~ LAAPS 041 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP41]

artist : Thme
album : Anti Atlas
duration : 38.10 mn
date : January 27th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / crystal clear LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : January 02nd, 2025 / official release : January 27th, 2025
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Recorded and mixed by Théo Martin

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Tom Devianne 
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://thme-sound.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/thme_sound/
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Thme - Mirage

~ IIKKI 027 ~

music : Pruski
artwork : Paul Cupido
album : Drifting Stones
duration : 33.05 mn 
date : May 05th 2025

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Composed, recoded and mixed by Pawel Pruski

Mastered by Taylor Deupree 
Artwork by Paul Cupido
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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edition : 
• vinyl: limited to 200 copies / blue LP / hand numbered  / selective UV varnish (front + back) / black inner 
• cd: limited to 150 CD / pantone 
• book: limited to 500 copies / hand numbered / gold hot stamping on the cover (front + back)

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pre-order : March 20th, 2025 / official release : May 05th, 2025

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Links : 
https://iikki.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.iikki-books.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://pruski.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/paul.cupido/

Pruski - Lark

~ LAAPS 043 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP43]

artist : Ben McElroy
album : Elkwort
duration : 41.21 mn
date : April 28th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / green LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : April 10th, 2025 / official release : April 28th, 2025
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Ben McElroy - composition, arrangement, mixing, instrumentation

Elinor Rowlands - spoken word on "The Howling and I Must Have Walked past There a Thousand Times"
Debbie Armour - vocals on "Kindling and "Deosil"
Nick Jonah Davis - guitar and bowed weissenborn on "A Dream Of Deosil"

Recorded at home, Jt Soar (with Phil Booth and Rich Snug) and Nick’s studio-shed.

Mastered by Nick Jonah Davis
Artwork by Nieves Mingueza
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://benmcelroy.bandcamp.com/
https://www.benmcelroy.co.uk/
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Ben McElroy - I Must Have Walked Past There a Thousand Times (with Elinor Rowlands)

~ LAAPS 044 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP44]

artist : Aiko Takahashi
album : The Grass Harp
duration : 41.11 mn
date : June 09th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / apricot LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : May 02nd, 2025 / official release : June 09th, 2025
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Piano, Tape Loops, Drones recorded by Aiko between March and November 2024 in Aiko's former studio, a secluded spot near the River Isonzo, between Gorizia and Nova Gorica.

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Thomas Ratt
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://aikotakahashi.bandcamp.com/
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Aiko Takahashi - Vases À Iris

~ LAAPS 045 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP45]

artist : Akhira Sano
album : D-R
duration : 31.24 mn
date : July 28th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / white LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : June 30th, 2025 / official release : July 28th, 2025
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Sounds, arrangements and Mixed by Akhira Sano

Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Jenni Toivonen
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://linktr.ee/Akhira_Sano
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Akhira Sano - Demande Un

~ LAAPS 046 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP46]

artist : Offthesky
album : Nocturnas
duration : 40.28 mn
date : August 28th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / marble pink/purple LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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pre-order : August 01st, 2025 / official release : August 28th, 2025
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Sound and composition by Jason Corder
Vocals by Rin Howell
Created in Thailand and Colorado, 2022 - 2024

Mastered by Offthesky
Artwork by Gaël Bonnefon
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://offthesky.bandcamp.com/
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Offthesky - Dying Within Dreams

~ IIKKI 029 ~

music : øjeRum
artwork : øjeRum
album : Ensomheden Vi Deler
duration : 40.36 mn 
date : September 29th 2025

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Music & artwork by øjeRum

Mastered by Taylor Deupree 
Design by Sprflxgrfzm

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edition : 
• vinyl: limited to 200 copies / neon green LP / hand numbered  / neon green pantone (front + back) / white inner 
• cd: limited to 150 CD / neon green pantone / 4-panel matte card package / hand numbered 
• book: limited to 500 copies / hand numbered & hand stamped / neon green pantone on the cover (front + back) / Swiss binding /  coloured edges with neon green pantone / sticker on front cover

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pre-order : September 01st, 2025 / official release : September 29th, 2025

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Links : 
https://iikki.bandcamp.com/music
https://www.iikki-books.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://oejerum.bandcamp.com/

øjeRum - Bag Tidens Lukkede Hænder

~ LAAPS 047 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP47]

artist : Seabuckthorn
album : A Path Within A Path
duration : 42.03 mn
date : October 03rd, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / red (oxblood) LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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All music composed by Andy Cartwright, except the guest parts on tracks 2, 5, 6 ( Dean McPhee, Claire Deak, Loscil)
Recorded in Saint-Pierre-d'Argençon, France between July 2024 and January 2025.

