Soooo much emotion in this music, the vocal. Goosebumps really

https://soundcloud.com/diefaust-884149993 Please check DIEfaust, i am eager to hear his music with yours Somfay!

James Heather is a pianist, composer, and publicist for Ninja Tune that has appeared on these pages on numerous occasions. James and I have a mutual passion for sharing the music that we discover. A few years ago, he’s made an ambient focused Headphone Commute Mix for this very same podcast. Today I’m syndicating his selection originally appearing on his very own Moving Sounds program that he runs on London’s Soho Radio. This monthly show “was born out of the long-running playlist of the same name created by James that explores spaces between classical, electronic, ambient, soul, jazz, drone, film soundtrack, folk, field recordings & other transporting sounds from the past but mostly from now.” This particular mix is featuring many of my favourite composers whom I am honoured to call friends, and I was even happy to contribute a track of my own. In the case of mixes, I always follow the “less words – more music” formula, so here you go, folks! 

For a download, full tracklisting, and more details on the mix, please stop by headphonecommute.com and subscribe to our podcast! As always, please enjoy responsibly and support the featured artists!

https://hcdi.gs/MovingSounds

James Heather - Moving Sounds

Track 5 from 'Superstate', available here: https://ianhandsley.bandcamp.com/album/superstate

Superstate

Shipping - Welt

The Unavoidable Death of Loneliness, an expressionist venture at the cross-section of classical and ambient, traverses as a wander, a trip through emotions encountered first hand and unprocessed.

Available on CD here: https://bit.ly/3yLUjvI

Like an internal dialogue, the album mutates continually - ever changing, expressing, chattering - never dwelling on the same exact thought as before. These are emotions formed, put to paper, but as though still raw and unfiltered, a free association of musical feeling.

The Unavoidable Death of Loneliness

Sven Laux & Logic Moon - The Unavoidable Death of Loneliness (Album Mini-Mix)

Boy Is Fiction - Disbelief

Somehow I feel that artists of all media [and particularly, musicians] have always dealt with the concept of the "end of time". Whether it's through the destruction of our own planet, some unknown apocalypse, or the universe as we may never know it, post the inevitable human existence [it all will end, after all, right?]. These thoughts, and the resulting output, are then brought on by a blip in our own very linear timeline that makes us wake up for a moment from the cycle of being and ask, "Is this it?" Perhaps a bit of existentialism never hurt anyone to refocus their energy on what truly then matters. [What truly matters to you?]. We've all experienced this, especially with our own latest global crisis, which still continues to ripple, mutate, and destroy, even as I type out these words [my friends in Shanghai are particularly distressed]. It's no wonder that so much latest output from musicians across the globe has been reflecting this temporary state of humankind [just check out the themes of the many new posts on Headphone Commute, like this Requiem or We Will Live On]. So I'm not surprised, and indeed, a bit delighted, to be bathed in an expression of human extinction by the Montréal-based Tunisian composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound designer Haythem Mahbouli, with his second album for the Japanese Schole label, titled Last Man On Earth. Across the eight pieces, "the album envisions man's final journey on our home planet and invites its listeners to immerse themselves into his last harrowing conquest." This is a beautifully produced and orchestrated journey, which leaves me aching with memories of Jóhann Jóhannsson again [and I do not just mention his name lightly], with its cinematic tendency to blend elements of electronic and modern classical genres, featuring synthetic and organic instrumentation, including a choir by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra. Today I'm giving you a taste of what you can experience on the entire album with this short track, titled "The Great Flood."

Last Man On Earth

Last man on earth

TRACK PREMIERE : Haythem Mahbouli - The Great Flood

Orbit of Calm

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Memory of Jade – Spa Ambient Lo-Fi by Nexus & Lo-fi OldBoy

Memory of Jade is a serene escape into soothing ambient textures and gentle lo-fi rhythms, designed to calm the mind and refresh the spirit. 🌿✨ Nexus and Lo-fi OldBoy bring their delicate touch, blending flowing atmospheres, soft piano, subtle beats, and tranquil melodies into a soundscape that feels like water gliding over polished jade.

Released on Jaded Sounds Records, this album is perfect for spa sessions, meditation, study, or simply unwinding after long days. 🕊️ Let each track guide you into stillness, peace, and timeless reflection.

Glass Petals

https://faintmusic.bandcamp.com/album/restricting-knowledge

Data Domain is the collaborative project of Discknocked and Randoom.
Written and Produced by Guillermo Arroyo & Javier Martín
Mastered at Artefacts Mastering
Faint002 // FaintCD002
Faint / 2017

Data Domain - Repeated Allusions

Maarten van der Vleuten & Grey Lotus - I Break The Waves (Somfay Remix)

«What is important in the world is what is happening now and here. The rest is scenery. The universe exists in us, and only in us. All galaxies and quasars, displacements and holes, angels and gods are not somewhere there — but here. If there is no man, there will be no universe. There may be others, but not with us or for us.»

Artist: Heavenchord & Amanita Phalloides (@nirgoona)
Color: Pale Aqua
Genre: Ambient

Maarten van der Vleuten & Grey Lotus - I Break The Waves (Somfay Remix)

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