New Arrivals

  • Ikonika, Dckhdbtch
  • A Made Up Sound, Alarm/Crisis
  • Kabale Und Liebe, Since You Looked Into My Eyes
  • Pale Sketcher, Can I Go Now (Gone Version)
  • Mano Le Tough, Oblique
  • Shed, The Traveller
  • Unknown, Oops
  • Fabrice Lig, Digital Forest
  • LWE Podcast 20: Stefan Goldmann retires this week
  • DOTW: Pale Sketcher, Can I Go Now (Donnacha Costello Remix)

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LWE Podcast 26: Ripperton

Like many techno and house producers, Raphaël “Ripperton” Gros first laid down musical roots as part of a band. Though his groups Soul Merge and Reasons mined the live dance territory that was his calling (and even garnered critical renown in his native Switzerland), the appeal of coordinating eight members and their ideas wore off in favor of solo production. Soon his sleek, tech-house tracks adorned Connaisseur, Systematic, Sthlmaudio Recordings and liebe*detail singles, and he paired with Mirko Loko to form Lazy Fat People. While the pair’s project yielded their most widely received tracks to date (for Planet E, Border Community and Wagon Repair), Ripperton once again rides solo, dedicating much of his time running Perspectiv with Sam K and DJing around the world. The Swiss label boss and top notch jock curates LWE’s 26th exclusive podcast, offering a peak into his monthly residency at Lausanne’s D! Club.

Agnes/Chaton/Ripperton, +91 Ahead Session 2

[Plak Records] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s)
Chaton, founder of Plak Records, has produced serviceable if spartan grooves for Sthmlaudio Recordings and his own label since they both debuted in 2001. I find his tracks are most ear-catching when they’re remixed, as they have been by Agnès (“Catch the Beat”) and now Ripperton. He constructs the canvas [...]