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SAT 058LP
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Black Light Smoke is the electronic music moniker of Jordan Lieb -- producer, songwriter, and award-winning film and TV composer. A Chicago native, Jordan transplanted to New York City in 2001, where his career as a multi-disciplined musician has taken flight in many forms. Currently residing in upstate New York, Black Light Smoke returns to Scissor & Thread for his first full-length debut-album: Ghosts. The 12 tracks span everything from '90s house, smooth, and deep soulful beats, dusty grooves, and thoughtful treaties on the state of creativity, capitalism, and identity. It's a collection that sits together as a listening experience perfectly, building peaks and sliding into serene troughs, all with a strong sense of radical thought and creative experimentation. Tracks bend and warp in unexpected directions, while gritty, distortion and overdrive counterpoint classic rave stabs and vocal samples. Taken as a whole, the album could be the soundtrack to a night drive through the city, as much as certain tracks will no doubt find themselves woven into the sets of the more leftfield and genre pushing DJs. Either way, it's an essential release from one of the most exciting and vital producers out there and the first artist signed to Scissor & Thread back in 2011. The album title, Ghosts, tells two stories. One is personal -- an artist embracing the shadows of his past in order to move forward and complete a body of work. The second story is a search for the original meaning of house music -- not just the usual sample, appropriation or casual nod to the originators of house -- but a meditation on the living story of Black America in which house music is an inseparable chapter. Both stories are a reflection on grief and the transformation of trauma into celebration. 100% of Jordan Lieb's personal proceeds from this record will go to Little Bit Foundation, empowering students living in poverty to achieve their academic goals. Features Léah Lazonick. Gatefold sleeve.
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SAT 044EP
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An extended EP from Black Light Smoke. "Nothing Makes Me Feel (Good Anymore)" sets the tone with a snappy beat and a slightly melancholic vocal sample. "Street Emotion" convinces with tasty dryness over a characteristic bass-wobble. "Get Something" is beat-focused and dressed up with G-House vocal splinters which make it groovy as hell. "The Right Way" surfs on a wave of juicy chords and laidback vocals. "Hustle" has some serious jack-flavor, transporting all the best of Chicago's warehouse sound while "Golden Chains" is driven by a sophisticated garage bass-line.
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SAT 040EP
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Scissor and Thread regular Black Light Smoke returns to the Brooklyn label run by Francis Harris for City Life, a mini-LP of raw, atmospheric house. The alias of Jordan Lieb, Emmy Award-winning composer/producer/musician, Black Light Smoke drops City Life -- six tracks of affecting, deep vibes.
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VDR 012EP
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The newest 12" on Voodoo Down Records marks the debut appearance of longtime friend of the label Jordan Lieb, aka Black Light Smoke. Jordan played an instrumental part in the NYC label Scissor & Thread. The Depression Sleeping EP is a collection of tracks from his archives from the past decade that have been updated and remixed. The theme of the record is his struggle with sleep and insomnia. Per the artist: "Releasing these songs form my past reflects my effort to embrace myself, the good and the bad, and to channel my personal battles into a creative process."
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