Rafael Anton Irisarri
Encyclopedia
Rafael Anton Irisarri is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist
, producer
and media artist based in Seattle, Washington
. He is predominantly associated with post-minimalist
, drone
and electronic
music, exploring textural aesthetics for over half a decade. His pointillist
compositions lean towards ostinato
motifs that tap into minimalist ideals while his studio production style is characterized by dense layers of reverb and delay
, suggesting a blurred cinematic quality, like half-remembered dreams full of elegiac beauty. Bowed guitar
textures, deep pulsing bass tones, field recordings, submerged piano notes, melancholic strings and subtle electronic counterpoints all contribute and converge equally in his music to create an oceanic experience that contrasts the epic and subdued, "like an ambient symphony recording that’s been rescued from attic entombment after half a century.” - Textura
His compositions were once described by The Wire
contributing writer Jefferson Petrey as "a dual perspective close-up focus on the micro textures of rustling static-filled sonic surfaces with the wide-open distant tree lined horizons of sunset at dusk." Popmatters
depicted his music as “sensual, propulsive, and shrouded in mercurial darkness” while Drowned In Sound
chronicled “his ear for a soul-crushing melody continues to shine through the album’s dense caverns of reverb.” Chris Brosman from online tastemaker Pitchfork Media
referred to his production work as “a beautifully bleak cloud of sound”., while music journalist Patric Fallon praised his compositions as "dense, panoramic soundscapes."
Irisarri is also known as the main member of electronic music
/shoegaze act The Sight Below
and signed to American label Ghostly International
.
, Robin Guthrie
, and Harold Budd
. He also cites French existentialist philosopher Albert Camus
and Uruguayan short story writer Horacio Quiroga
as influences, and lists Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry as one of his all-time favorite books. He considers filmmakers David Lynch
, Jan Švankmajer
, Werner Herzog
, and Julio Medem
as continuous sources of inspiration. In a radio interview with the ABC
in Sydney, Irisarri goes into further detail, describing to Quiet Space radio host Paul Gough
the process behind The North Bend
as inspired by “this region (American Pacific Northwest), and not just with the fairly obvious ‘rainy, gloomy skies’ clichés, but more in the folk, cultural traditions and pop-culture references (think of David Lynch and his television-defining narrative Twin Peaks). They sort of helped me create an audio postcard of this beautiful area of the United States.”
, Detroit's DEMF, Montreal's MUTEK
, and Krakow's Unsound
. Aside from electronic music festivals, Irisarri has presented his works at multidisciplinary arts events, including Milan
's prestigious MITO SettembreMusica festival and Israel Festival
in Jerusalem.
His live performances are mostly centered around the piano, electric guitar and laptop, with Irisarri manipulating the sonic timbre of his chosen instruments using different complex DSP
patches and routings through his notebook computer and external multichannel mixer. He utilizes real-time signal processing, chaining together a series of custom-made looping software to achieve the textural density of his recorded works and favors all improvised performances (earning him recognition from peers like Pantha Du Prince
).
In December 2010, Irisarri released thru his Bandcamp
store a collection of live recordings performed at selected cities worldwide.
, Benoît Pioulard
, Goldmund
and remixed School of Seven Bells
, Balmorhea
, Detroit's Echospace, and Germany's Pantha Du Prince
.
Live, he has collaborated with Australian artist and Room40 label curator Lawrence English
, Portland's Grouper
, and Italian electro-acoustic composer Andrea Belfi
.
In 2010, Irisarri collaborated twice with renowned Austrian guitarist Fennesz, performing together live at Interferenze Festival in Italy and later at Decibel Festival
in Seattle.
In May 2010, Irisarri traveled to Jerusalem to collaborate with Koen Holtkamp, Greg Davis
, Ido Govrin, Ran Slavin and Yair Etziony in a two-day audiovisual performance piece titled Dissolving Localities, which explored the city's diverse cultures and unique sights and sounds. The project was commissioned as part of Israel Festival
.
On January 21, 2011, Irisarri and Benoît Pioulard released a cover version of Broadcast
's "Until Then" (from the band's 2000 album The Noise Made By People
), as a tribute to Trish Keenan.
As a media artist, Irisarri has prepared, created and performed live video for Fennesz, Lusine
, Simon Scott, Solvent
, and The Sight Below.
