Manuel Sékou is an audio/visual producer, assembler, viewer, collaborator and hoarder from Dresden, currently based in Cologne. He’s been attracting attention since 2016 with numerous audio works, live-sets and online radio-shows under the moniker @luxxuryproblems. Yet he’s complementing his musical output in the field of visual arts through several self-published books and exhibitions. His Sound has been published via @spa_recordings, @katharsislabel, @comicsansrec, @infinitoaudiolabel and @76666, to name a few. For the current LAFmusik show he squeezed some breaks and classics as kick off for the season. Enjoy listening.

manchmal klappt es einfach nicht
THUGWIDOW - Take Me Down With You
Biome - 879
dgoHn - Invisible Sandwich
DJ SS - Rollidge
Pete Bruder
Need For Mirrors - Dimmer
mach deine eltern stolz
Jacob Stoy - Wanna Be
Fracture - From The Very Top
MIAS X M51 - TASTY BOYS
Muslimgauze - Shishla Nain Royal Bidjar
T>I The Box
Alza54 - XXXTentaçion
Kool Keith - Animals In The Projects
Laylow - DE BÂTARD
candlelight - habit
Valance Drakes - The Heart Must Pause to Breathe
ALT OST - Mind Basar (Fuk Yu)
LIFEPATH6 - Counterspell
Gamera - Turn To The Sun

LAF Podcast #045 | luxxuryproblems

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Natural Energie

LAFmusik is an independent record label connected to South German off-space art gallery «Leerstand als Freiraum» (LAF), which was founded in 2015, and since then, has been initiating various projects situated within the fields of art, architecture, and society.

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May35 alias Pablo Stettler is a Swiss/Danish multimedia artist and curator based in Bienne, Switzerland. He is running art spaces (m35 / Orange) and works as an art supervisor. He is experimenting with found footage, field recordings and spoken word.

Listening to Pablo Stettler’s Radio sets feels like sitting on a train, hovering through a dry, springlike landscape at the opening of a not so dramatic movie. There are no characters in the picture, there are just weather conditions – staging mostly wildlife, with brutal concrete highways pushing through. Are there flowers in the Tundra? Yes, there are – and flocks of birds, trees, bushes streaking the edge of your camera. Pablo Stettler will play ambient sounds, field recordings and ripped clips selected from the World Wide Web. 

He says he’s featuring the sounds of our homes, suburbs, cities and gardens. And it’s much more than that. His music adds a sublime layer to the everyday. His sounds set a specific mood: They feel like someone is looking at the world and their surroundings with a very tender gaze. An invitation to board a train for a trip through the countryside, or adjust the settings of your camera for your next documentary.