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Hi Guys, A few words about this release, for those who didn't hear it yet. This is some kind of a digital privitivism album, glassy/FM tones and physical acoustic percussion playing forefront melodies and drums, whilst the background is illustrated with birds and nature ambiences. Let's have a brief overview. *1. Yelli :* this opening track just nails the overall album tonality — i.e. the aforementioned «digital primitivism». *2. Cocoa* : *nice minimal Larry Heard-like syncopated «tribal» house introspective «Donk» sequence. *3. Palmas* :* my favorite track, due to its unexpectedly pulsating character — reminds me Pink Floyd's More trancey «Main Theme». *4. Honey* :* this Norken-like melancholic track exhibits the most lyrical and touching melody in my opinion. *5. Cape Cira* : *don't know what the title stands for, but this chill out «balearic» track — a good one —, makes the junction between the first — percussive — half of the album, and the more atmospheric second one. *6. Bluefin :* a bit of a Subsonic Park touch i think. *7. In the pines : *another melody-oriented track, played by some sinewave «epiano» ; a sporadic digital choir brings in some «Miami» accents. *8. Happened :* some static noisy pad sprinkled with some highpassed dialogue fragments and discreet bubbly feedbacks — maybe this is just the plane taking you back home ? *(*) 2 to 5 are the standout tracks to me.* Although rRoxymore first comes to mind, i find that these tracks slightly echo Aqua Bassino's EPs if you allow me this comparison, even if these artists don't have much in common. Jason Robertson expressed a much more polite balearism, but both of them eventually share some soothing contemplative «summer vibez». Aqua Bassino was from Scotland by the way, whilst K-Lone is in the UK. If you like euclidean and sinewave-generated naive percussions and islander abstractions, this is for you. And for as pure are they are, these tones do not avoid feelings. For lack of strict IDM, you still might call this an «Intelligent Cafe Del Mar» album. Upon the return from vacation and as the confinement days approach again, this is pretty welcome.

You had me at "Intelligent Cafe Del Mar" will give a listen On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 12:30 PM Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 45 lines Hi Guys,

> Hi Guys, > > A few words about this release, for those who didn't hear it yet. > This is some kind of a digital privitivism album, glassy/FM tones and > physical acoustic percussion playing forefront melodies and drums, whilst > the background is illustrated with birds and nature ambiences. > > Let's have a brief overview. > > *1. Yelli :* this opening track just nails the overall album tonality — > i.e. the aforementioned «digital primitivism». > *2. Cocoa* : *nice minimal Larry Heard-like syncopated «tribal» house > introspective «Donk» sequence. > *3. Palmas* :* my favorite track, due to its unexpectedly pulsating > character — reminds me Pink Floyd's More trancey «Main Theme». > *4. Honey* :* this Norken-like melancholic track exhibits the most > lyrical and touching melody in my opinion. > *5. Cape Cira* : *don't know what the title stands for, but this chill > out «balearic» track — a good one —, makes the junction between the first — > percussive — half of the album, and the more atmospheric second one. > *6. Bluefin :* a bit of a Subsonic Park touch i think. > *7. In the pines : *another melody-oriented track, played by some > sinewave «epiano» ; a sporadic digital choir brings in some «Miami» accents. > *8. Happened :* some static noisy pad sprinkled with some highpassed > dialogue fragments and discreet bubbly feedbacks — maybe this is just the > plane taking you back home ? > > *(*) 2 to 5 are the standout tracks to me.* > > Although rRoxymore first comes to mind, i find that these tracks slightly > echo Aqua Bassino's EPs if you allow me this comparison, even if these > artists don't have much in common. Jason Robertson expressed a much more > polite balearism, but both of them eventually share some soothing > contemplative «summer vibez». Aqua Bassino was from Scotland by the way, > whilst K-Lone is in the UK. > > If you like euclidean and sinewave-generated naive percussions and > islander abstractions, this is for you. > And for as pure are they are, these tones do not avoid feelings. > > For lack of strict IDM, you still might call this an «Intelligent Cafe Del > Mar» album. > Upon the return from vacation and as the confinement days approach again, > this is pretty welcome. >

