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01. Lds - Pow
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02. Lds - Diff, Block Mix
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03. Lds - Zipp Prompt
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04. Lds - Stadion Progg
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05. Lds - Stadion Progg (Jean Redondo Remix)
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06. Lds - Pow2, Epilog
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ARTIST
LDS
TITLE
Power Of 2
FORMAT
12"
LABEL
TRESOR
CATALOG #
TRESOR 374EP
TRESOR 374EP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
4/18/2025
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 maneuvering 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 focused 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 favorite 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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