LWE caught up with Brandt Brauer Frick about the creativity hatched by the Ensemble, working with Rashad Becker, and how UK bass music is inspiring their new material. They also created LWE’s 109th exclusive podcast, a genre-promiscuous mix placing many of their favorite 2011 releases between classic techno sides and seminal classical music.
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LWE Podcast 13: Paul Frick retires this week
May 9, 2010 – 10:01 PM
As one of Paul Frick’s early advocates we were extremely pleased to host one of his excellent strings-and-things live sets as our 13th exclusive podcast. We hope you have another gander at one of our favorite mixes before it’s placed in the vault this Friday, May 14th at 10 a.m. CST.
Brandt Brauer Frick, Wallah/Button
January 18, 2010 – 11:01 PM
If you don’t already know the names, nota bene: this three-man acoustic techno team is one part Paul Frick (classically trained musician cum dance music producer) and two parts Scott (aka Dan Brandt and Jan Brauer). After only a handful of releases — all noteworthy — the hubbub surrounding this trio means that each new addition will be met with great expectations. Here, although their self-recorded acoustic sounds are ripe for the picking, the group falls slightly short of their soulful reputation.
Paul Frick/Scott, Would You/What You Got
October 13, 2009 – 10:01 AM
So far in his brief dance music discography, it seems wherever Paul Frick goes his pals Daniel Brandt and Jan Brauer are sure to follow. The pair, who record together as the ambiguously named Scott, have been remixed by Frick, appear on two compilation EPs with Frick (for klamauk and 30porumalinha), and round out the trio Brandt Brauer Frick (whose excellent “Iron Man” single and attendant Lee Jones remix have been unfairly overlooked). So don’t expect to win points guessing who’s on the flipside of the Paul Frick-fronted single from the brand new imprint The Gym.
Download Paul Frick, “Steal My Heart” (Dub Version)
February 11, 2009 – 7:14 AM
Here’s one rare time when “ask and ye shall receive” actually holds true: After being hounded by enthusiastic DJs and recently egged on by Tape/RA’s Richard Carnage for a dub version of “Steal My Heart,” Paul Frick relented and created one. In addition to trimming Crawford’s clever narration, Frick also fine tuned a few elements […]
LWE Podcast 13: Paul Frick
January 29, 2009 – 9:38 PM
Trained in the discipline of classical music and well versed in jazz, Paul Frick leaped into the world of dance music with surprising ease, finding his senses and skills well attuned to its constant pulse and openly familiar structures. Offering both sharpened bits of his classical past (“Do Something EP”) and the inventive way forward (“Knock On Wood EP” featuring the stunning “Steal My Heart”) on his Kalk Pets releases and an adroit sense of construction which transformed Scott’s “Memory Core” into a deep-house groover, Frick’s music positions him as a burgeoning talent destined to make waves rather than swim with the tide. For LWE’s 13th podcast, the Berlin-based producer performed an exclusive live set drawn largely from unreleased and live-only tracks that has us wiggling with awed enthusiasm.
Little White Earbuds October Charts
November 6, 2008 – 9:09 PM
Chart courtesy of The Economist. 01. C.B. Funk, “Subway to Cologne” [Story] (buy) It didn’t take long for the cloak of anonymity to be yanked off Story’s inaugural release, but it’s difficult to blame listeners for wanting to know its source. “Subway to Cologne” may be the best work yet from Christian Beißwenger, better known […]
Paul Frick, mixes and more
June 23, 2008 – 8:52 PM
Sometimes I think electronic music, especially and techno and house, can be a sinkhole refuge of musical taste for musicians and music fans fed up with pop, rock and rap. Personally, I became increasingly frustrated with the stale state of contemporary rock, rap and soul in 2006 and fell in deep for house and techno. […]