Studio Albums
Studio Mini-LP
Studio EPs
Compilations
Remixes
Guest Appearances
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
, producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and media artist based in Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
. He is predominantly associated with post-minimalist
Minimalist music
Minimal music is a style of music associated with the work of American composers La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. It originated in the New York Downtown scene of the 1960s and was initially viewed as a form of experimental music called the New York Hypnotic School....
, drone
Drone music
Drone music is a minimalist musical style that emphasizes the use of sustained or repeated sounds, notes, or tone-clusters – called drones. It is typically characterized by lengthy audio programs with relatively slight harmonic variations throughout each piece compared to other musics...
and electronic
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
music, exploring textural aesthetics for over half a decade. His pointillist
Klangfarbenmelodie
Klangfarbenmelodie is a musical technique that involves distributing a musical line or melody to several instruments, rather than assigning it to just one instrument, thereby adding color and texture to the melodic line...
compositions lean towards ostinato
Ostinato
In music, an ostinato is a motif or phrase, which is persistently repeated in the same musical voice. An ostinato is always a succession of equal sounds, wherein each note always has the same weight or stress. The repeating idea may be a rhythmic pattern, part of a tune, or a complete melody in...
motifs that tap into minimalist ideals while his studio production style is characterized by dense layers of reverb and delay
Delay (audio effect)
Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time. The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back into the recording again, to create the sound of a repeating, decaying echo.-Early delay...
, suggesting a blurred cinematic quality, like half-remembered dreams full of elegiac beauty. Bowed guitar
Bowed guitar
Bowed guitar is a method of playing a guitar, acoustic or electric, in which the guitarist uses a bow to play the instrument, similar to playing a cello or a viola da gamba. Unlike other bowed instruments, the guitar has a flat bridge, making it difficult to bow individual notes on the middle strings...
textures, deep pulsing bass tones, field recordings, submerged piano notes, melancholic strings and subtle electronic counterpoints all contribute and converge equally in his music to create an oceanic experience that contrasts the epic and subdued, "like an ambient symphony recording that’s been rescued from attic entombment after half a century.” - Textura
His compositions were once described by The Wire
The Wire (magazine)
The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
contributing writer Jefferson Petrey as "a dual perspective close-up focus on the micro textures of rustling static-filled sonic surfaces with the wide-open distant tree lined horizons of sunset at dusk." Popmatters
PopMatters
PopMatters is an international webzine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater,...
depicted his music as “sensual, propulsive, and shrouded in mercurial darkness” while Drowned In Sound
Drowned in Sound
DrownedinSound.com or DiS is a UK based music webzine financed by artist management company Silentway . The site is an editorially independent music website.-History:...
chronicled “his ear for a soul-crushing melody continues to shine through the album’s dense caverns of reverb.” Chris Brosman from online tastemaker Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
referred to his production work as “a beautifully bleak cloud of sound”., while music journalist Patric Fallon praised his compositions as "dense, panoramic soundscapes."
Irisarri is also known as the main member of electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
/shoegaze act The Sight Below
The Sight Below
The Sight Below is an electronic music/shoegaze act from Seattle, Washington. Its main member is American post-minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri....
and signed to American label Ghostly International
Ghostly International
Ghostly International is an American independent record label. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye , Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Girl-Faced Boys, all of which are innovative contributors to the world of music....
.
Influences
Irisarri cited in an interview with German magazine De:Bug as having been inspired by classical composers like Mahler, Satie, Debussy, and Wagner, and contemporary musicians like Kevin ShieldsKevin Shields
Kevin Patrick Shields is an American-born, Irish vocalist, guitarist, and producer of alternative rock band My Bloody Valentine....
, Robin Guthrie
Robin Guthrie
Robin Guthrie is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Twins. During his career Guthrie has played guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and other musical instruments, in addition to programming, sampling and sound processing...
, and Harold Budd
Harold Budd
Harold Budd is an American ambient/avant-garde composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles, he was raised in the Mojave Desert, and was inspired at an early age by the humming tone caused by wind blown across telephone wires....
. He also cites French existentialist philosopher Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Albert Camus was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton.Camus was awarded the 1957...
and Uruguayan short story writer Horacio Quiroga
Horacio Quiroga
Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was an Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer....
as influences, and lists Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupéry as one of his all-time favorite books. He considers filmmakers David Lynch
David Lynch
David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor. Known for his surrealist films, he has developed his own unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", and which is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound...
