POWER OF 2 by LDS

SKU138667
ArtistLDS
TitlePOWER OF 2
LabelTRESOR
Catalog #TRESOR 374
Tag
ReleaseW 18 - 2025
FormatVinyl - EU12''
 € 14,99 incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

  1. Pow 05 16
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/tresor_374_power_of_2/1_1_lds_-_pow_05_16.mp3
  2. Diff block mix 03 51
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/tresor_374_power_of_2/1_2_lds_-_diff_block_mix_03_51.mp3
  3. zipp prompt 04 27
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/tresor_374_power_of_2/1_3_lds_-_zipp_prompt_04_27.mp3
  4. stadion progg 06 12
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/tresor_374_power_of_2/1_4_lds_-_stadion_progg_06_12.mp3
  5. stadion progg jean redondo remix 04 12
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/tresor_374_power_of_2/1_5_lds_-_stadion_progg_jean_redondo_remix_04_12.mp3
  6. pow2 epilog 01 47
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/tresor_374_power_of_2/1_6_lds_-_pow2_epilog_01_47.mp3
  7. mud zu digital bonus 06 03
    https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/t/tresor_374_power_of_2/1_7_lds_-_mud_zu_digital_bonus_06_03.mp3

Description

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 manoeuvring sounds and sequencing.

Manipulating those probabilities takes a skilful alchemy, needing understanding of both musical structure and how the tools he devised work. To return to the drummer analogy, if the drummer is focussed 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.

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