{"product_id":"bfdnl047","title":"Lapalux - Lustmore","description":"\u003ciframe width=\"430\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F187983766%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-PDRWO\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;visual=true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/lapalux#.VMi5XmSsUhA\"\u003eLapalux\u003c\/a\u003e knew where and how his sound should change with a second album. As a result, \u003cem\u003eLustmore\u003c\/em\u003e feels like a record as compulsively inspired and meticulously crafted as you’re likely to hear in 2015.\r\n \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLustmore\u003c\/em\u003e is loosely based on the experience of hypnogogia, a transitional state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep. Listeners familiar with his 2011 debut, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/release\/lapalux\/nostalchic\"\u003eNostalchic\u003c\/a\u003e, will know that Stuart Howard’s woozy, infectious rhythms, enveloping textures and unfamiliarly familiar melodies conjure that territory perfectly.\r\n \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/lapalux#.VMi5XmSsUhA\"\u003eLapalux\u003c\/a\u003e attracted the direct attention of Brainfeeder label owner and electronic music icon \u003cstrong\u003eFlying Lotus\u003c\/strong\u003e in 2010, and was quickly snapped up by the imprint. Acclaimed early EPs were followed by a number of remixes including \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/bonobo\"\u003eBonobo\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/andreya-triana\"\u003eAndreya Triana\u003c\/a\u003e, Lianne La Havas amongst others, before his debut album \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/release\/lapalux\/nostalchic\"\u003eNostalchic\u003c\/a\u003e arrived in 2011. On its release Mojo asserted that: \u003cem\u003e“\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/lapalux#.VMi5XmSsUhA\"\u003eLapalux\u003c\/a\u003e has joined the ranks of contemporary electronica's finest, like \u003cstrong\u003eFlyLo\u003c\/strong\u003e himself.”\u003c\/em\u003e The album was a high watermark, and a statement of intent by a young producer who was pushing electronic music forward.\r\n \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLustmore\u003c\/em\u003e sees the young producer take another stride forward. Opener \"\u003cstrong\u003eU Never Know,\"\u003c\/strong\u003e which features another masterful vocal turn by Andreya Triana, sets the tone for the album. \u003cem\u003e“The line ‘I don’t think you’ll know’ describes the mysterious limbo like state between waking life and sleep,”\u003c\/em\u003e Howard says.\r\n \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sleazy, yearning throb of \u003cstrong\u003e\"Puzzle (ft. Andreya Triana)\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is unmistakably sexualised. \u003cem\u003e“It’s a lovelessness,”\u003c\/em\u003e Howard says, \u003cem\u003e“searching for something more lustful and fleeting. It’s a very visual song for me. It’s about a sort of seedy, underground desire, like an old bar that used to have class, getting slowly seedier, to keep up with the demand for exploitation and filth. I think it sums up the whole feel and mood of the record,”\u003c\/em\u003e Howard says. \u003cem\u003e\"That kind of sultry, seedy undertone and the pieces of the puzzle not fitting together properly, as if in a state of limbo where you don’t know where you are, but there’s something strangely comforting about it.”\u003c\/em\u003e Those words could well be a credo for \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/ninjatune.net\/artist\/lapalux#.VMi5XmSsUhA\"\u003eLapalux\u003c\/a\u003e's wider musical vision.\r\n \r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sound palette used in making the album was carefully crafted to sound retro futuristic and otherworldly, having sounds in there that would accompany a Bladerunner, or 2001: A Space Odyssey. \u003cem\u003e“Whenever I think about the album I think about the bar scene in The Shining,”\u003c\/em\u003e Howard says. \u003cem\u003e“There’s something about that strange, hallucinatory psychological madness that relates to the music, both in the making of the actual record and the way it sounds.”\r\n \r\n\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudying old film soundtracks was a hugely important process for the making of the album. \u003cem\u003e“I really focused on making this album an imaginary visual experience. You can almost see these imaginary movies play in your head when you listen,”\u003c\/em\u003e he says. \u003cem\u003e“That’s something that I really started to work into my music – the idea of creating imagery and characters, storyline, and emotion.”\u003c\/em\u003e It’s a process that has certainly worked: \u003cem\u003eLustmore\u003c\/em\u003e is imbued with an emotional narrative that never loosens its grip on the ear.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cimg src=\"\/files\/images\/lapalux\/IMG-9828-EDIT.jpg\" width=\"430\" height=\"305\"\u003e","brand":"Ninjatune","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":44934233325727,"sku":"BFCD047","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2xLP","offer_id":44934233358495,"sku":"BF047","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0493\/8563\/5999\/products\/lustmore-main.jpg?v=1736246464","url":"https:\/\/merch.ninjatune.net\/products\/bfdnl047","provider":"Ninja Tune","version":"1.0","type":"link"}