Mastered by James Plotkin
Cover photo by Andy Cartwright
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps-records.com/
https://www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://seabuckthorn.bandcamp.com/music
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Seabuckthorn - Black Boar

~ LAAPS 048 ~ [SEQ.06 - LP48]

artist : Ensemble 0
album : L'Incroyable Femme Des Neiges
duration : 26.40 mn
date : November 12th, 2025

edition :
-  vinyl : limited to 200 copies / white LP / selective UV varnish (front+back) / hand numbered 
- cd : limited to 150 copies / pantone / hand numbered + handcrafted, sealed

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Composition and arrangements: Joël Mérah, Stéphane Garin, Sylvain Chauveau

Performed by:
Jérôme Capdepont - trombone
Sylvain Chauveau - acoustic guitar
Vianney Desplantes - euphonium, tuba, flugabone
Tanguy Gallavardin - clarinets
Júlia Gállego Ronda - flutes
Stéphane Garin - percussion, piano, organ
Joël Mérah - acoustic guitar, piano, ukulele, organ, harmonium

Recording and mixing: Johannes Buff, Shorebreaker studio (Tarnos, France). 
Assistant: Xan Bidegain
Artistic director: Joël Mérah
Administration: Nicolas Michamblé

Thanks to Alexandre Maillet, Vanessa Pigot, Laurie Garcia Garin et Sébastien Betbeder.

Mastered by Simon Lancelot
Artwork by Jonathan Smith
Design by Sprflxgrfzm
 
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Links :
https://laaps.bandcamp.com/music
www.instagram.com/iikki_laaps/
https://www.ensemble0.com/
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Ensemble 0 - Les Grands Espaces

~ 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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Links : 
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

Hello all,

Here, you could listen a mix, recording during all a night  for the next Headphone Commute amazing compilation "… And Darkness Came" where I had the nice opportunity to have one of my track included with Evö Luthi between some a plenty of great music artists. 

More infos soon on their site here :  http://reviews.headphonecommute.com/2012/11/08/and-darkness-came/

Listen / Order here :
http://headphonecommute.bandcamp.com/

Official release : December 10th, 2012.

All the music artists are included in the mix.  
86 songs in a 77mn mix improvisation Set.

Some parts will need some level changes, but see it like a one shot recording. 
Hope you will like it.

For more infos, the tracklist in order of appearance for the mix session :

Marcus Fischer 
Antonymes 
Marcus Fjellström  
Bersarin quartett  
Sun Hammer
Christoph Berg 
Kreng
wndfrm 
Autistici
Somatic Responses
Absent Without Leave
Dakota Suite
Aria Rostami 
Clem Leek 
Boy Is Fiction
David Wenngren 
Machinefabriek 
Takahiro Kido
The Frozen Vaults
Ben Lukas Boysen
Netherworld
Ex Confusion
Talvihorros
Brambles
Wabi Experience
Dalot
Gen Ken Montgomery
Dustin O'Halloran 
Max Richter 
Celer 
Simon Scott 
Christopher Willits
Lawrence English 
Clint Mansell
A bleeding Star
Roel Funcken
Hummingbird
Kane Ikin 
David Newlyn 
Ezekiel Honig 
SaffronKeira 
Valgeir Sigurðsson
Monolyth & Cobalt + Évo Lüthi 
Minus Pilots 
Floods 
Julien Neto 
Offthesky 
Pinkcourtesyphone  
Erik K Skodvin 
Helios 
Black Swan 
Loscil 
Good Weather For An Airstrike 
Kate Carr 
Radere
Honig + Templeton 
Ian Hawgood 
Pleq feat. Strië 
Scanner 
Trifonic 
Johan Johannsson 
Stray Ghost
Simon Scott, Tomoyoshi Date, Corey Fuller, Marcus Fischer 
Rafael Anton Irisarri 
Waves On Canvas 
Rival Consoles / 
Olan Mill 
Riverrun 
Last Days 
M. Cadoo 
Jase Rex 
Maps & Diagrams
Mike Jedlicka 
Yuri Murata 
James Murray  
Fabrizio Paterlini 
Papercutz
Peter Broadrick 
Peter Prautzch 
Olafur Arnalds
Nils Frahm
Hauschka feat. Samuli Kosminen  
Leah Kardos 
Hammock 
Infinite Scale  
Anoice 
Marcus Fischer 
Antonymes 

Thanks a lot again to all the artists involved  for the great pieces of sounds
 and for sure to Headphone Commute for the amazing work.

really inspiring & for a great cause.

all the best & take care

(m)


Headphone Commute - … And Darkness Came - The Complete Monolyth & Cobalt Mix (05/12/2012)

self-taught musician & multi-instrumentalist since 2008. since 2010, monolyth & cobalt has been released on some labels such as Kesh recordings, Audio Gourmet, Twice Removed Records, Time Released Sounds, Unknown Tone Records and eilean rec.