http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com Hook up your ears Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:05:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [Wagon Repair] (buy vinyl) (buy CD) (buy mp3s) The adjective I keep reaching for when describing The Mole's debut album, As High as the Sky, is "minimal," even though I feel guilty of a misnomer. There's nothing sparse about it; and even though the changes are slight, there is definite forward ... http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/the-mole-as-high-as-the-sky/ [Something] (buy vinyl) (buy vinyl) It's a somewhat rare feat for a producer's high output to be matched with high quality, let alone stylistic depth. Stephan Laubner, better known as STL, is one of the few who pulls it off. Already this year he has six new releases to his name, ... http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/stl-musik-4-life/ [Lick My Deck] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s tk) As a producer with roots in industrial music, Mikael Stavöstrand has a knack for negative aesthetics. His tracks are lean and mysterious, painting bleak landscapes by means of sinister basslines, urgent beats and glistening found-sounds. Though Stavöstrand is impressively creative and capable as ... http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/mikael-stavostrand-dark-eyes-die-a-little/ Photos by Drury Brennan Throughout this past work week, an especially arduous and stressful one by my standards, the light at the end of the tunnel was the weekend's three day Pitchfork Music Festival. It promised sun, relaxation, friends, music, intoxication and a chance to unchain myself from the computer. What ... http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/pitchfork-festival-2008-lwe-reflects/ [Holographic Island] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s) Matt and John are the two of the most common names in America. Matt John really deserves to be a pseudonym; remaking "faceless techno bollocks" for the Google age, there are a billion and a half results when searching for one "Matt John." Even when ... http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/matt-john-teleparty/ Whether as a studio hand, engineer, remixer, producer, collaborator, or source of inspiration, Tobias Freund has been deeply involved in the music business for nearly 25 years. And where other veteran musicians might have been content to rest on their laurels, Freund is hungrier than ever, pursuing the depths of ... http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/little-white-earbuds-interviews-tobias-freund/ [Sandwell District] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s) The label Sandwell District has always been a mixed bag. In an RA profile, label keystone Function, (or Dave Sumner of NYC if anonymity's not your thing), explained that Sandwell release are selected by any of the artists involved. So the aesthetic values put forward ... http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/function-anticipation/ [Wave Music] (buy vinyl tk) (buy mp3s) John Daly has quickly proven to be one of the most promising new producers to emerge over the 18 months. The young Irishman's productions are as deep and elemental as they are anachronistic, recalling a simpler era of electronic music dominated by artists such ... http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/john-daly-atlantis-ep/ Just a quick note to alert readers about a new gig I (Steve) am about to start this week. In addition to keeping LWE humming, I'll also be writing about techno and house for always enterprising RCRD LBL. It actually brings me back to the olden days when I could ... http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/expanding-our-horizons/ [Resopal Red] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s) For the past two years, producer Markos Spanoudakis, aka Kreon, has forged a distinctive style for himself by melding the beats of house and the sounds of jazz — an experiment in musical alchemy yielding progressively stronger results with each release. His single "Shake n’ ... http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/kreon-gagnant-ep/