We’re happy to welcome Berlin based musician Midori Hirano to the label with her new album Soniscope. The album will be out on September 10th on a heavyweight vinyl edition and digital. Award winning composer Robot Koch provided a rework of the track Patterns under his recently announced new ambient project Foam and Sand.

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Mastered by Ian Hawgood

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Midori Hirano - Patterns (Foam And Sand Remix)

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]

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Æther #009 by Tim Six

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)

Gray Acres has always been a space for subtlety and restraint, distinct from the denser, more cinematic atmospheres of Hotel Neon. Where that project often explores process, technique, and narrative arcs, Gray Acres tends to be produced "in the moment" and stays still. It lets you think for yourself. Soft Erasure especially embraces that characteristic stillness.

This is the first full-length Gray Acres album since 2021’s “Dreams and Phantoms.” It’s a project that came together slowly with an intentionally light touch…more about dissolving sounds than constructing them. Subtraction vs. addition.

The title Soft Erasure came about as we noticed a recurring quality across the recordings: a sense of tangible things like guitars, pianos, and strings fading, softening, and slipping just out of reach as we shaped and processed them. The music feels like it’s constantly on the verge of vanishing, or being gently wiped away into an indistinct atmosphere. That idea of erasure not as violence, but as gentleness, decay, or transformation, felt like the right metaphor to latch on to. It speaks to memory, distance, and time, and how all of those forces shape and reshape our perception of sound and self.

Musically, this album is built mainly from resampled acoustic instruments: delicate piano lines, sustained strings, frozen and looped guitar textures. Much of the source material was recorded clean, then stretched, blurred, and layered until it became something abstract…like an impression of a song, or a half-remembered phrase. In some ways, we were trying to find the most washed-out and ephemeral version of each sound. The result is a record that is designed less for narrative and more for immersion.

If you’ve followed this project before, I think you’ll hear a natural continuation of its aesthetic. But if you’re new to Gray Acres, this is a great entry point. It’s music that tries not to demand attention, but rewards those who tune in closely for a while.

Gray Acres - Soft Erasure
Music by Andrew & Michael Tasselmyer
Mastered by Alex at Quiet Details

Gray Acres - Vestige

~ IIKKI 030 ~

music : Ethan Syann
artwork : Yorgos Yatromanolakis
album : Farewell To The Night
duration : 29.30 mn 
date : November 17th 2025

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Music by Ethan Syann
Composed and recorded between 2013 and 2015

Mastered by James Plotkin
Artwork by Yorgos Yatromanolakis 
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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edition : 
• vinyl: limited to 200 copies /ultra clear LP / hand numbered  / selective UV varnish (front + back) / white inner 
• cd: limited to 150 CD / hand made, hand numbered /  digisleeve: white cardboard 300 gm. outside : adhesive glossy paper
• book: limited to 500 copies / hand numbered & hand stamped / hardcover book (15 cm x 21 cm) on Ora canvas / Silkscreen printing on covers / Swiss binding with visible stitching with purple thread / 80 pages, 30 photos on Arena Rough Natural 140g/m2 / logo and slot embossed (front and back cover) 

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pre-order : October 16th, 2025 / official release : November 17th, 2025

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https://iikki.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.iikki-books.com/iikki-030-farewell-to-the-night
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/


Ethan Syann - VI

Here’s an exclusive sneak peek at what’s been happening over at Headphone Community during October. If you missed it, we’ve been spending the entire month with Dennis Huddleston (aka 36) talking about his music, production techniques, and even art design. And of course, he shared plenty of music. There were Bandcamp codes for his past releases (some are still available for you to grab, if you join!), previously unreleased tracks, alternative mixes, and, yes, even some premieres, like this beautiful piece from the upcoming album titled A Warm Static Sphere, released via Quiet Details on November 12th. Huddleston has been releasing music for over 15 years on influential labels such as A Strangely Isolated Place, Past Inside the Present, and his own 3six Recordings. He is without a doubt “a master of wide-eyed cinematic soundscapes and beautifully crafted worlds that are as harmonically rich as they are polychromatically abstract.” It’s a pleasure to see (and hear) him being selected as the next monumental entry in Quiet Details’ impressive catalog.

