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From:
Albert Salinas - Lapsus
To:
Laurent Knauth
Cc:
Chris Taylor , incidental derogatory mnemonics
Date:
Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:47:39 +0200
Subject:
Re: K​-​LONE — Cape Cira LP (Wisdom Teeth)
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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. >>>> >>>