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LIES 092CD
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One-time only CD printing of Tzusing's breakout debut album, originally released on vinyl in 2017. Featuring all the tracks on the LP, this CD version includes a bonus track, "Catergory III". One of our most sought after L.I.E.S. releases of 2017, and rightfully so. After three stand-out EPs over the last three years for L.I.E.S., Tzusing delivers his debut LP for the label. Here are seven tracks of precisely-crafted electronics, unmistakably taking the artist's signature industrial-fueled sound and opening it up to a new dimension far beyond the typical metal beat clang. Emotional, dark, and powerful, the album title taken literally means "Invincible East" based on a character (a swordsman) in a Jin Yong novel that makes the ultimate sacrifice to attain knowledge and transform. The narrative goes in hand with the artist's observations living and traveling throughout Asia, and provides a haunting soundtrack for a bleak future where few dare to subvert the power structures at hand.
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LIES 052EP
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Adam-X should need no introduction as he and his brother, Frankie Bones, pioneered techno in a post-disco, pre-Giuliani New York City through the late-'80s and onward past the '90s with countless productions under their belts and renegade parties throughout the five boroughs. Their record store, Sonic Groove, served as a hub for purchasing cutting-edge electronic music from across the globe. Here, as ADMX-71, he delivers a subdued yet extremely tense vibe. These tracks present a unique take on the traditional EBM sound, in which, upon every listen, one will discover something new. Highly recommended for those into the darker territories.
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LIES 067LP
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LP version. Adam X is back with his third album release under his industrial guise, ADMX-71. Following releases with the legendary label Hands and his own imprint, Sonic Groove Experiments, Adam paired up with L.I.E.S Records in 2014 for The Redacted Files, a 12" of slowed-down and tense EBM wizardry. Adam now returns to the L.I.E.S. front with Coherent Abstractions, an album of singular experiments that pull from every corner of electronic music's landscape into a comprehensive and propulsive full-length. Coherent Abstractions pulsates with fractured rhythms, vacillating melodies, and mesmerizing compositions that showcase Adam's impressive history working in all aspects of the underbelly of electronic music. Noise and industrial elements seep into the album's 11 songs, churning the cold and abrasive into feverish new territory. Though Coherent Abstractions operates primarily in sounds of solitude, guest vocalist Janina joins "Bound and Broken" for a rare vocal collaboration on an ADMX-71 track. We also hear a frantic vocal performance from the producer on "Nearing Obliteration," which is undoubtedly the apex of the album. Throughout the album the music sweeps from breakbeat noir and anxious electronic dub to reflective industrial modes, making Coherent Abstractions an engaging and varied listen, updating a late-'80s EBM tone into modern sound design environments while pushing a reverence for the past and heading into the deep unknown of the future. For those unfamiliar with Adam's deeply rooted history in the New York underground, he and his brother, Frankie Bones, pioneered techno in a post-disco, pre-Giuliani New York City through the late '80s and onward past the '90s, producing countless records under various guises and finally opening their own shop and record label, Sonic Groove. At the same time they began throwing renegade parties, known as Storm Rave, throughout the five boroughs -- a practice that was unheard of at the time in such a major US metropolis and opened the door for what was to come.
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LIES 067CD
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Adam X is back with his third album release under his industrial guise, ADMX-71. Following releases with the legendary label Hands and his own imprint, Sonic Groove Experiments, Adam paired up with L.I.E.S Records in 2014 for The Redacted Files, a 12" of slowed-down and tense EBM wizardry. Adam now returns to the L.I.E.S. front with Coherent Abstractions, an album of singular experiments that pull from every corner of electronic music's landscape into a comprehensive and propulsive full-length. Coherent Abstractions pulsates with fractured rhythms, vacillating melodies, and mesmerizing compositions that showcase Adam's impressive history working in all aspects of the underbelly of electronic music. Noise and industrial elements seep into the album's 11 songs, churning the cold and abrasive into feverish new territory. Though Coherent Abstractions operates primarily in sounds of solitude, guest vocalist Janina joins "Bound and Broken" for a rare vocal collaboration on an ADMX-71 track. We also hear a frantic vocal performance from the producer on "Nearing Obliteration," which is undoubtedly the apex of the album. Throughout the album the music sweeps from breakbeat noir and anxious electronic dub to reflective industrial modes, making Coherent Abstractions an engaging and varied listen, updating a late-'80s EBM tone into modern sound design environments while pushing a reverence for the past and heading into the deep unknown of the future. For those unfamiliar with Adam's deeply rooted history in the New York underground, he and his brother, Frankie Bones, pioneered techno in a post-disco, pre-Giuliani New York City through the late '80s and onward past the '90s, producing countless records under various guises and finally opening their own shop and record label, Sonic Groove. At the same time they began throwing renegade parties, known as Storm Rave, throughout the five boroughs -- a practice that was unheard of at the time in such a major US metropolis and opened the door for what was to come.
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LIES 041CD
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A collection of hits, misses, new loves, and future head-scratchers running the gamut from floor-ready beat tracks (Legowelt) to post chill out room bleep-hop (Daywalker & CF) to industro-wave anti beat experimentation (Svengalisghost) with no restrictions or limitations. As with the American Noise (LIES 018CD) compilation, disc one revisits prime cuts from the nearly 30 releases the label will have released by the end of 2013, while disc two compiles unreleased tracks exclusive to this CD. A document of the immediate energy surrounding these musicians here and now, maybe one can call it club music for people who hate going to the club? Or simply Music for Shut-Ins. Other artists include: Vapauteen, Shadowlust, Marcos Cabral, Greg Beato, Vereker, Samantha Vacation, Florian Kupfer, Terekke, Jahiliyya Fields, Antenes, Xosar, TX Connect, Beautiful Swimmers, Beau Wanzer, Entro & Terri, P.O.I. and Gunnar Haslam.
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