What are you listening to?

[qazwsx]

really diggin this
nice long build up, sudden climax after the short speech

[udbrud]

Inspired by the previous Kevin Drumm posts, I've been listening to the Venexia collaboration LP with Capece, Dörner and Vainio. Stress music in the best possible way.
Sample here on Soundcloud.

[amsicora]

with warning
and
without any warning

[lost53]

PERC - the power and the glory.

Next level

[Czx]

I had/have mixed feelings about LIES all the time but damn me if I didn't fell in love with this album. Not only did it perfectly hit the spot of my current needs but it's just so soulful, so beautifully soulful and sunny. Like dancing on sand on a warm summer night.



So playing this in one of my drink induced improvised sets when we'll be out in the forest with my friends this year.

[Mirror&Rack]

Kastle (2013)

[Shucks]

[QUOTE=Czx;450640]I had/have mixed feelings about LIES all the time but damn me if I didn't fell in love with this album. Not only did it perfectly hit the spot of my current needs but it's just so soulful, so beautifully soulful and sunny. Like dancing on sand on a warm summer night.QUOTE]


yeah i've dismissed LIES pretty much, regardless of what music they produce. sometimes it's about more than the product... i'd rather go bunker records or crème org. any day.



perc's album is out now.

[udbrud]

yeah i've dismissed LIES pretty much, regardless of what music they produce. sometimes it's about more than the product... i'd rather go bunker records or crème org. any day.

I'm curious as to why you've dismissed the label in that case? If it's not due to the quality of the music or the products they produce in that case.
I agree that Bunker and Crème are excellent labels, but I can't see much to dislike about L.I.E.S. apart from the excessive hype, and that's not really the label's fault.

Last couple of days I've been listening to the master for the upcoming Damaskin - Unseen Warfare 12" on the french label Unknown Precept. For people who are into the more industrialized techno side of aforementioned Perc, this is something to look out for when it's released in March.
There's some samples here via Soundcloud.

[Shucks]

I can't see much to dislike about L.I.E.S.

guess i just prefer innovators.

So playing this in one of my drink induced improvised sets when we'll be out in the forest with my friends this year.

invite, please.

[DudleyGray]

Really digging Have a Life - The Unnatural World. Great follow up to Deathconsciousness.

[mrbeuys]

I somehow missed the fact Bret Easton Ellis has a podcast.
First couple are with Kanye and Manson. Not half bad…

http://podcastone.com/Bret-Easton-Ellis-Podcast?showAllEpisodes=true

[Shucks]

you know he's doing a movie script for kanye, right? pretty funny..

[udbrud]

guess i just prefer innovators.

Which in this case means Bunker and Créme? Both of which share several artists with LIES.
Even if LIES share some aesthetic choices with both those labels - that's hardly a secret - then it's still managed to put together a roster of fairly high-quality output with a, within a house/dance framework, quite diverse selection of artists with varied expressions. I think that's a pretty good feat. Again the main issue seems to be the fact that LIES has in fact brought a heap of imitators with it, because somehow their aesthetic ended up being more "hip-compatible".
Very, very few labels working in the electronic dance-oriented sphere has managed to be purely and consistently innovative since some time in the '90's. Most things are in some way derivative of something else - luckily there's still some that manage to at least put a new spin on it or update the aesthetic ever so slightly.
Point here isn't so much that I feel strongly about defending LIES, more that I find unsubstantiated dismissive arguments quite pointless.

[Shucks]

to be honest i don't care what you think. if you wanna support hipster labels, go right ahead.

[udbrud]

to be honest i don't care what you think. if you wanna support hipster labels, go right ahead.

Haha, figures.