. Becoming part of you, becoming part of your existence.

On September 19th, the album will be reissued, beautifully remastered by Stephan Mathieu at his Schwebung studio, along with a limited edition cassette of remixes by the most renowned artists, handpicked by Rafael. "This record has always been about letting go of one life and rebuilding another", says Irisarri, "It feels fitting to return to it now - ten years later, in a different country, a different world." These reworks are worthy of your precious awareness as well. I know that there are more than a few in the pipeline (at least six), which will be revealed one at a time. As of this writing, there is already a gorgeous rework by the one and only William Basinski, with his version of "Secretly Wishing For Rain" with Gary Thomas Wright, which incorporates field recordings of Reseda rain and birds captured by Basinski himself. You can check out a digital stream of that track here. *BUT!* Today, I am premiering for you a second rework by Abul Mogard! This piece bears not only the original elements of "Persistence" but, of course, Guido's extremely personal touch that breathes new life into this sound.

Head over to headphonecommute.com to read more about this release, including a quote from Abul Mogard on the rework.

TRACK PREMIERE : Rafael Anton Irisarri - Persistence (Abul Mogard rework)

»La Traversée« (»The Crossing«) is Matthias Puech’s second album for Hallow Ground and follows up on 2023’s »Mt. Hadamard National Park.« Profoundly inspired by re-reading »The Odyssey,« the French composer, instrument designer, and scholar used a Eurorack modular synthesizer to create four pieces that are by far the most intuitive and emotionally charged in his ever-expanding catalogue. Puech’s masterful command of sound comes to the forefront with even more urgency on this record. A wandering meditation on the human condition, »La Traversée« is an album that is constantly in motion—complex electronic music at its most gripping and evocative.

The foundation for »La Traversée« was laid when Puech prepared a live set for a tour organised in collaboration with Hallow Ground in support of »Mt. Hadamard National Park.« Before writing the first three pieces—»Ennosigaios,« »Polyphármakos,« »Nekuia«—the 18½-minute-long »Ithâké« was composed in near-total isolation in the South of France at the end of 2023. Puech performed the material live several times before taking a step black from it for a while. He revisited the pieces when preparing them for a release. »I was struck by how the technical process and the intention behind the music had completely vanished from my memory,« he says.

What remained intact, however, was Puech’s association of the material with one of the most influential texts of Western literature. Reading a graphic novel adaptation of »The Odyssey« with his two four-year-olds, he noticed the effect that it had on them and himself. »Its themes of longing, fear of and attraction to the unknown, unresolved quests, and the struggle for control felt topical,« he says. »I was completely taken. Every story ever told seemed contained in this ancient tale; every story I have ever tried to tell as a composer seemed inscribed in this framework.« This also extended to formal motifs such as the repetition of incidents, narrative developments, or dramatic effects that also mark »La Traversée.«

Puech says that he perceived Homer’s writing as musical, »like an old Delta blues or a Renaissance counterpoint,« which inspired his writing process. »With a couple of knobs on my Eurorack system, I could control the unfolding of a story,« he notes. »This made me pass through different emotional states and led to moments in which everything made sudden sense—when you as an artist get a glimpse at something essential, can touch upon something universal.« This shines through »La Traversée,« a wildly imaginative album that is deeply personal while also telling a story far more wide-reaching than that of its creator.

Composed, recorded and mixed by Matthias Puech
Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi
Cover: excerpt from J. M. W. Turner, Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth (1842)
Drawing by Matthias Puech

La Traversée

Ennosigaios

Tracklist

01. Paul Beaudoin - light the candle and let the night be silent
02. Tapes and Topographies - if by chance 
03. David Cordero & Anthéne - Canopy
04. Amble - the heart scatters
05. Quiet Presence - Sævar Jóhannsson
06. Glacis & Polaroid Notes - You Who Made Me Laugh Again
07. Jesse Narens -  Nighttime Cricket Whistle
08. Gamardah Fungus - Viburnum
09. Aiko Takahashi - Indigo rubbing and debossed text
10. Oliviaway - peace in the soul, like the rays of the sun

434. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Trystero returns with their new album Humming Fuzz on Knekelhuis — a kaleidoscopic voyage deeper into the band’s expanding cosmos.
Built on plunging basslines, acid-drenched loops, and spiraling kraut-inspired guitar textures, the record drifts between hypnotic repetition and free-flowing, hallucinatory songwriting. It echoes the visionary spirit of Psychic TV and the genre-blurring universe of Weatherall, while carving out a raw, magnetic space of its own.
Recorded once again on a canal barge in the North of France, Humming Fuzz feels like a natural evolution from their debut Sfumare e Vedere — denser, more alive, and charged with electricity. Now expanded with Nelly on bass and Alexia on vocals, Trystero channels this expanded energy into their wild, expressive live performances, soon to ignite audiences on their upcoming tours.

The Lubber Fiend

Trystero - The Lubber Fiend (with PussyR)

𝗔𝗯𝘂𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱 & 𝗞𝗠𝗥𝗨 - 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 - 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 𝗪𝗲𝗴𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 - 𝗳𝗼-𝗵𝗻 - 𝗕𝟮

𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗝𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖́ - 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀 - 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗰𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗵 

𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗩𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗡 - 𝘀𝗶𝘅 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 - 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝘀 (𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟮) (𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗽𝘁)

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼 & 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗲 - 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮 - 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼

𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃 + 𝗗𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗳 - 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 - 𝟬𝟭 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹

𝗞. 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿 - 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 - 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗲

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[ 𝗲 𝗮 𝗿 ] • 𝗹𝘆 — 𝗼 𝗳 𝗳 𝗮 𝗹 𝗹 (𝗺𝗶𝘅)

Forgive Everything Vol. 19

For this Zenith show we have Norherenorthere. Delving into unmapped territories, Norherenorthere will unfold a journey through drifting soundscapes, forgotten film scores, and electronica.

ZENITH w/ Norherenorthere @ Kiosk Radio 29.10.2025

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQT4uD9DfxU/?igsh=Z3JxOHA2NGd0bjNu

Dream Pod

Tracklist

01. Marcus Fischer - Lighting The Shadows
02. R Beny - Palo Colorado
03. Polaroid Notes - Flowers & Butterflies 
04. Tone Colour - Less Than Zero 
05. Le Moors - The Play Of Angels
06. Storm Noir - There Will Never Be Another You 
07. Porya Hatami - Another Winter
08. Nobuto Suda - Bottom Of The Pocket

68. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

Elm Records is an independent record label specialising in ambient and experimental music.

68. Sleepy Sunday Podcast (Elm Records)

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