, Jan Švankmajer
Jan Švankmajer
Jan Švankmajer is a Czech filmmaker and artist whose work spans several media. He is a self-labeled surrealist known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Brothers Quay, and many others.- Life and career :Jan...
, Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog Stipetić , known as Werner Herzog, is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often considered as one of the greatest figures of the New German Cinema, along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Werner...
, and Julio Medem
Julio Medem
Julio Médem is a Spanish writer and film director.Medem was born in San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain and showed an interest in movies since childhood, when he would take his father's Super 8 camera and shoot at night, while nobody was paying attention...
as continuous sources of inspiration. In a radio interview with the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
in Sydney, Irisarri goes into further detail, describing to Quiet Space radio host Paul Gough
Pimmon
Pimmon is the recording name of Australian musician Paul Gough. He has released records on labels such as Fat Cat Records, Fällt, Tigerbeat6, Staalplaat and Staubgold, and collaborated with Keith Rowe and Oren Ambarchi, among others....
the process behind The North Bend
The North Bend (Rafael Anton Irisarri album)
The North Bend is the second full-length album by Rafael Anton Irisarri, released by Australian label ROOM40. It was originally released worldwide as physical and digital album on August 31, 2010...
as inspired by “this region (American Pacific Northwest), and not just with the fairly obvious ‘rainy, gloomy skies’ clichés, but more in the folk, cultural traditions and pop-culture references (think of David Lynch and his television-defining narrative Twin Peaks). They sort of helped me create an audio postcard of this beautiful area of the United States.”
Live performances
Irisarri travels frequently to perform live throughout Europe, North America, Australia and the Middle East. Highlights include concerts at Barcelona's SónarSónar
Sónar is an annual three-day music festival held in Barcelona, Spain. It is described officially as a festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. Music is by far the main aspect of the festival....
, Detroit's DEMF, Montreal's MUTEK
Mutek
Founded in 2000, MUTEK is an international festival organization dedicated to the promotion of electronic music and the digital arts. Its central platform is an annual five-day event in Montreal that takes place in late May and early June...
, and Krakow's Unsound
Unsound festival
Unsound Festival is an annual music festival that takes place in Kraków, Poland, dealing with evolving and mutating forms of music, as well as related visual arts....
. Aside from electronic music festivals, Irisarri has presented his works at multidisciplinary arts events, including Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
's prestigious MITO SettembreMusica festival and Israel Festival
Israel Festival
The Israel Festival is a multidisciplinary arts festival held every spring in Israel. Its center is Jerusalem.The Israel Festival started in 1961 as a summer festival for classical music in the ancient Roman theater in Caesarea...
in Jerusalem.
His live performances are mostly centered around the piano, electric guitar and laptop, with Irisarri manipulating the sonic timbre of his chosen instruments using different complex DSP
Digital signal processing
Digital signal processing is concerned with the representation of discrete time signals by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals. Digital signal processing and analog signal processing are subfields of signal processing...
patches and routings through his notebook computer and external multichannel mixer. He utilizes real-time signal processing, chaining together a series of custom-made looping software to achieve the textural density of his recorded works and favors all improvised performances (earning him recognition from peers like Pantha Du Prince
Pantha du Prince
Hendrik Weber, better known as Pantha du Prince, Panthel and Glühen 4 is a German electronic music producer and DJ affiliated with Hamburg's Dial music label and British label Rough Trade.-Career:...
).
In December 2010, Irisarri released thru his Bandcamp
Bandcamp
Bandcamp is an online music store, as well as a platform for artist promotion, that caters mainly for independent artists. Artists on Bandcamp have a customizable microsite with the albums they upload. All tracks can be played for free on the website and some artists offer free music downloads...
store a collection of live recordings performed at selected cities worldwide.
Collaborations
In the studio, Irisarri has worked extensively with Simon Scott, Tiny VipersTiny Vipers
Tiny Vipers is the stage name of Jesy Fortino, an acoustic musician from Seattle, Washington. After having started as out a more conventional pop singer-songwriter, she has since developed a very distinct style...
, Benoît Pioulard
Benoit Pioulard
Thomas Meluch is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, writer, and photographer, best known by his pseudonym Benoît Pioulard.- Biography :...
