One of the newest trends emerging out of Bristol appears to be the meshing of tech house with bass music, as evidenced by the latest twelve from the label by the enigmatic Komonazmuk and its surprising remix by Aus Music figurehead Lee Jones.
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Little White Earbuds Interviews MyMy
May 22, 2008 – 10:01 PM
Three cool cats: (L-R) Lee Jones, Carsten Klemann and Nick Höppner. Photo by Katja Jaruge
My My approach house and techno with artisians’ flair, crafting aural mosaics from hundreds of little sounds glued atop engaging melodies. You can listen closely and admire all the details slipped into every crevice or step back into the crowd to [...]
Lee Jones, As You Like It
May 12, 2008 – 9:40 PM
Picture by Maleonn.
[Aus Music] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s)
Since the beginning of my techno/house tenure I’ve been a huge Lee Jones fan. As the driving force behind My My’s Songs for the Gentle album he fused tiny fragments of sound into a cohesive aural statement which displayed how unexpectedly vibrant micro house could be. His arranging [...]
MyMy, Southbound
March 5, 2008 – 12:39 AM
[Ostgut Tonträger] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s)
Artistically, Lee Jones and Nick Höppner of MyMy have never been ones to stand still. Though a love for stitching together beautiful ends from odd means and persistent attention to detail are two overarching principles in their music, each new record from this buy-on-sight group often confounds as much as [...]
Little White Earbuds February Charts
March 3, 2008 – 12:54 AM
Graphic by The Economist
01. Prosumer & Murat Tepeli, Serenity
[Ostgut Tonträger] (buy CD)
On Serenity, Achim and Murat deftly avoid the pitfalls of making anachronistic music while crafting stylistically faithful floor jackers. I’m enthralled with its full-bodied, Chicago-styled intonation and true emotional depth; it’s all too rare to personally identify with a house track these days. Remind [...]
LWE’s Top 50 Tracks of 2007
December 31, 2007 – 12:24 AM
01. Matthew Dear, “Don & Sherri”
[Ghostly International] (buy)
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Picking my favorite track from Asa Breed was no small task, but “Don & Sherri” emerged as the winner because it combines all of Matthew Dear’s varied facets in one brief tune. He unabashedly revels in the weird (both aurally and [...]