This seems to be the learned lesson of the Innervision team’s stunning 2-disc comp The Grandfather Paradox. Their laser-focused curatorial skills deftly traverse a musical history so broad that we’re left with a series of epiphanies about form and genre that taken together read: we were minimal, even when we didn’t know it.
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Kuniyuki, Remixed Vol.3
September 16, 2008 – 7:30 PM
[Mule Musiq] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s)
The third release in the Kuniyuki remix series, helmed by Henrik Schwarz and Tony Lionni, gives us yet another set of interpretations of the Japanese producer’s deep, down-tempo house tracks. Earlier this summer, “Remixed Vol. 2″ dropped two great cuts — an airy, all over the place Cobblestone Jazz remix [...]
DOP, I’m Just a Man EP
September 14, 2008 – 7:40 PM
[Eklo] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s)
It’s truly heartening to see a young group like DOP growing more confident in their talents and compositions, as each successive release hones in on the trio’s strengths while leaving room for experimentation. This heightened focus has meant greater dance floor utility and accessibility, especially for the “God Bless the Child [...]
Henrik Schwarz, Âme & Dixon, D.P.O.M.B. EP
August 11, 2008 – 6:49 PM
Photo by Maximilien Brice
[Innervisions] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s)
Any time Henrik Schwarz, Âme and Dixon all grace the same slab of vinyl, chances are it’s going to be a big deal. This precedent was set in 2006 with the quickly canonized “Where We At,” capturing the warily optimistic zeitgeist with a prescient Derrick Carter vocal sample [...]
Little White Earbuds April Charts
April 29, 2008 – 9:59 PM
Chart courtesy of The Economist
01. DJ Bone, “Sect 1″ [Sect Records] (buy)
This enigmatic three tracker defies placement in space and time, with a sound well versed in classic methods but as fresh as anything else out there. Here’s hoping whoever sent “Sect 1″ to me is prepared to share its wealth with a much larger [...]
Henrik Schwarz & Kuniyuki, The Session
April 24, 2008 – 9:31 PM
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Usually the phrase “jam session” conjures mental images of hippies, bongos and rooms thick with marijuana smoke. But despite the aimless connotations, long and improvised sessions are how a number of great techno/house musicians find their signature grooves which are then whittled into tracks. Tobias Freund and Max Loderbauer, Ricardo [...]
LWE’s Top 20 Albums of 2007
December 27, 2007 – 12:28 PM
01. Matthew Dear, Asa Breed [Ghostly International] (buy)
Each release from Matthew Dear reveals something new about this multi-faceted producer, and Asa Breed, his second full-length album as MD, was hugely revelatory. The depth, heft and pop sensibilities of Dear’s songwriting are on full display, and for it, Asa Breed stands tall over all its competition. [...]