Cementing himself as an integral part of the French Indie music scene, French producer and multi-instrumentalist Crayon, real name Lauren Larue, signed to Erased Tapes in 2021 to herald in a new chapter in his life.

His two track EP, consisting of Misplaced and Ithinkso, sees him going back to his electronic, UK-infused roots. Whilst the opening song Misplaced — featuring vocals from Gracy Hopkins and Jo Lowenthal of Australian indie band Tora — maintains a clearer narrative; the second is a blend of traditional 00’s uk garage and jazz, almost fully instrumental. It’s this clear contrast the producer wanted to explore further, made possible by spending a month away in Morocco with choreographer Leo Walk and a bunch of other creatives and friends in early 2020. While Misplaced had already been recorded several months before, Ithinkso was sitting comfortably amongst a raft of other unfinished songs in Crayon’s hard drive. “It was only after seeing Leo’s excitement at first listen, and the incredible and abstract dance moves he would throw while discovering the song that I knew I had to do something with it,” the artist recalls.

As he and Leo went to spend a week at Plastician’s mystical domain Jean Francois Fourtou, in the outskirts of Marrakech, they found themselves submerged in a parallel world, surrounded by giant sculptures of insects, and a fully equipped, real sized reversed house. One quiet night they decided to experiment together with Leo repeating specific moves, almost turning himself into a human boomerang, while Crayon’s assignment was to write an assimile yet efficient electronic beat to it. After sampling a very short bit from French Soul singer Enchantée Julia (who Crayon was producing for at the time), Ithinkso was born, named after what they would both hear phonetically from the sample.

Both tracks wouldn’t have been completed without yet another collaborator, Crayon’s then roommate Bastien Brison, a Paris based jazz pianist. Together they held, when Lauren returned from the trip, what they simply called The Jazz Club in their apartment. It was a weekly jam/live painting/dancing event that they opened to a (not so) small lucky audience as a way to cope with the absence of live music, and events in general. Once again, the clear contrast between traditional jazz music and modern sounds and movements, that gave him the urge to make this project.

Misplaced / Ithinkso

Ithinkso

Crayon - Ithinkso (ft. Bastien Brison)

[dustv049] The Black Dog - Exhibit 1 & 2 

Recording, Mixed and Treated for two exhibitions at Sheffield’s Festival Of The Mind. 

Parts 1 and 1.1 are for unique audio-visual exhibition that recreates the dawn chorus that we did with photographer Shaun Bloodworth. The video will be released shortly. 

Parts 2 and 2.1 are perfect loops used on a speaker system as people walking through the gallery. 

Background 
Have you noticed we don’t hear the dawn chorus anymore? Techno legends The Black Dog have recreated it, using recordings of birds, with visuals by Shaun Bloodworth. The science behind the exhibition, supplied by bird expert Professor Tim Birkhead, is disturbing: Britain’s bird population is in decline. 

Tim Birkhead is an award-winning educator, researcher and author of several books on bird behaviour. Ambient techno pioneers The Black Dog are among the defining voices of the Warp generation. World-class photographer and filmmaker Shaun Bloodworth is a prolific documenter of the international dance music scene. 

Links 
festivalofthemind.group.shef.ac.uk/save-the-birds-exhibition/ 
www.shaunbloodworth.com 
www.theblackdogma.com/tbd/ 

Donate 
www.rspb.org.uk

The Black Dog - Exhibit 1.1

Laundry

New Alveol remix album out now on Eternell:
https://eternell.bandcamp.com/album/alveol-integrity-a-collection-of-remixes

Original track by Tim Diagram & Genoveva Kachurkova

Integrity (A Collection of Remixes)

Bluhm - Willow (Alveol Dub)

Download: https://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2016/11/scarper-lacuna-jani-r-remix/

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Lacuna [via XLR8R]

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Download: Scarper - Lacuna (Jani R Remix)

'Bilberries And Mushrooms' remix by Jack Lever
Release Date: 13/03/17
Catalog Number: BSA005

Video by Nick Delap - http://bit.ly/REMIXVID

https://beringstraitarchives.bandcamp.com/

ARCADE - BILBERRIES AND MUSHROOMS (JACK LEVER REMIX)

MORE INFO HERE: www.79ancestors.com/release/territories

Territories is the debut compilation from brand-new audiovisual label 79Ancestors. Initiated as a celebratory call-to-action for musical friends and family to compose soundtracks for “imaginary landscapes”, the inaugural LP lays the foundation for a year of upcoming collaborations amongst a diverse set of musicians, designers, and performers. 

A collection of both music and visual art, featuring core 79A artists (Tongueless, A.M. Architect, Before Tigers) as well as guest contributions from Telefon Tel Aviv, Shigeto, Rafael Irisarri, and more. Territories is presented as a color-vinyl LP bundled with a customized 79A Cardboard VR viewer and a free iOS / Android app.

Territories

Before Tigers - Backward Rituals

Kiyoko returns with the second installment to their stone tapes series, ‘The Stone Tapes Volume.2’. A two track EP with remix stems, recorded direct from the sequencer to C15 metal eagle reel Cassette's. Housed in a beautiful recycled 7” spool box.

The Stone Tapes Volume.2 is available to pre-order exclusively from our Bandcamp on Limited Cassette & Digital - http://bit.ly/KIYOKO_TSTV02

TSTV02

Kiyoko - The Stone Tapes Volume.2

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Wimbledon 1980

So this track is about 5 years old, but I just rediscovered it, and thought I would share with you all.

Give You Everything

This is a glimpse of what's coming:
Upcoming label "edged" have released Hecq's 10 minute ambient remix masterpiece of my forthcoming track "Pain Call" which will be part of the "Azoic Zone EP".

You may purchase this remix on the edged BandCamp:
http://edged.bandcamp.com/album/edg001-pain-call-hecqs-weary-heart-remix


Also, check their website:
www.edgedmusic.com



More info on the EP soon!

Kiyoko - The Stone Tapes Volume.2

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