^L_ is the moniker of the Brazilian producer and sound artist Luis Fernando. Having released his debut album “Love Is Hell” in 2014 through the Berlin-based Antime imprint, he Also received attention with a slew of remixes and contributed to Several compilations, most notably “Hy Brazil Vol. 7″ Which was hand-selected by Chico Dub, one of the most important figures in the Brazilian electronic music scene. In 2015 L_ embarked on a successful, two-week long tour Germany with his label mate Antime AAAA and released the dancefloor-orientated more EP ‘The Outsider‘, through Antime Also, in early 2016. Apart from his work as a producer, Fernando regularly hosts workshops on sound design with a focus on film and radio works. Fernando started making music as a young teenager, citing bands like My Bloody Valentine or Nine Inch Nails the inspiration for his first Shoegaze-leaning excursions in the music world. The older he grew, his taste and his own varied output Became Increasingly eclectic. Nowadays, L_ works mostly digital and oscillates between film score-inspired sounds, acidic Techno, Noise and abstract electronic music.
However heterogeneous L_’s music might be in terms of stylistics, Fernando cunningly Manages to weave together all elements into integrally closed narratives full of unforeseeable twists Which follow a well thought October logic. The prolific Brasilia-based producer Furthermore Creates continuity through his unmatched sensitivity When it comes to sampling. Fernando, who has researched and taught about the art of sampling, has built up an impressive archive and regularly immerses himself in his surroundings for field recordings. The result of his relentless pursuit is inscribed deeply into his music, Which always unmistakably sound like L_, Whether it is a hard-hitting 130 bpm Techno belter or the richly textured IDM track with Jazz and Noise elements thrown in for good measure.
Fernando was raised in a strongly Catholic family Which triggered Within him the disdain for religion and the social injustice Caused by it. Thus, his music, apart from psychological and literary topics, Often critically explores religious and philosophical themes. Although instrumental predominantly, the music he makes under the moniker L_ Relies heavily on Fernando’s sampling techniques Which – apart from Resulting in his distinctive sound signature – allow him to incorporate external references in his work. L_’s music is hence Substantially informed by literature, film and philosophy, Which is Also reflected in the tracks’ titles. Fernando Thereby Provides a complex paratext to his sound art Which thusly can be approached from various different perspectives. Not only does L_ transcend musical boundaries, his work can not simply be reduced Also to sound alone.
^L_ – The Outsider (2016 – Antime#15)
A1: Phil Spector
A2: She Only Loves Me Because She Does not Live With Me
A3: The Outsider
B1: Locked-In Syndrome
B2: Hello, I’m Richard Clayderman
B3: Too Weird To Live, Too High To Die
VINYL
Decks: http://bit.ly/20bAGDz
Juno: http://bit.ly/1TGfUfe
DIGITAL
Bandcamp: http://bit.ly/1TgdtRB
I-Tunes: http://apple.co/1Svb05W
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1PCvXsM
Live Set from Radio Noise by Anderson Noise
Live Set from Dopamine Sessions – Stereo Minds
Some reviews and interviews:
Thump/Vice (Deutschland ) Premiere “Hello, I´m Richard Clayderman” directed by Max Luz
Erwischt Magazine – Berlin (interview – german and english)
House Cult
Thump/Vice (Brazil)
FreshGuide.de (Berlin) – (interview – german and english)
Thump/Vice
Forced Exposure:
Radio Dogma (Warp Records)
Techno CZ:
Ravers Magazine:
Local Suicide
http://www.localsuicide.com/lsd-exclusive-ˆl_-phil-spector/
Technocity – Berlin
Interview for the Crazy Cake Crew Podcast (portuguese)
FreshGuide.de (Berlin)
Soul Feeder:
More comments about record here – journalists, producers and others:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/luis-fernando-78
Antime Records – Berlin: http://www.antime.de/artists/l_/
About Album:
^L_ – The Outsider (ANTIME_EP # 015)
After L_ released his debut album “Love Is Hell” on Antime in 2014, he now returns with a more dance floor-originating entated 12 “on the Berlin-based imprint. “The Outsider” is set for a February release and follows L_’s extensive joint tour with his Mexican label mate AAAA throughout Germany in May 2015.
From the slamming 90s-style Techno belter “She Only Loves Me Because She Does not Live With Me” to the eerie Techno / House hybrid ‘I’m Richard Clayderman “and the hard-hitting break beats on’ Phil Spector ‘or’ locked-In Syndrome “, the allusions to 2-Step heyday on the EP’s closer ‘Too Weird to Live Too High to Die’, and last but not least the uncanny title track: L_’s sample-heavy aesthetics are the distinctive As They are cohesive .
While “Love Is Hell” reflected an emotional low point for Luis Fernando, “The Outsider” was informed Mainly by nihilism, expressing BOTH Fernando’s disgust with religion and the deeply rooted social inequalities Which cam with it. However, like “Love Is Hell” “The Outsider” takes its cues not only from music, but Also external reference points, notably literature.
The underlying topic forms the narrative of “The Outsider” Which knits the already consistent EP even more tightly together and expresso is by no other than the late David Foster Wallace. While the excerpt brief from Wallace ‘ground-breaking speech “This Is Water” is literally outspoken about the EP’s concept, other tracks Also hint at the underlying theme of social and personal alienation by Referring to famous misfits like Phil Spector and Richard Clayderman.
Wait, Richard Clayderman? “Yup”, says Fernando dryly. “It must be pretty hard being Richard Clayderman, after all.”
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