“I was listening to the “Berliner Philharmoniker” playing a requiem while my smartphone was getting a message every minute about our dead production systems. Later that night, I started writing the first piece of the lament”. Continue reading
In Jord (Feed me Rework) – Singular & Loljud’s first ever collaboration – Loljud’s emotive and beautifully subdued ‘Feed me’ is transformed into a dirty punch of raw, pounding energy. An ephemeral piano figure leads to an expanding space where Loljud’s distinctive voice – distant, then close – is layered with Singular’s distorted beats and streaming electronics.
Jord (Feed me Rework) is the third in a series of Singular singles released throughout autumn and winter via Lamour Records. Continue reading
The title track from Ulf Ivarsson’s album from 2020 gets a real minimization by DJ Slim Vic. Lower Zone In an ultradub remix, most things are peeled off and dubbed, retaining sparse rhythms and bass frequencies, but adding atmosphere and the magical magnetic sounds of the tapedelay. Continue reading
Avra and Ida Long teams up for the third time and deliver another deep indie house banger. Avras delicate production and Idas unique nordic voice make a perfect match, again! Looking for anything to take the edge off Chasing You Wasted is a hazy pop jam with crisp and sultry vocals, funky and danceable grooves, sad and dreamy synthesizers and some lofi organic juice. Continue reading
Northern Swedens DJ-circuits softest maximalist Maneten (David Holm) is on with the next action packed feature ”Too Love For Fast”. Coming in hot from this summers double album release on Lamour Rec. The latest tracks is in the traditional collage/stack Maneten-style but with some extra thump. ”Too Love For Fast” covers topics of passion, the epic mini floor, thighs & neck, velocity, bulk energy, weight gain, weight loss, mindfulness, inner flight, family values, and the search to assemble bliss thru static objects. Continue reading
Riposte Erik Satie, a newly written piece by Mikael Strömberg, is a reinterpretation of the idea behind Erik Saties Vexations (“harassment”). “Riposte” means response, in response, attack – as a response to Satie and as a silent attack over time. Saties Vexations is considered one of the longest pieces of music in history. A performance lasts 14 or 28 hours, depending on how the composer’s notes are interpreted. And yet the piece consists of only three lines, all of which are variations on the same theme. The considerable length is partly due to the slow tempo, but above all it comes from a comment from the composer that suggests that the piece should be repeated 840 times. Continue reading
From Italy via Gävle / Sandviken back to the world! Weaknot’s EP Flowers of Melancholy gets three new versions that both straighten and rebuild the songs into eclectic dance music for fearless and longing ears. Alpha Mount version of Haunted Pinewood is an epic show in sound worlds and tempo changes. Nocturne (Jimmy Koskinen) transforms Hikikomori into a progressive IDM gem. Slim Vic takes Haunted Pinewood to a straight and dub world with deep frequencies and a light touch of trance. Continue reading
The album ‘Transformation’ challenges the boundaries of human and machine, the physical and the artificial, the feasible and the impossible. The result is a thoughtful and true emotional storm where the piano forms the basis for an opposite pole between sound and playing technique. When the sound is real, it is played with inhuman technology. When played by hand, the sound moves outside the spectrum of the physical piano. What role does “lying” play for the listener? Continue reading
Remix culture! The power of revisions. The range of feeling in this release hits beyond Gefle City City. Maneten – Remakes And Remodels Continue reading
Since 2015, Lamour has presented the massive love bomb ‘Because We Love Music’. A collection of music that shows the musical diversity of the label and collects artists associated with the label and community. During December we deliver new songs every day, released on Spotify and for free price on Bandcamp. Ambient, techno and all electronic stuff in between. We do this – because we love music! Continue reading