As one of house music’s most compelling new prospects, LWE tracked down Morning Factory to discuss their division of labor, their take on the Dutch dance scene, and the advice they would give young producers. They also provided us with our 105th exclusive podcast, a blistering 80 minutes of high quality house laced with vintage favorites and potential classics.
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LWE Podcast 103: Murphy Jax
November 7, 2011 – 12:01 AM
LWE got in touch with Murphy Jax to find out about his affinity for Chicago house and the journey that lead him there. We also coaxed out a hot mix of acid house that stretches from the early days of the little silver box and heads off far in to the future, making our 103rd exclusive podcast a freshly minted future classic.
Untold, Little Things Like That
October 26, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Untold’s Little Things Like That arrives on Clone Basement Series as a chance to start anew but instead doubles down.
Gerd, Palm Leaves
October 5, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Palm Leaves, Gerd’s latest for Clone’s Royal Oak sub-label, is perhaps his best and most relevant find to date and comes with dub mix by Clone founder Serge and Alden Tyrell.
Dexter, Great Northern Diver
September 6, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Great Northern Driver, Verheijen’s latest EP as Dexter, arrives on Clone Basement Series and proves his production mastery extends to bass music as well.
Mike Dehnert, Oblique
August 16, 2011 – 10:01 AM
Arriving in the wake of his Framework album, Mike Dehnert’s Oblique EP is where we leave behind the day-trippers and get into the real fun.
LWE 2Q Reports 2011: Labels
July 6, 2011 – 12:01 AM
For our second 2Q Report, Steve Kerr highlights five of the year’s best labels thus far.
LWE Podcast 87: Conforce
June 6, 2011 – 12:01 AM
LWE got in touch with Conforce to find out more about his rise to prominence, the importance of pushing yourself creatively, and what his different aliases mean to him. He also lovingly assembled our 87th exclusive podcast with a mixture of atmospheric techno, ambient and more that will cast you under the spell of one of the latest masters of Dutch techno.
Reggie Dokes, Haiti
May 4, 2011 – 10:01 AM
It’s fair to say that Haiti, Reggie Dokes’ second outing on Clone’s Royal Oak offshoot, is as close to perfection as modern dance music gets.
Conforce, State of Mind
April 28, 2011 – 12:01 AM
On State Of Mind for Clone Basement Series, Conforce shows he has the requisite talent for his work to stand apart from the average producer.
Versalife, Night Time Activities Pt.1
April 19, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Night Time Activities Pt. 1 finds one of techno’s brightest young stars — Conforce — donning a new, electro-flavored moniker.
Genius of Time, Drifting Back/Houston We Have a Problem
March 24, 2011 – 12:01 AM
Drifting Back/Houston We Have a Problem, the latest Royal Oak 12″ by Genius of Time, shows why Clone just doesn’t get enough love.
Murphy Jax ft. Mike Dunn, It’s The Music
November 11, 2010 – 12:01 AM
Despite its vintage feel, It’s the Music for Clone Jack for Daze marks Murphy Jax’s first time on wax with Mike Dunn on vocal duties.
Literon, Storm/Nightfall
November 3, 2010 – 9:01 AM
For his Storm/Nightfall single as Literon, Gerd-Jan Bijl matches the funkiness of his better known projects with darker, warehouse-style grooves.
Jellphonic ft. Zacky Force Funk, 100 Snakes
February 23, 2010 – 11:01 PM
When does east become west? I mean who’s to say Auckland isn’t west, rather than east, of L.A.? Listening to the New Zealand-based Jellphonic aka St. Liquor-ish’s 1000 Snakes EP on the brand new Clone Limited (I know, another Clone sub-label), it soon becomes clear he’s not an artist that bothers with such arbitrary geographical distinctions. This is the wheezy west coast sound taken to its illogical antipodean extreme, a synth(etic) ass wallop of electric boogie-woogie that constantly threatens to collapse under the various anxieties of influence the record operates under.
LWE’s Top 5 Labels of 2009
December 7, 2009 – 12:01 AM
Dance music enthusiasts are almost certainly the most label-conscious people in the record-buying world. How else can you explain the bickering over new Perlon signings, the ubiquity of the compound adjective “buy-on-sight,” or the hastily depleted stocks of anonymously-produced 12″s? We follow our favorite DJs and producers, naturally, but a record publishing operation with vision and taste is very often the best guide to the sounds we thirst for. 2009′s cream of the crop — labels like Running Back, Uzuri, Prologue, Dial, Sound Signature, Blueprint, Apple Pips, and Time To Express — did more than narrow the field of available records, but sharpened our expectations of what new music should achieve. And the mushrooming of secretive private presses (many of them fostered by Hardwax’s distribution) yielded results that were just as rewarding. But from where I’m standing, these five labels loomed largest.
Mike Dehnert, Umlaut 2
September 17, 2009 – 10:01 AM
When the Clone label announced it was turning the lights out earlier this year it was a sad day for techno/electro obsessives like myself. But as it turns out the label’s death has been greatly exaggerated, or at least has pumped creative spirit into other, more focused areas. The result so far has been a steady stream of releases on what might be called “boutique” sub-labels such as the Club Series, Loft Supreme Series, West Coast Series and the Jack For Daze Series; all fall under the Clone banner while each concentrates on a specific style of electronic music. Confused yet? Well just this past month they unveiled one more imprint called the Clone Basement Series, keying in on hard-boiled dance tracks. Based on that criterion it makes sense to find Tresor resident Mike Dehnert in charge of the first release.
The Hasbeens, Keep Fooling Yourself
February 25, 2008 – 12:14 AM
[Clone] For those who find much of techno, house and electro to be too damn optimistic, nihilistic duo The Hasbeens and their “Keep Fooling Yourself” 12″ offer a welcome reprieve. Its three tracks are surprisingly catchy, retro-minded Italo disco and electro rather than gut-busting EBM racket or sanity grinding hard house, contrasting dystopic themes with [...]
Duplex, Autosample EP
February 10, 2008 – 11:11 PM
[Frantic Flowers] Dutch producers Chris Callahan and John Matze have been recording together as Duplex since 1997, though Matze’s work dates back to ’92. Drawing from the spacious well of influence that is Detroit techno — Anthony “Shake” Shakir, Juan Atkins and Drexciya, among others — the duo somehow received help on their latest EP [...]