For the Testpressing series, Sean Canty and Miles Whittaker strip away the ornate art that long accompanied their releases to reveal equally raw tracks with no end point in sight.
Author Archive: Chris Miller
Martyn, Newspeak EP
April 19, 2013 – 12:01 AM
It’s been more than a year since Martyn’s last proper record, and the Newspeak EP largely continues down the 4/4 trail he’s been traveling for awhile now.
Autechre, Exai
April 10, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Exai will sound stylistically familiar to Autechre fans, almost comfortingly so, but it raises plenty of new challenges as well.
Curator’s Cuts 29: Chris Miller
April 8, 2013 – 12:01 AM
LWE’s associate editor, Chris Miller, compiled Curator’s Cuts 29. We will post the tracklist later in the week, as the curator discloses and describes it as part of the podcast.
Chasing Voices, Awoken By Tears
March 28, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Awoken By Tears, the fifth release from the genuinely shadowy, Dope James-affiliated Chasing Voices, is simply their best work yet.
Atom™, HD
March 26, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Atom™ isn’t exactly palling around with Timbaland, but on his new album, HD, he takes a couple pages from Kraftwerk in his acerbic exploration of electronics in pop music.
Shawn O’Sullivan & Civil Duty, Security
March 15, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Shawn O’Sullivan, whose rough and ready records for L.I.E.S. and W.T. have already earned him numerous plaudits, steps up for release three of Anthony Parasole’s Brooklyn label, The Corner.
Bookworms & Steve Summers, Confused House 1
March 7, 2013 – 1:02 AM
For the inaugural release on his new Confused House label, Steve Summers and roommate Bookworms unleash a triptych of heady, masterful house tracks.
Function, Incubation
February 27, 2013 – 1:02 AM
Dave Sumner’s more than 16 years in the trenches of techno and house have prepared him to make Incubation, his first solo album — is a beacon of timeless techno and stellar mixing.
Actress, Silver Cloud
February 20, 2013 – 1:02 AM
Preceding the long-awaited Ghettoville album comes Silver Cloud, perhaps the strangest record Actress has ever put his name to.
Pev & Kowton, Raw Code
February 14, 2013 – 1:02 AM
The pairing of Peverelist and Kowton feels right at home on Hessle Audio on their Raw Code 12″.
The Knife, Full of Fire
February 7, 2013 – 1:02 AM
“Full of Fire” is likely the most dance floor focused track The Knife have ever recorded, but also a satisfying step away from the affecting melodies of their previous work.
In Aeternam Vale, La Piscine
January 30, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Minimal Wave’s further excavations yield a second single from the French duo In Aeternam Vale, this one even more relevant to contemporary audiences.
Burial, Truant / Rough Sleeper
January 25, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Burial’s dramatic shift towards making longer pieces with multiple movements picks up steam on his late 2012 release, Truant/Rough Sleeper.
DJ Kaos, Kosmischer Ruckenwind Remixes
January 22, 2013 – 1:02 AM
DJ Kaos’ Kosmischer Ruckenwind from 2009 is an enticing take on guitar-based kosmische musik, but it’s this remix package by Quiet Village and Elitetechnique that really delivers.
Jorge Velez, MMT Tape Series
January 10, 2013 – 1:02 AM
Rush Hour offers yet another compendium of newly relevant archived dance music, this time by Jorge Velez and almost all previously unheard.
LWE Podcast 149: Levon Vincent
January 7, 2013 – 6:04 AM
It’s with great pleasure that we ring in the new year with Levon Vincent at the helm for our 149th exclusive podcast: a journey through his record bag stocked with favorites both new and old.