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SA 008EP
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2011 release. The beelines of Tommy Four Seven, James Ruskin, Peter Van Hoesen, and Truss return to Lucy's hive, taking the most experimental and cross-pollinated paths. This 12" acts as a case-in-point for techno, melding and fusing genre boundaries to reveal new hybrid sounds. The artists chose the tracks that they wished to remix and fused their own defined sound identities with that of Stroboscopic Artefacts. Mastered by Artefacts Mastering, Berlin.
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CURLE 041EP
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$12.50
NOT IN STOCK, SPECIAL ORDER
Lucy returns to Curle Recordings with a new track. On remix duties, someone who broke through on R&S in 2010, but in the meantime also started a label (Works the Long Nights) and a project (Karenn) with his good friend Blawan: Pariah. He was so kind to lend two remixes -- one is a dub mix.
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SA 001CD
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2010 release. With Wordplay for Working Bees, Lucy creates a blueprint -- not just the departure point for the full-length format according to Stroboscopic Artefacts, but he also lays down new possibilities for the techno album. Refusing the obvious 4/4 route, Lucy traverses the widest possibilities of electronic music. Wordplay for Working Bees encompasses IDM that leans towards drone, puckering, dub-filled techno and ambient in its most oblique forms. The beloved character of Lucy's DJ sets, the way he layers tracks to find unique timbre and tone, is reflected in his studio approach. Lucy's debut album results in the most delicate and delicious juxtapositions, as the unexplained and unexpected tangle together in the ear. The search for hybrid structures begins with "Thear." Through Stockhausen's words, Lucy hints at a manifesto: whenever we hear sounds we are changed, no longer the same. The record is textured with riddling vocals -- be it the slither of a UN summit speech heard on "Eon" or the wisps of Le Corbusier on "Gas" -- and none are used with idle intent. Just as on "Eis," where the samples appear to be engaged in discussion but the thread of their argument is lost in the granular synthesis, the tracks are abstracted enough to provoke your own interpretations and critical judgements. The vocals' inclusion gives rise to questions, and the ambiguity of Wordplay for Working Bees creates an architecture that facilitates debate. It's not just escapist or hedonistic dance music, but a concerted, dissonant effort to challenge the listener's preconceptions. Composed as it is of field recordings from parks, streets and Lucy's apartment, it's difficult not to see this as -- at least in part -- a depiction of Berlin. Wordplay for Working Bees is certainly influenced by the sounds coming from Berlin's clubs, galleries and forgotten pockets. Lucy holds a mirror up to the Hauptstadt, only to distort and redefine its reflection. The abstraction and processing of the album's subject matter has a painterly quality and it's evident that in creating Wordplay for Working Bees Lucy slaved with technology to master it so brilliantly. Co-mixed and mastered by Artefacts Mastering, Berlin.
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SA 013EP
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Lucy's Banality of Evil EP is inspired by Hannah Arendt's writings on conformity and totalitarianism and makes for provocative listening. "Superior Orders" is an off kilter introduction: Lucy took synth lines that Roll The Dice crafted and broke them down, revealing their malevolence. "Stanford Prison" layers wistful top lines over driving bass, creating a fluid, transitory atmosphere. "Milgram Experiment" opens with a beautifully simple sequence and splinters into deep, warm dub. The track includes voices, but these are not catchy, euphoric vocals.
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SA 001EP
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2009 release. Stroboscopic Artefacts' first vinyl release is an incendiary two-track EP. Label founder Lucy etches out the soundtrack for an apocalyptic club scenario. From the A-side's dark, pulsing beats and itchy bass lines, a granular voice rises up. Krishnamurti's rasping vocal cuts through, creating a colossal techno track. On "Dub Man Walking," Lucy's dub-roots background collides with his techno identity. The heavy drum machine structure is injected with obsessive dubby bass lines and intersected by high frequency distortion.
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WARE 080EP
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Introducing Berlin-based post-minimalist Luca Mortellaro aka Lucy. "Grainy Lines" reveals Lucy's craving for rave and rocking the floors, while "Go And See My Love" displays his playfulness and disregard of strict dancefloor rules. René Breitbarth sinks deep into the deep house sea to deliver two remixes of "Grainy Lines" -- one jazzy and rolling, one cosmic and bewitching. Support by Steve Lawler, Derrick May, Laurent Garnier, Agoria, James Holden, John Digweed.
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PSPV 008EP
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"Introduced by James Holden, Lucy (Curle rec) is a new Italian talent based in Paris. On the A-side, the amazing 'Glass Computer' (co-produced with friends) is an odyssey into electronic music and a catchy beat. Seven minutes of happiness and emotion for the crowd. After his wonderful last release on our label, Masaya (Perspectiv/Num Rec) makes the dub and he looks like a trip into a deep forest with his minimal tribal bassline, through the trees at night. Simply wonderful. On the flip side, the Amsterdam-based Mark August (Poker Flat, Connaisseur, Curle, Mezzotinto), is making one of the best remixes for the ages. With his unique touch, Mark takes us by the hand into his very personal universe. Funk, magic deepness and killer break out, this is one of the best remixes you will hear this year, no doubt! At the B2 floor, you will find the second original track from Lucy, 'Noedrocca.' Sweetness is our weakness. This is like a conversation with an angels."
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