, Goldmund
Keith Kenniff
Keith Kenniff is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic music producer. He composes ambient/electronic music under the moniker Helios and post-classical piano music under Goldmund...
and remixed School of Seven Bells
School of Seven Bells
School of Seven Bells is a band formed by Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines, together with identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, formerly of On!Air!Library!. The band is named after the School of the Seven Bells, a mythical South American pickpocket training academy.-History:Curtis and...
, Balmorhea
Balmorhea (band)
Balmorhea is a minimalist instrumental ensemble from Austin, Texas that was formed in 2006 by Rob Lowe and Michael Muller. Balmorhea were influenced by Ludovico Einaudi, The Six Parts Seven, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, Rachel's, Gillian Welch, Max Richter, Arvo Pärt and John Cage.The band...
, Detroit's Echospace, and Germany's Pantha Du Prince
Pantha du Prince
Hendrik Weber, better known as Pantha du Prince, Panthel and Glühen 4 is a German electronic music producer and DJ affiliated with Hamburg's Dial music label and British label Rough Trade.-Career:...
.
Live, he has collaborated with Australian artist and Room40 label curator Lawrence English
Lawrence English
Lawrence English is a composer, media artist and curator living in Brisbane, Australia. For over a decade he has been an increasingly active force in Australian sound art and experimental music - both as a creator and curator.- Sound works :...
, Portland's Grouper
Grouper (musician)
Grouper is the solo project for electro-acoustic ambient/noise musician Liz Harris, of Portland, Oregon. Harris' music is a mixture of softly-strummed guitar, Wurlitzer keys, and delicate vocals...
, and Italian electro-acoustic composer Andrea Belfi
Andrea Belfi
Andrea Belfi is an Italian electro-acoustic musician and composer. He began playing drums at the age of 14, and studied art in Milan, before becoming involved in experimental music in 2000...
.
In 2010, Irisarri collaborated twice with renowned Austrian guitarist Fennesz, performing together live at Interferenze Festival in Italy and later at Decibel Festival
Decibel Festival
Decibel Festival is an annual music and digital arts festival started in 2003 in Seattle by Sean Horton. Decibel is dedicated to live electronic music performance, visual art and new media. The core of the festival comprises concerts, performances, commissioned work, film screenings and exhibitions...
in Seattle.
In May 2010, Irisarri traveled to Jerusalem to collaborate with Koen Holtkamp, Greg Davis
Greg Davis (musician)
Greg Davis is an American electronic musician who has recorded albums drawing from a wide variety of sources, including guitar, field recording, various world / ethnic / traditional instruments, percussion, and voice, all delicately processed through digital manipulation...
, Ido Govrin, Ran Slavin and Yair Etziony in a two-day audiovisual performance piece titled Dissolving Localities, which explored the city's diverse cultures and unique sights and sounds. The project was commissioned as part of Israel Festival
Israel Festival
The Israel Festival is a multidisciplinary arts festival held every spring in Israel. Its center is Jerusalem.The Israel Festival started in 1961 as a summer festival for classical music in the ancient Roman theater in Caesarea...
.
On January 21, 2011, Irisarri and Benoît Pioulard released a cover version of Broadcast
Broadcast
Broadcast or Broadcasting may refer to:* Broadcasting, the transmission of audio and video signals* Broadcast, an individual television program or radio program* Broadcast , an English electronic music band...
's "Until Then" (from the band's 2000 album The Noise Made By People
The Noise Made by People
The Noise Made by People is the debut album by the English band Broadcast. It was released in 2000 by Warp Records. The album failed to chart in the United Kingdom or the United States but was released to critical acclaim.- Reception :...
), as a tribute to Trish Keenan.
As a media artist, Irisarri has prepared, created and performed live video for Fennesz, Lusine
Lusine
Lusine is Texan Jeff McIlwain, an ambient/IDM musician. Originally a Texas native, Jeff now resides in Seattle. In 1998, he attended California Institute of the Arts to study 20th century electronic music and sound design for music and film...
, Simon Scott, Solvent
Solvent (producer)
Solvent is the stage name used by electronic producer and remixer Jason Amm . Although his music has been included in the electroclash movement , many of Solvent's tracks fall under the intelligent dance music or electropop genres...
, and The Sight Below.
Discography
Irisarri's work is widely published in over a dozen labels around the globe. His recorded output has earned him critical acclaim and multiple recognitions, including several "best of" year-end lists and nominations.Studio Albums
- (2010) The North BendThe North Bend (Rafael Anton Irisarri album)The North Bend is the second full-length album by Rafael Anton Irisarri, released by Australian label ROOM40. It was originally released worldwide as physical and digital album on August 31, 2010...
