PREORDER ALBUM
https://lautundlui.se/produkt/lullp009-afar-changing-rules/

Psychedelic Krautwave wrapped in analog warmth, raw guitar bursts, and machine-driven pulse, carried by a mesmerizing voice. Songs that stretch time, reject convenience, and crave the real. A romantic revolt against the daily noises that numb and distract – slow, honest, and widely aware. For those who still long to long and refuse to get comfortable. Changing Rules is the third studio album by Berlin-based duo AFAR – a sonic manifesto of presence, eruption, and resistance.

Artist: @AFARlive
Title: Something Special
Label: Laut & Luise
Cat-No: LULLP009
Distribution: KOMPAKT
Format: Digital
Release Date: 28 Sept 2025

PREORDER ALBUM

AFAR - Something Special (LULLP009)

Karma

Tell Me If It Hurts

Diamond Eyes (Back Talk Remix)

Upside Down (feat. Trenton)

This Gamma Remaster uses entirely Mixcraft Software Synth instruments hence terming it "Akai Beta" because when dealing with Mixcraft i use my 25-key dummy MIDI keyboard instead of the FA-08

Supremely Poised To Give Me A Hard Lesson (Akai Gamma)

submission for Friendly Music Jam #4 hosted by Gullo, featuring Gullo, Xafae, elia the animal, lodesa, and RSR's samples + my connectors

modular multiple-step process on this one the most ambitious that I have done so far since 2023.  There aren't MIDI dumps or MuseScore scores of this because if i did it would be only tiny pieces of the whole thing.  It's done with random throw away lines in my text files for lyrics that didn't go into full songs so it feels like some White Album thing of half-songs or the way Alan Parsons Tales of Mystery & Imagination doesn't quite hang together because it was his first solo effort.  The samples of the contributors were paired with Roland FA-08 performances into "modules" and the ones that failed in that process for selection were replaced with Akai-MIDI keyboard performances of instruments that I got off places like Humble Bundle that are integrated with the Mixcraft 10.6 Pro Studio DAW.  And then backbones of performances which connect the sample section modules complete the process when overlaid with vocals corresponding to all (or almost all) the modules.  This went twelve draft versions, I've never done that many incremental drafts.

William Tell Should've Known Better - Chocolate-Dipped Chocolate

NUMB

Voice In My Head

A cinematic blend of synthwave and synthpop meets the hypnotic pulse of deep house and tech house, with a subtle touch of breakbeat. Dreamy analog synths and retro-inspired melodies flow over warm, driving low-end and understated percussion, creating a sound that feels both nostalgic and forward-thinking.

Hints of indie electronica add an intimate, human touch to the track, evoking neon-lit cityscapes, late-night drives, and the blurred line between dancefloor and daydream. Perfect for fans of Röyksopp, Tale of Us, Tycho, and Moderat, Monolink, Whomadewho.

No Landing Zone

A therapeutic journey into a mix of jazz, classical, and a blend of types of electronica.  And a wry, gradual observation that promotion tends to only go as far as you push it.  At least I make my fellow musicians laugh a little.

minneapolis dj/producer

for inquiries: maxwellbleumusic@gmail.com

music for in-between moments.
between light and haze, rhythm and stillness.

melancholic electronic textures meet poetic restraint. sounds drift like shadows over quiet ground – minimal, introspective, and grainy. shaped by analog warmth, ambient structures and subconscious motion, these sonic spaces don’t explain, they let you feel.

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Laut & Luise releases carefully selected music on vinyl, individually touched and underlined by a special and characteristic artwork in order to give back at least some love.

Luise herself provides dance music, calm and dubby, still with a definite focus on house and techno.

Aside from the main label, our younger imprint Luettje Luise is meant to be a playground for sounds beyond genres and borders, trying to stay open-minded like daddy Ernst Jandl was.

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