Irrepressible Dutchman Legowelt is to release a new album in the coming months. Entitled ‘Crystal Code 2080’, it will come on Crème Organization and has been preceded by a sampler EP that featured one track from it.
The ‘2080’ part of the album title is taken from the Roland JV2080, a legendary digital synthesizer from the nineties that was used a lot in the making of the album. Bought second-hand in Tokyo for a couple of hundred dollars, it lends the record a very dewy eyed soul, whilst the ‘Crystal’ part of the title stands for the self-made ‘DIY germanium crystal compressor’ Legowelt used throughout the writing process.
The album itself features ten new tracks of pure Legowelt music mainly recorded in The Hague in the past year, but also on the road during tours of LA, the Californian desert, Tokyo (which spawned ‘Crystal Cult 2080’) and Tejada Gran Canaria (where ‘The Future of Myself’ was written.) Where his last album The Paranormal Soul was an organic trip into misty forests, this one seems more concerned with medieval spirits; it’s deeper, darker and the whole thing is tied together by a more coherent sense of ancient alchemy.
Given the use of a DIY germanium crystal compressor during production, it’s no wonder everything feels warm, fuzzy and mystic in a way that draws your attention in like that fabled philosopher’s stone... glare too long and you might just turn to stone. Right from the opening track the mood is so encapsulating you are drawn right into Danny Wolfers’ mysterious electronic world. From there various different tempos are explored and plenty of famed synthesiser work comes to the fore, wrapping grooves in trippy themes, impish spirits and plenty of organic lushness.
Crystal Cult 2080 is sure to prove another lucid and distinctive chapter in the ever-captivating story that is the musical career of Legowelt.
Track List:
A1 - Experiential Awakening
A2 - Ancient Rites Demoni Mundi
B1 - Excalibur R8MK2
B2 - Psychotic Endurance
B3 - How I Live
C1 - The Future Of Myself
C2 - Fundamental Superstition
C3 - Crystal Cult 2080
D1 - When The Spring Comes Again
D2 - Cyberspace Is Still Happenin' for Real
Lighthouses & Fried Fish Disks (CD/Digital Only)
A Distant Meadow in Your Soul (CD/Digital Only)
Cassette version (C90, 150 copies hand numbered)
A - Crystal Cult 2080
B - Crystal Cult 2080 Continuous Mix by DJ TLR with bonus tracks & outtakes
FEEDBACK:
"amazing album, danny delivered. very coherent and interesting record, this will be played a lot"
Jan Kinčl Zero (Radio808, Zagreb)
"Not bad"
Vincent Pollard (Exclaim, Toronto, Ontario)
"Simultaneously sounds like everything you've heard before and nothing like anything you've heard before. A delight that can span home listening and wearing down 12" grooves on a big system."
Simon Whight (Data Transmission / Inverted Audio / Ibiza Voice, Ashton-Under-Lyne)
"Another fantastic excursion into the realm of synthesis courtesy of Mr Wolfers, makes me want to revive my 1080 to see what lurks beneath the shiny exterior :)"
Owain Kimber (Innate, Cardiff)
"nngffdsjasfdajklsjklsdf this is great"
Objekt (Objekt)
"Only had the briefest of flick-throughs but this sounds absolutely amazing. Will d/l and support on the radio. Thanks!"
Dave TTB (TOTHEBONE, London)
"Awesome! Absoultely love this...a big fan of Legowelt and this LP sounds fantastic. Big up!"
Vince Watson (Bio Music, Amsterdam)
"always that same feeling with legowelt music. it sounds nice, having a good time while listening to it but any track in particular has been printed in my mind at the end - paradox."
Fred Deepsounds (Deepsounds.fr)
"outstanding !"
Tomaz (22tracks, Sint Pieters Leeuw)
"Amazing production levels across the whole record. Top Quality as usual from Legowelt! "
Dax J (Monnom Black)
"Fundamental Superstition for club but whole album sounds great, as expected."
Danny Howells
"fundamental superst. is my pick here.."
Roland Appel
"Extremely impressive,"
Russ Gabriel
"Still don't get Legowelt unfortunately"
Mosca (Ann Aimee, BBC Radio 1, London)
"Beautiful stuff, no doubt. But honestly I´m not sure if I can use it. Legowelt did so many great tracks in the last years that it´s hard to make something new that stands out of all these releases."
Norman Nodge (MDR, Berlin)
"quality as expected. hard to pick favorite on a first listen but "Ancient rites demoni mundi" and "Cyberspace is still happenin' for real" are stand out tracks for me."
Leri Ahel (Mutant Disco Radio Show, Rijeka)
"niceeee!"
Marko Nastic (Radio B92 / Exit Festival, Belgrade)
"ooooofffttttttt !!!!!!!! SO FUCKIN AMAZING !!!!! AAAAARRRGGGHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Marco Bernardi (Take the Elevator, Bristol)
"A Legowelt album is always welcome! "
Ksoul (Ksoul & MuteOscillator, TORINO)
"Sick sick album! Planet Legowelt. 10/10"
Kid Culture (DJ Mag NL)
"oei exciting stuff!"
Nuno Dos Santos (kollektiv, utrecht)
"Oh Danny boy, the synths, the synths are.... :) "
Giles Armstrong
"Very interesting Album from legowelt. Can´t wait to play this out. "
Bleak (c/o DRB Produktion, Stockholm)
"Always top quality stuff from a top quality artist! Full suport! "
Chille jr. (Night Moves@Fnoob radio, Koprivnica)
"Beautiful!"
Sandrien (Imprint/Trouw, Amsterdam)
"Another world was created!"
Innershades (Roze Balletten, Aalst)
"u cant fuck with legowelt. in a league of his own..."
Hunee (Hunch Music / Rush Hour, Los Angeles)
"Quality Artist - Quality album. Absolutely brilliant listening experience from a machine master!"
Claude Young (Different World Productions, Fukui (Japan) / Detroit (USA))
"love it "
Domenic Cappello (Sub Club)
"good shit $_$"
House Of Traps (Firecracker Records, Edinburgh)
"Hooray! I've been waiting for this for a long time. Can't wait to play it out."
Andrew Duke (Andrew Duke In The Mix/Cognition Audioworks, Halifax NS)
"Jeuj (-◠_◠-)"
Koen van Bommel (Noisey (Vice))
"Always amazing....."
Charlton/Tapirus (Mord / Krill Music /Midnight Shift, Rotterdam)
"The man from Scheveningen delivers again, nice spread of techno and house in the well known quality, great sleeve too. "
Kuczera (Intergalactic FM, heerlen)
"Pure gold."
J. Tijn
"10 points for the dutchman. Love this album!"
Dimi Angélis (A&S, Traut Muzik, Balans) (Dimi Angélis, Amsterdam)
"downloading"
Tim Thaler (BLN FM, Berlin)
"lovely stuff, thanks!"
James Fox / Severn Beach
"amazing. Homerun "
Locked Groove (Hotflush / Turbo, Antwerpen)
"King."
Samuli Kemppi
Press
http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=21507
http://www.factmag.com/2014/01/28/legowelt-details-new-lp-crystal-cult-2080/
http://www.xlr8r.com/news/2014/01/legowelt-details-crystal-cult-20
http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2014/01/28/full-details-emerge-on-new-legowelt-lp-for-creme-organisation/
http://www.clubbingspain.com/noticias/2014/nuevo-album-de-legowelt.html
