Summary: This dataset contains electroencephalographic recordings of 12 subjects listening to music with and without a passive head-mounted display, that is, a head-mounted display which does not include any electronics at the exception of a smartphone. The electroencephalographic headset consisted of 16 electrodes. A full description of the experiment is available at https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02085118. Data were recorded during a pilot experiment taking place in the GIPSA-lab, Grenoble, France, in 2017 (Cattan and al, 2018). Python code for manipulating the data is downloadable at https://github.com/plcrodrigues/py.PHMDML.EEG.2017-GIPSA. The ID of this dataset is PHMDML.EEG.2017-GIPSA. Full description of the experiment and dataset: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02085118 Principal Investigator: Eng. Grégoire Cattan Technical Supervisors: Eng. Pedro L. C. Rodrigues Scientific Supervisor: Dr. Marco Congedo ID of the dataset: PHMDML.EEG.2017-GIPSA