MOOUNTAIN HAS CRIMINAL EFFECTS THESE DAYS ONLY CRIME EFFECTS UNFORTUNATELY

IF I WERE YOU I WOUDN'T TRASH SOMEONE'S LIFE SOUL AND SANITY FOR YEARS, I WON'T EVER FORGIVE ANY OF YOU.

The minimalism of this keeps hold of you! Great work

The Precision Of Infinity (ft. Philip Glass)

LAVURN is the debut self-titled album from Lavurn Lee, a singer, songwriter, producer, performer and DJ from the inner suburbs of Toronto. He has also lived and worked in Sydney, Hong Kong and Berlin. His music is an emotionally complex assemblage of processed vocals, filtered pads, surgically programmed drums, haunting melodic fragments and hazy textures. This 13 track album of sparse, emotive and experimental R&B is his second for SUMAC and his first under his own name, following a previous record under the name Fake in 2018. Lavurn was made over three years between Toronto, Berlin and Hong Kong in close dialogue with SUMAC founders DJ Plead and T.Morimoto.

Previously, as Cassius Select, he has established himself as a unique voice in dance music, releasing on cult labels such as Unknown to the Unknown, Accidental Jnr, Hypercolour, Banoffee Pies, Raw Basics and Bruk Records. His side projects include collaborations with vocalists such as VV Pete and Daemon, his previous experimental R&B aliases Guerre and Fake, and BV (alongside Marcus Whale and DJ Plead).


THOUGHTS & REFLECTIONS ON THE MAKING OF LAVURN

“I’m trying to make pop music. Not in the industry sense, but in the way that everyone is making their own type of pop music. It wants to be listenable, so it can create emotions. I come from bedroom song writing in the age of the internet. The lyrical content and sounds reflect my demeanor. Big ego with low sense of self-worth. Constantly posturing. At once both strong and weak. I don’t always trust my abilities. I don’t have the voice to produce contemporary radio R&B. I don’t do traditional harmonies, mine are all over the place.

It's the first time I'm writing about my own life in a literal sense. I spent years writing love songs having never been in a relationship. Whereas this feels very raw as a reflection of my experiences. To me the album sounds insular because it was made that way, in isolation. The vocals are used in a sampled way. A chorus for one track might be chopped and turned into another hook. A verse for one song is half timed and used for the chorus of another. Auto-Tune is used heavily. Some tracks are ‘written’ by pulling different beats, textures and vocals from different tracks and seeing what fits together. I tried to take self-sampling further and further. I was thinking of ways to world-build.

Most of the lyrical content on the album is about dealing with a breakup. But the album doesn’t reflect a break-up because it’s completely one sided. It doesn’t reflect the reality that I was an awful person during the relationship. Really it's an inward study of a reaction to rejection. It’s ambivalent. The attitude is “hey imma do me and improve myself”, while also desperately wanting someone back (for all the wrong reasons). There’s a veneer of self-improvement and healing. But it’s all performance. I used to think all the songs had a kind of toxic intent because of this. Trying to impress someone in a way that would make them want to return to you. In retrospect I understand the songs differently. They’re not perfect. A bit confused in their vulnerability. Maybe quite sweet in a way. I think it’s healthy for me to see the lyrics on the album as directed at myself. It’s an album about self-love. I learnt that making music can be a kind of self-care.” 
credits
released February 16, 2024

Written, recorded, produced and mixed by Lavurn Lee
Mastered by T.Morimoto
Photography by DJ Plead

LAVURN - JK

Metallur

Lanark Artefax - Metallur

A proud work of love in dedication to Adelaida
11/10/2023
available on Bandcamp

Adelaida

'Closer', taken from 'You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through The Fire', 🔥 a collaboration between Iceboy Violet & Nueen 
 Out on 7th June, CD LP/ Digi
Available to preorder now: 
https://iceboyandnueen.lnk.to/holdmyhandthroughthefire

You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through The Fire

Closer

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Iceboy Violet & Nueen - Closer

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ZULI | "DUALITY" | O Fluxo
https://soundcloud.com/zulimusic

Experience it with the visuals: https://www.ofluxo.net/duality-zuli/

Art by Art Crime
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Tracklist:
Slipknot - Danger Keep Away
aulic veil - Thyrsus
Orieta Chrem x Selvagia - Pu ete
KAVARI - EvilTool 135BPM
Blood of Aza - AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM RMX
CHOCA - From The South To Everywere
Cocktail Party Effect - The Crow was to fly
Evian Christ - On Embers
Leftlow - Thoughtful
Hoavi - Phase 10
Leibniz - Kasa (Beatless)
bloodworms - FRIENDS
Amnesia Scanner & Freeka Tet - Giggle
When 2 - Gas
Earl Sweatshirt - Fire In The Hole


©O Fluxo, ZULI, Art Crime
2024

ZULI - DUALITY

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

From secret getii's new album "flutter", out May 3rd on Inner Most.

https://inner-most.bandcamp.com/album/flutter

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Premiere: secret getii - evaporate reality [Inner Most]

Tunnel Fusion Turbo Miffy invites rxdazn - 03/05/2024

A pastoral daydream of piano, vocals and EFX from Laila Sakini's Total Stasis debut.

'Vivienne' is out February 28thth on Total Stasis.

Pre-order: bit.ly/327i6G3

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Premiere: Laila Sakini - The Mountain Effect [Total Stasis]

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Premiere: Laila Sakini - The Mountain Effect [Total Stasis]

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