Unlike prior full-lengths that saw Omar-S cobble together singles with accompanying filler, each of the 13-tracks on Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself are unreleased and each a keeper.
Author Archive: Michael C. Walsh
Eomac, Spoock
April 17, 2013 – 12:01 AM
The latest from Berlin label Killekill, Eomac’s Spoock, maintains their reputation for reveling in the peculiar in a way that causes one to perk up and take notice.
Vondelpark, Seabed
April 4, 2013 – 8:23 AM
Despite a meager 42-minute runtime, Vondelpark’s debut LP manages to feel like a slog, lacking a single ethereous moment while forcing the listener into an insurmountable slump of depression.
Space Dimension Controller, Welcome to Mikrosektor-50
March 27, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Space Dimension Controller’s long-in-gestation debut LP is an honest-to-god Electronic Concept Album managing to effortlessly incorporate storytelling devices while flirting with moments of musical brilliance.
Cassegrain, Tiamat
March 19, 2013 – 12:01 AM
The latest from Cassegrain, a duo consisting of Greece’s Alex Tsiridis and Austrian composer Hüseyin Evirgen, is a double EP’s worth of gut-punch techno for Prologue.
Inga Copeland, Don’t Look Back, That’s Not Where You’re Going
March 13, 2013 – 12:01 AM
Don’t Look Back, That’s Not Where You’re Going contains three songs from Inga Copeland’s forthcoming debut solo album for Hype Williams’ newly minted World Music label.
Little White Earbuds Interviews Space Dimension Controller
February 27, 2013 – 11:01 AM
With his long awaited debut album finally arriving next week, LWE interviewed Belfast’s Space Dimension Controller via email about his interplanetary outlook.
Henrik Bergqvist, Go For What Hurts
February 21, 2013 – 1:01 AM
For ANIARA 07, the Gothenburg label have recruited newcomer Henrik Bergqvist for a single that while cryptically narcotic, still maintains qualities of a proper bomb.
Secret Circuit, Afterlife
February 6, 2013 – 1:02 AM
Secret Circuit hails from Los Angeles and “Afterlife” lends itself to the city, with all included pieces coated in a hazy smog.
Moiré, Never Sleep
January 31, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Moiré assimilates nicely amongst Actress’s clandestine fold on Werkdiscs with his debut EP, Never Sleep, which also features a remix from the label boss.
Factory Floor, Fall Back
January 23, 2013 – 1:01 AM
That Factory Floor’s Fall Back arrives during a moment when their brand of post-industrial acid-sheen is très en vogue couldn’t be more opportune for the three-piece UK outfit.
Madteo, Noi No
December 6, 2012 – 11:01 AM
Noi No, the result of Finnish based Sähkö Recordings unexpectedly inviting Madteo into their catalog, is a wild and unsettling ride for both parties.
FaltyDL, Straight & Arrow
November 21, 2012 – 1:01 AM
“Straight & Arrow” is the lead single from FaltyDL’s forthcoming full-length, Hardcourage, and once again Drew Lustman has flipped the formula.
LWE Reviews Moogfest 2012
November 7, 2012 – 12:01 PM
With the festival and a massive hurricane behind him, LWE contributor Michael C. Walsh offers his blow-by-blow take on Asheville, NC’s Moogfest 2012.
Maxxi Soundsystem feat. Name One, Regrets We Have No Use For
October 30, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Maxxi Soundsystem’s “Regrets We Have No Use For” is relatable in its ethos, catchy in its simplicity, and if all was right in the world, it’d be owning radio airwaves.