PREMIERE: Unity (Mike Lazarev CrO2 Reduction) by Diana Yukawa

When she released Spirals in the winter of 2022, composer & violinist Diana Yukawa was sharing a collection of music informed by a number of life experiences. The songs were developed over a period that spanned the birth of her first two children and the outbreak of a global pandemic all while adapting to life…

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Video Premiere: All I’ve Said by Mike Lazarev

“it was unspoken, hence unheard unwritten, and in turn unread but in between each silent word i have resigned to all i’ve said” “All I’ve Said” is the sixth and final entry in Moderna Record’s Fall Single Series, a collection of minimalist piano-centered pieces by a globe-spanning roster of musicians: Jacob David (Denmark), Hiroco.M (Japan),…

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Track Premiere: Unendlich, Endlich by Arovane & Mike Lazarev

In the winter of 2017, pianist and Headphone Commute editor-in-chief Mike Lazarev began an intriguing remote collaboration with Uwe Zahn, better known in experimental music circles as Arovane. Over the next year and a half, the two kindred spirits developed a musical language of their own that has taken form this summer in the release…

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PREMIERE: “Repose” by Mike Lazarev [1631 Recordings]

A good friend and active supporter of instrumental music as the creative force behind the revered Headphone Commute (a huge influence on Stationary Travels, btw), Mike Lazarev has more recently revealed himself to us as a fine composer of solo piano music with a pair of mini-albums released on 1631 Recordings. Completed in New York…

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