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To speak to Luca Daniel Schwarz aka LDS about his music is to be enthusiastically guided into a complex world of his own creation: clean and powerful techno which pulses with life from the textured patterns and drum sequences that have fills and accents that would make anyone who's picked up a set of drumsticks envious.

Yet this ecosystem of noise is deceptive; Schwarz's process for making music is very different to how a live drummer would create the same subtlety of performance. Forever researching new technology, Luca got deeply interested in different programming languages, and created a series of probability based music tools for manoeuvring sounds and sequencing.

Manipulating those probabilities takes a skillful alchemy, needing understanding of both musical structure and how the tools he devised work. To return to the drummer analogy, if the drummer is focussed and intentional in the moment of playing, then the method used in LDS tracks is almost diametrically opposed, with all of the intention coming in the assembly of the instruments, potential paths, and gateways; once play is pressed the music flows, following all the rules that were set in advance, not unlike a domino run or Rube Goldberg machine.

And like a domino run, the results are fascinating and, ultimately, fun: staccato vocals pop in and out in 'zipp prompt'; laser-like synths pulse; background noises sweep across the aural plane of the dub techno of 'diff, blockmix' and 'pow' adding texture that brings vitality all-too-easily missed out when complex mathematical processes become entwined with music creation. The high sensitivity to texture and rhythmic detail in Stadion Progg is multiplied further on Jean Redondo's remix - whose track, Hypersonic, was the backbone of 2023's 'yet' compilation on Tresor.

The balance between technology and a sense of fun might also come from the maker; it's not easy to overstate Schwarz's passion for what is now his favourite way to make music, "it never gets boring. There's always a moment of anticipation to see what actually emerges." And the true "power of 2" comes into play when the resulting music can be fed back through the system again and again, potentiating the music in exponential ways.

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LDS - pow

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Fraunhofer Diffraction - Youth

From the "Refractuality" EP
https://ddsot.bandcamp.com/album/refractuality

Same as 'Across the sun' slightly different mix

https://ddsot.bandcamp

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VOXNOX exclusive Premieres got created to support labels, renowned/emerging artists, and friends from the scene. Have a listen and support the scene!

Buy it here:
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Across thirteen tracks, Exhale VA007 is a magnificent taster menu of some of the best in the game right now, featuring a number of familiar faces from the EXHALE roster including Flour, fresh from his recent Visitors EP on the label, previous VA returnees GALLØ and FLKN and EXHALE regular AIROD. Fittingly 5th birthday celebrations are opened here by label boss herself, with the incredible ‘Activate’. The track is everything you could want from Amelie Lens: pummeling kick, flawless, high impact production, trancy big room arps and a gargantuan drop that will put you in spin mode. 

Artist(s): Carla Schmitt
Release Title: Look At Me
Track Title: Look At Me
Label: EXHALE
Catalog No.: VA007
Format: digital
Genre, Style: Techno
Release date: 28th November 2025

Tracklist:
1. Amelie Lens - Activate
2. Flour - Love It 
3. Blondex - Zor
4. FLKN - The Light
5. AISHA - Pill Crusher
6. AIROD - LSD
7. GALLØ - Vul Dica
8. Ellen Tren - Regulate
9. Jomaa - Free Bird 
10. Carla Schmitt - Look At Me
11. Alexa Borzyk - Just A Friend
12. VE/RA - No One Else
13. Lawyn - Nami

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