"A Warm Static Sphere is about finding peace through isolation. It’s a record doused in gentle hum/static, which, when played quietly through headphones, acts like a warm, enveloping sphere around the head. It’s like a private isolation zone between the listener and the outside world, which feels warm and safe inside. The music opens up slowly, revealing its Quiet Details purposefully, often hidden deep within the loops."

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Quiet Details Bandcamp: https://quietdetails.bandcamp.com/

A Warm Static Sphere

HEADPHONE COMMUNITY EXCLUSIVE: 36 - A Warm Static Sphere (Part 6)

Recorded between March and June of this year, Future Flowers is both a reflection and a rebirth - a gentle yet resolute act of hope from composer Hans Nox.

Some of these pieces have lived quietly for years - written a decade or more ago, resting like seeds beneath the soil. Others emerged spontaneously during the recording sessions, unfolding in real time as Hans allowed instinct and feeling to take the lead. The result is an album that bridges past and present, memory and anticipation - where old melodies find new breath, and improvisation opens unexpected pathways.

“I wanted the entire experience to be more free-flowing, more playful, more adventurous than the usual cautious approach I take to composing,” Hans writes. “Rather than regretting where I’ve been or the paths that led nowhere, I’ve chosen to trust my Savior and strive toward the brightness ahead. Yesterday is gone - tomorrow is coming. How much better it is to pursue confidence and courage.”

That sense of spiritual renewal and creative surrender runs through every note. There is a tender humanness here - fragile piano phrases that pause as if mid-thought, ambient textures that drift like light across water, melodies that carry both ache and affirmation. Even the silences seem to speak, offering a kind of stillness that listens back.

Future Flowers is, in many ways, an album about release - about letting go of the weight of the past to make room for something more open, more alive. It celebrates the decision to move forward with faith and boldness, even when the path ahead is unclear. The music does not rush; it unfolds patiently, like petals opening in the sun - quiet gestures of trust and becoming.

Like its title suggests, Future Flowers invites us to believe in renewal - to tend to the unseen roots beneath our lives, trusting that beauty will bloom again in time.

In keeping with the spirit of the music, this release has been lovingly hand-assembled in a limited Fluid Audio edition, pairing Hans Nox’s compositions with bespoke artwork and tactile design. Natural textures, archival papers, and hand-numbered inserts bring a physical warmth to the experience - each copy a small act of devotion, crafted with the same care and intentionality that shaped the album itself.

Gentle, honest, and filled with quiet light, Future Flowers is not just a collection of songs - it’s a testament to resilience, to grace, and to the faith that something beautiful still lies ahead.

Music - Hans Nox
Mastering - Ian Hawgood
Design - Daniel Crossley

Hold Fast

from the early years of Purl, more than two decades ago now...

this is the original version of this aural poem, released in 2017. a remastered version appears on the compilation album 'Seafarer'. 

written + produced by Ludvig Cimbrelius

free download

Two Breaths Become One in the Afternoon Sun

"Drift Theory Aesthetic" moves through the liminal space between presence and absence — the subtle threshold where identity thins, memory loosens, and the self becomes a peripheral outline. Each track traces a different stage of this internal drift: the first micro‑departures of attention, the weightless suspension of disconnection, and the fragile, friction‑filled return to embodiment.

On Chitra Records, Zen Lemon reveals a beautifully darker and more densely textured side of his work. His ambient language deepens into something weightier — an atmosphere thick with shadow, pressure, and slow‑moving emotional gravity. Rather than reaching for brightness, the album builds an enveloping world where heaviness becomes strangely comforting.

The music mirrors the overwhelming pace of contemporary life, yet transforms that intensity into a space of immersion and release. "Drift Theory Aesthetic" invites listeners to sink into its depth, to move through its dense contours, and to find a quiet sense of refuge within the weight — a sonic reflection of how we drift, return, and continually renegotiate what it means to feel present.

Nestled in the United Kingdom, Zen Lemon, quietly explores the realm of sound art. His compositions delicately blend electronics, drones, and organic textures, resulting in humble yet captivating pieces of minimal and abstract ambience.

Produced and mixed by Antony Gibson (Zen Lemon)
Mastered by Antony Gibson and Dionis Afonichev (Dionisaf)
Cover picture by Antony Gibson
Cover design by Dionis Afonichev

Drift Theory Aesthetic

Paradigm

Make Me Disappear

Focusing on experimental genres, we aim to provide a space to share in the creative process and spread the experience of inner exploration through musical expression.

Hold Fast

Fluid Audio

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