Hey Laurent, "Cape Circa" is one of my fav albums this year. Nice breakdown, thanks for sharing! He recently did an exclusive mix for our Lapsus Radio show, here you have the link in case you want to dig a bit more on his taste: https://soundcloud.com/lapsus-records/lapsus-radio-255-k-lone-wisdom-teeth Take care, Albert. *―* *Albert Salinas Claret* Director +34 635 559 203 @wooky_lapsus Web <http://www.lapsus.cat/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/LapsusBarcelona> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/LapsusBarcelona> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/lapsus_barcelona/> Missatge de Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> del dia dj., 20 d’ag. 2020 a les 22:56:

quoted 53 lines You had me at "Intelligent Cafe Del Mar"

> You had me at "Intelligent Cafe Del Mar" > > will give a listen > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 12:30 PM Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Guys, >> >> A few words about this release, for those who didn't hear it yet. >> This is some kind of a digital privitivism album, glassy/FM tones and >> physical acoustic percussion playing forefront melodies and drums, whilst >> the background is illustrated with birds and nature ambiences. >> >> Let's have a brief overview. >> >> *1. Yelli :* this opening track just nails the overall album tonality — >> i.e. the aforementioned «digital primitivism». >> *2. Cocoa* : *nice minimal Larry Heard-like syncopated «tribal» house >> introspective «Donk» sequence. >> *3. Palmas* :* my favorite track, due to its unexpectedly pulsating >> character — reminds me Pink Floyd's More trancey «Main Theme». >> *4. Honey* :* this Norken-like melancholic track exhibits the most >> lyrical and touching melody in my opinion. >> *5. Cape Cira* : *don't know what the title stands for, but this chill >> out «balearic» track — a good one —, makes the junction between the first — >> percussive — half of the album, and the more atmospheric second one. >> *6. Bluefin :* a bit of a Subsonic Park touch i think. >> *7. In the pines : *another melody-oriented track, played by some >> sinewave «epiano» ; a sporadic digital choir brings in some «Miami» accents. >> *8. Happened :* some static noisy pad sprinkled with some highpassed >> dialogue fragments and discreet bubbly feedbacks — maybe this is just the >> plane taking you back home ? >> >> *(*) 2 to 5 are the standout tracks to me.* >> >> Although rRoxymore first comes to mind, i find that these tracks slightly >> echo Aqua Bassino's EPs if you allow me this comparison, even if these >> artists don't have much in common. Jason Robertson expressed a much more >> polite balearism, but both of them eventually share some soothing >> contemplative «summer vibez». Aqua Bassino was from Scotland by the way, >> whilst K-Lone is in the UK. >> >> If you like euclidean and sinewave-generated naive percussions and >> islander abstractions, this is for you. >> And for as pure are they are, these tones do not avoid feelings. >> >> For lack of strict IDM, you still might call this an «Intelligent Cafe >> Del Mar» album. >> Upon the return from vacation and as the confinement days approach again, >> this is pretty welcome. >> >

Thanks for your words Laurent haha! I'm sure you would also like both Konduku and Parris, pretty similar to K-LONE sound: https://www.discogs.com/es/artist/6492094-Konduku https://www.discogs.com/es/artist/3733236-Parris-2 Take care, A. *―* *Albert Salinas Claret* Director +34 635 559 203 @wooky_lapsus Web <http://www.lapsus.cat/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/LapsusBarcelona> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/LapsusBarcelona> | Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/lapsus_barcelona/> Missatge de Laurent Knauth <laurent.knauth@gmail.com> del dia ds., 22 d’ag. 2020 a les 10:24:

quoted 102 lines Thank you everybody for your replies — private and public ones !

