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LN 021EP
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Over the past few months, Bajram Bili has been a revelation at Lumière Noire. On the label's compilation From Above (LN 015LP, 2018), the French producer drew praise from listeners, DJs and critics alike with the eight house-y, cerebral minutes of his contribution, "Restart". Adrien Gachet has been making music under the exotic moniker for several years, combining krautrock and IDM influences into a rather convoluted genre; this debut Lumière Noire EP is bound to elicit further interest in the artist.
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LN 015LP
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In just a year of existence, Chloé's Lumière Noire has brought emerging artists and promising newcomers together; this first compilation of 13 brand new tracks expands the roster, expanding the label's eclectic vision. When Chloé talks about her label, she puts forward the fundamental values that informed her own musical journey, her own musical taste, and, of course, the predominance of human relationships: "I followed my bliss and only commissioned tracks from artists that I respect and whose music I love. That to me is Lumière Noire's musical palette." With this unmixed compilation, Chloé makes a case for a label aesthetic that is based in open-mindedness. Familiar Lumière Noire artists are represented, as are new faces, producing a kind of group photo presaging what's next for the fledgling label. Lyon's Markus Gibb leads the track listing with a deep chiaroscuro matching the label's ethos, followed by fellow mainstays Il Est Vilaine, with the band's usual electro-pop elegance. Sutja Gutierrez, who released his debut EP, The Legend of Time (LN 015EP, 2017) on Lumière Noire, pursues his electro- Shamanism, while Iñigo Vontier (whose Aluxes (LN 008EP, 2017) came out on the label) brings his C O N T R A project online, a further development in voodoo house. Elsewhere, Suuns lead singer Ben Shemie contributes a synthy, psych-pop debut that is as brilliant as it is surprising. Dutch producer Drvg Cvltvre brings uncompromising dark electro with the hypnotic and claustrophobic "Last Rites". Jonathan Fitoussi's airy, minimalism brings the respite of his Versatile Espaces Timbrés (2018). Benedikt Frey's deep techno track is on par with his Artificial (2017), while Bajram Bili, Théo Muller and Lumi, bring the compilation to a close. These audacious choices are anchored down with the likes of Permanent Vacation pioneer Lauer's hooky, '80s-infused style and Franck Agrario, half of English duo Swayzak's David Brown's project, weaves an ethno mood into "Grace"'s techno. Bringing together different generations, genres, and styles may not necessarily be Chloé's MO. She invokes a more arbitrary, personal logic: "I like to mix of-the-moment tracks and more timeless ones, but the rule is above all 'do I love this or not?'. That was my ethos when I started Lumière Noire". In that way, the label is definitely in keeping with its time.
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LN 011EP
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The cornerstone track from Chloé's new album is an adventurously dark landscape dotted by Montreal rock band Suuns' singer Ben Shemie's vocals. This EP features four astounding remixes by Moiré, Jonathan Kaspar, Douglas Greed, and Autarkic.
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LN 008EP
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Mexican producer Iñigo Vontier releases his fifth EP, including a remix from Tolouse Low Trax. "Aluxes" opens a channel to occult forces. The EP's title track, with its sparse, unfathomable voices and its bouncing, metered rhythm, is like a serene spell. The facetious "Patito" and its stubborn metallic rhythm brings back Vontier's precious dark disco essence. Detlef Weinrich's, a member of Kreidler, tasks his Tolouse Low Trax side project with remixing "Macaco". His remix is light-years from weekender minimal techno, and closer to Dopplereffekt.
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LN 007EP
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Il Est Vilaine aren't from Brittany, but they sure are tricksters. Two outcasts refusing to eat at the same table as the tech-house scene queens, serving up three whiplash-on-the-dancefloor cuts drenched in sweaty hedonistic disco and wrapped in a battered motorcycle jacket (with a gooey post-punk-pop core for good measure). Il Est Vilaine have traded their Oberkampf stomping grounds for a sleepless weekend of Spanish groupies, discount bikinis, whiskey, and bukkake. And a creative spurt that left Lumiere Noire with a mutant of a record, the sound of rock and techno crashing through a drum kit mid-coitus.
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LN 006EP
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After four years of absence as a producer, The Dawn announces the release of Chloé's forthcoming third album, planned for the fall of 2017. Chloé's The Dawn heralds the return of the Paris-based DJ and producer. It is her inaugural release on her own label Lumière Noire, which she recently set up as a separate entity. Over the ten-plus minutes of "The Dawn", a spoken-word track languishes over melodic washes in a dramatic progression that evokes a novel, or noir-ish cinema. The Berlin-based whiz kid inverts Chloé's light-drenched, full-bodied production into a tense, captivating chiaroscuro.
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LN 005EP
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An EP from Sutja Gutierrez, the promising Spanish electronic producer. His eclectic and hyperactive style brings together experimental lo-fi pop with electronic and psychedelic elements. Lumière Noire's Chloé has resolved to make 2017 the year that Lumière Noire becomes a fully-fledged record label: "The idea is to take the time to work on a 12" the way we would on a full album, to be a vector between the artists so that they can collaborate together and remix each other's work, to come up with a visual identity." "Carousel" features Yula Kasp. Features a remix by Sebastopol.
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