[Statik Entertainment] Perhaps more interesting than deep-house’s resurgence is how the resurrected sub-genre has melded with others, like tribal, minimal and dub. The elongating and relaxing side effects of reverb and delay have proven complimentary to the already subdued atmosphere common among deep house cuts. A good recent example of this amalgamated sub-genre can be […]
Yearly Archives: 2008
Peter Van Hoesen, Trusted EP
June 17, 2008 – 5:36 AM
[Time To Express] Witness the power of the techno blogosphere: After seven years of releasing music as Object, Vanno and now his own name, Belgian producer and DJ Peter Van Hoesen has recently seen a sharp uptick in his stock. His contribution to Modyfier’s Process series (of which I am an alumnus) grabbed quite few […]
Move D, Drone
June 15, 2008 – 8:14 PM
[Modern Love] It’s hard not to hear Move D’s tracks as essentially calm. Consider this: “Quit Quittin’” is one of his most jacking recent songs, plush with arpeggiated trickles and acid stabs (not to mention the shrill of “oh YEAH”), but Move D stabilized the whole thing with a gentle analog suspire. The calmness, a […]
Quiet Village, Silent Movie
June 12, 2008 – 8:47 PM
[!K7] Matt Edwards, better known as Radio Slave, is one half of hypnotic disco duo Quiet Village with DJ Joel Martin. Edwards has been incredibly prolific as a producer, remixer and label owner, and Quiet Village is where he’s gone to hang his more relaxed hat. After three singles and a slew of remixes, the […]
Lemos, Faust EP
June 11, 2008 – 9:34 PM
[Resopal Red] In the span of just over six months, Grecian producer George Lemos has quickly leaped from obscurity to rising star status. Along the way he helped put the Frankfurt-based label Be Chosen on the map with a keen 12″ collaboration with Chevy and garnered choice remixes of the “Lookooshere” EP from Anthony Collins, […]
Help wanted
June 11, 2008 – 5:17 AM
Comic by Married to the Sea Little White Earbuds is planning to expand its daily content and is looking for creative and motivated writers to help us do so. Knowledge of and an active interest in techno and house are a must, as are a reliable Internet connection, developed writing/grammar skills and dedication to one’s […]
Peter Grummich, Ultramatic EP
June 9, 2008 – 9:20 PM
[ProgCity Deep Trax] A criticism I often hear leveled at younger DJs is that big tracks are too enticing to us (the logic goes), thereby limiting our ability to build sets with valleys ands peaks — instead of just the latter. Whether or not it’s a fair charge, it raises an issue worth addressing: tracks […]
LWE in the mix
June 8, 2008 – 8:29 PM
It’s been a drippy weekend here in Chicago. One minute we’ll have torrential downpours, the next it’s merely impenetrable humidity. Suffice it to say, it’s not shirt-wearing weather. I tried to capture the summery stickiness with this mix. Hopefully this mix only makes you perspire if you’re moving along. Download: Little White Earbuds, 6.8.2008 (72:33) […]
tobias., I Can’t Fight the Feeling
June 5, 2008 – 6:39 PM
[Wagon Repair] After nearly 25 years in the music business, some artists find their skills and instincts dulled, often leading to inadvisable collaborations, obtuse vanity projects and waning popularity. Lucky for us, electronic veteran Tobias Freund’s near 25 years of experience as Pink Elln and as half of NSI, Odd Machine and Sieg Ãœber Die […]
Little White Earbuds May Charts
June 3, 2008 – 10:02 PM
Chart courtesy of The Economist. 01. Namlook, “Subharmonic Atoms” (Pépé Bradock Bug Remix) [Macro] (buy) In case you need reminding how otherworldly talented Pépé Bradock is, check his remix of Peter Namlook’s “Subharmonic Atoms.” Announcing his composition with a dramatic swoosh, Bradock unleashes a dizzying array of prismatic tones bent, pulled and punctuated by bouncy […]
Win tickets to Fabric’s Deep Space night
June 2, 2008 – 10:14 PM
This Saturday, June 7th, Francois K and Brendon Moeller are packing their gear into the spaceship to bring NYC’s Deep Space night to London club extraordinaire, Fabric. Moeller (as Beat Pharmacy) will be performing with MC Spaceape in anticipation of his forthcoming dub protest album. And if that wasn’t enough, Prosumer, Murat Tepeli and their […]
Break SL, Laguna Seca
June 2, 2008 – 12:08 AM
[Philpot] Accompanying the recent flood of nostalgia for the salad days of house music has been a return to the original tools which furnished the first wave. Cassy, Ben Klock and Prosumer/Murat Tepeli are a few producers who have harnessed the sound and abilities of 808s and 909s while doing more than treading water stylistically; […]
Habt ihr mich vermisst?
June 1, 2008 – 3:47 PM
It’s been a long two weeks sprawled across three countries and the entirety of Germany, but I’m back from the land of many vests and faux hawk mullets (as a reference point). I can see why so many have uprooted themselves to set up shop there: the culture, food and sights are fantastic, so much […]
Talking Shop with Ghostly/Spectral Sound
May 30, 2008 – 7:12 AM
Welcome to the fifth edition of our series of short interviews affectionately titled Talking Shop. The majority of media and fan attention gets showered on the artists who create the music we love to listen to/DJ with/dance to, and for good reasons. But without the hard work, keen ears and business savvy of label staff, […]
Sammy Dee, Purplehummer
May 25, 2008 – 10:09 PM
[Perlon] “Purplehummer” (or “Purplehummerultrastretch” for the superlonfragilistic) might be Sammy Dee’s solo debut for Perlon, but that factoid is a bit of a misnomer. Sammy Dee has released a decent chunk of vinyl on Perlon, as one half of Pantytec and more recently as Half Hawaii with ex-pat Bruno Pronsato. “Purplehummer” comes as no big […]
Little White Earbuds Interviews MyMy
May 22, 2008 – 10:01 PM
Three cool cats: (L-R) Lee Jones, Carsten Klemann and Nick Höppner. Photo by Katja Jaruge My My approach house and techno with artisians’ flair, crafting aural mosaics from hundreds of little sounds glued atop engaging melodies. You can listen closely and admire all the details slipped into every crevice or step back into the crowd […]
Osborne, Osborne
May 18, 2008 – 10:09 PM
[Spectral Sound] Todd Osborn is a born tinkerer, a guy who wants nothing more than to crack open the nearest electronic device to see how it works and, if possible, how to improve it. The trait is essential in his stint as an airline mechanic and at home, where he dissects computers, software, synthesizers (which […]
Swapping hemispheres
May 18, 2008 – 9:22 PM
Just a quick note that today I’m on my way to Germany with Mark for two weeks. LWE will still be publishing during this time. If you have any suggestions for things to do/see in Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt or Cologne, feel free to post them in the comments. Bis später!
Osborne invades Chicago
May 15, 2008 – 8:32 AM
Just a quick reminder that LWE fave Osborne is playing tonight at Sonotheque, 1444 W. Chicago Ave. He’s supported by Kill Memory Crash and Michna. Starts at 9pm and is completely free! Hope to see you there.
Art Bleek, Euphorized
May 13, 2008 – 9:19 PM
[Connaisseur Recordings] Name recognition is a big deal. The deluge of releases landing on stores’ shelves and into my inbox, often from unknown labels and artists, grows ever larger each month. So while I take plenty of chances when deciding what to audition, occasionally the comforts of a familiar name help narrow the playlist quicker […]
