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GP 003EP
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General Purpose presents Len Liese's latest offering, Initials, an electronic experimentation in forward-thinking Balearic music. Originally written between 2014 and 2015, these discarded, lost ideas persisted enough in Liese's imagination to require further investigation. Taking a pause between his well-known dub explorations, Initials is the result of this inquiry.
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GP 001LP
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2018 repress. Len Leise's Ing is the first release for General Purpose (GP), a record label created by Leise and longtime DJ partner and collaborator, Salvador. Leise and Salvador neither plan to release exclusively on GP, nor promise regular releases. It's a label for when they can find the time, energy, money and most importantly, the sound they believe in. Ing is about embracing change, experimentation and progression. Terrified to follow a format, Leise looks to other genres for inspiration. He turned to his love for dub, Afro, post punk and experimental music to find guidance. Artists like Scientist, Jah Shaka, Savant, Adrian Sherwood and Andromeda all in their own way influence Ing. Ing is not what fans might expect from Leise. Ing is a dub record, a post punk record, an experimental record, a balearic record, an homage record, a record with a purpose. Leise has previous releases on International Feel and Aficionado Recordings.
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IFEEL 052EP
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180-gram 12". Len Leise's acclaimed Lingua Franca mini-album (IFEEL 049LP, 2015) was the first release in International Feel's mini-album series, which accompanies each mini-album with a 12" featuring a remix by the artist and another respected producer. Here, Leise and Gilb'R revisit the work that Thump called "2015's undoubted Balearic masterpiece." Len Leise turns "O Caminho" (also included in its original form) into a dub-heavy ride -- basslines rumble and congas move. With his remix of "El Modelo," French native Gilb'R, a living legend in the house scene, delivers a timeless piece of house music made with the dancefloor in mind.
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IFEEL 049LP
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2016 repress; 180-gram vinyl. Respected balearic imprint International Feel introduces its series of mini-albums with Len Leise's Lingua Franca. The series consists of six-to-eight-track albums, allowing each artist to show more of their musical identity without the constraints of the traditional album format. Lingua Franca precedes a beautiful release from Canada's CFCF, an ambient album from Jan Schulte, and the return of Gatto Fritto. Len Leise is Australian -- that is known. Does he exist? Maybe in the mind of his creator. Lingua Franca follows three beautiful EPs centered around a natural musical theme built on emotion, times, and spaces. Lingua Franca, his first long-form work, shows the varied palette of his listening habits, from ambient jazz through Afro disco; the likes of Yasuaki Shimizu, Jake Sollo, and Ike White. Rare names for a rare sound. Lingua Franca is all about travel and progression, in both physical and emotional senses. It's an imaginary journey based on real experiences, though, as with his name, what is real and what is not doesn't matter. Morocco appears in the deep ride of "Forlorn Fields," Spain in "Leaving Llucmajor," and Russia in "Route to Reutov." Ever on the move, trade language is necessary -- a lingua franca. India finds its way here via the chimes of "Madala Maksim," Brazil in the disco sound of "O Camino," and Africa in the slow, thoughtful pace of "El Modelo." Sometimes a visual element brings the music to life; sometimes a thought or feeling. It's music to keep and get lost in, a spiritual ride across the world's paths and percussions. These sounds are true to Len Leise and Lingua Franca has been designed to delve inside his mind. A spreading of wings, changing pace for a chance to indulge in those wispy, smoke-filled thoughts. Artwork comes courtesy of The Material Collective, responsible for International Feel's switch back to full cover art. Each mini-album in this series has a similar look, as part of a diverse series of interlinked journeys through the sonic spectrum of each artist's imagination.
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IFEEL 035EP
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International Feel founder Mark Barrott loves obscure library music. This EP is the result of a tape that he found at the bottom of a bargain bin in a charity shop in Paris: Songs for Sunsets by Australian musician Len Leise, a work of synths, drum machines, and oceanic percussion. Barrott was able to track Leise down, only to learn that Leise had destroyed the original masters of Songs for Sunsets. But all was not lost -- Barrott convinced Leise to record some new material, Music for Forests, which International Feel now presents on 180-gram vinyl.
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