> Thank you everybody for your replies — private and public ones ! > On first listen and once the «puretone effect» is over, all of these > tracks may sound pretty similar so it took me a bit of attention to > understand why i liked some of them and didn't care about others — hence > this little memo ! > > To Albert, thanks for the link, which confirms that : > • our man has the groove under the skin > • nights are more suave in Barcelona ! > You two guys (and cascading breakbeats behind) introducing the sesion > sound muy simpaticos — and the sensual Radio 3 jingle alone justifies the > listening ! > > Have a nice week-end, IDMers > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 10:10 AM Albert Salinas - Lapsus < > asalinas@lapsus.cat> wrote: > >> Hey Laurent, >> >> "Cape Circa" is one of my fav albums this year. Nice breakdown, thanks >> for sharing! >> >> He recently did an exclusive mix for our Lapsus Radio show, here you have >> the link in case you want to dig a bit more on his taste: >> >> https://soundcloud.com/lapsus-records/lapsus-radio-255-k-lone-wisdom-teeth >> >> Take care, >> >> Albert. >> >> >> >> >> *―* >> *Albert Salinas Claret* >> Director >> +34 635 559 203 >> @wooky_lapsus >> Web <http://www.lapsus.cat/> | Facebook >> <https://www.facebook.com/LapsusBarcelona> | Twitter >> <https://twitter.com/LapsusBarcelona> | Instagram >> <https://www.instagram.com/lapsus_barcelona/> >> >> >> Missatge de Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com> del dia dj., 20 >> d’ag. 2020 a les 22:56: >> >>> You had me at "Intelligent Cafe Del Mar" >>> >>> will give a listen >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 12:30 PM Laurent Knauth < >>> laurent.knauth@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Guys, >>>> >>>> A few words about this release, for those who didn't hear it yet. >>>> This is some kind of a digital privitivism album, glassy/FM tones and >>>> physical acoustic percussion playing forefront melodies and drums, whilst >>>> the background is illustrated with birds and nature ambiences. >>>> >>>> Let's have a brief overview. >>>> >>>> *1. Yelli :* this opening track just nails the overall album tonality >>>> — i.e. the aforementioned «digital primitivism». >>>> *2. Cocoa* : *nice minimal Larry Heard-like syncopated «tribal» house >>>> introspective «Donk» sequence. >>>> *3. Palmas* :* my favorite track, due to its unexpectedly pulsating >>>> character — reminds me Pink Floyd's More trancey «Main Theme». >>>> *4. Honey* :* this Norken-like melancholic track exhibits the most >>>> lyrical and touching melody in my opinion. >>>> *5. Cape Cira* : *don't know what the title stands for, but this chill >>>> out «balearic» track — a good one —, makes the junction between the first — >>>> percussive — half of the album, and the more atmospheric second one. >>>> *6. Bluefin :* a bit of a Subsonic Park touch i think. >>>> *7. In the pines : *another melody-oriented track, played by some >>>> sinewave «epiano» ; a sporadic digital choir brings in some «Miami» accents. >>>> *8. Happened :* some static noisy pad sprinkled with some highpassed >>>> dialogue fragments and discreet bubbly feedbacks — maybe this is just the >>>> plane taking you back home ? >>>> >>>> *(*) 2 to 5 are the standout tracks to me.* >>>> >>>> Although rRoxymore first comes to mind, i find that these tracks >>>> slightly echo Aqua Bassino's EPs if you allow me this comparison, even if >>>> these artists don't have much in common. Jason Robertson expressed a much >>>> more polite balearism, but both of them eventually share some soothing >>>> contemplative «summer vibez». Aqua Bassino was from Scotland by the way, >>>> whilst K-Lone is in the UK. >>>> >>>> If you like euclidean and sinewave-generated naive percussions and >>>> islander abstractions, this is for you. >>>> And for as pure are they are, these tones do not avoid feelings. >>>> >>>> For lack of strict IDM, you still might call this an «Intelligent Cafe >>>> Del Mar» album. >>>> Upon the return from vacation and as the confinement days approach >>>> again, this is pretty welcome. >>>> >>>