, 12" LP/CD/Digital, ROOM40 (AU) - (2007) DaydreamingDaydreaming (Rafael Anton Irisarri album)Daydreaming is the debut album by Rafael Anton Irisarri, released by Norwegian label Miasmah. It was originally released worldwide as physical and digital album on February 28, 2007. The physical copies quickly became out of print...
, 12" LP/CD/Digital, MiasmahMiasmahMiasmah is a Norwegian independent record label that was started in Oslo by Erik K. Skodvin in 2006. The label has released albums by Rafael Anton Irisarri, Jacaszek, Elegi, Jasper TX, Gultskra Artikler, Greg Haines, Encre and Kreng.-List of Artists:Elegi...
(NO)
Studio Mini-LP
- (2010) ReverieReverie (album)Reverie is a Mini-LP by Rafael Anton Irisarri, pressed by American label Immune . It was released worldwide as 12" vinyl on April 20, 2010...
, 12" mini-LP, Digital, Immune (US)
Studio EPs
- (2009) Hopes and Past DesiresHopes and Past DesiresHopes and Past Desires is an EP by Rafael Anton Irisarri, pressed by American label Immune . It was released worldwide as 7" vinyl on January 27, 2009.- Track listing :...
7" EP, Digital, Immune (US)
Compilations
- (2011) Moments Descend On My Windowpane - SMM: Context 12" LP/CD/Digital, Ghostly International (US)
- (2011) w/Goldmund Gnossienne No. 1 - Erik Satie et les nouveaux jeunes CD/Digital, Arbouse Recordings (FR)
- (2010) Path - Various, 10 CD/Digital, The Wire (UK)
- (2010) Distance - Room40 10-Year Anniversary compilation CD/Digital, ROOM40 (AU)
- (2010) These Red Winters - Keys (A Comprehensive Collection Of Contemporary Piano Compositions) 12" LP/Digital, American Typewriter (ES)
- (2009) Abandoned (Too Soon) - Unreleased Tracks 2009 CD/Digital, Fugues (FR)
- (2009) Still - Musique Pour Statue Menhirs CD/Digital, Arbouse Recordings (FR)
Remixes
- (2010) School of Seven Bells - Disconnect from DesireDisconnect from DesireDisconnect From Desire is the second album by School of Seven Bells. It was released on July 12, 2010 through Full Time Hobby, and re-released on July 13, 2010 through Vagrant Records/Ghostly International in the U.S. It debuted at #200 on the Billboard 200...
, "Bye Bye Bye (The Sight Below remix)", Digital (iTunesITunesiTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
exclusive), VagrantVagrant RecordsVagrant Records is an indie rock label based in Los Angeles, California and is home to such artists as The Hold Steady, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Active Child, PJ Harvey, Reptar, School of Seven Bells, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thrice, James Vincent McMorrow, Placebo, and many...
/Ghostly International (US) - (2010) CV313 - Subtraktive (King Midas Sound / The Sight Below Mixes), "Subtraktive (The Sight Below remix), 12" EP/Digital, Echospace Detroit (US)
- (2009) Balmorhea - All is Wild, All is Silent Remixes, "Harm and Boon, 12" LP/CD/Digital, Western VinylWestern VinylWestern Vinyl is an independent record label based in Austin Texas. It was founded in 1998.-Bands and Artists Associated with Western Vinyl:*Anomoanon*Appendix Out*Balmorhea*Bexar Bexar*Botany*Bonnie Prince Billy*Callers*Carter Tanton*Chas. Mtn....
(US) - (2008) Papercutz - Ultravioleta Remixes, "Ultravioleta (The Sight Below rmx), CD/Digital, Apegenine recordingsApegenine recordingsApegenine recordings is a Canadian independent record label. It was established as a subdivision in 2003 by Vincent Fugere and has released music by Montreal's most prominent electronic artist David Kristian, Emanuele Errante, Khonnor, Klaus Lunde , Julien Neto among others.The music it releases...
(CA)
Guest Appearances
- (2009) Simon Scott - Navigare, Spring Stars 12" LP/CD/Digital, Miasmah (NO)
External links
- Official website
- Official Facebook page
- SoundCloud
- Interview with Rafael Anton Irisarri on Headphone Commute (April, 2011)