Artist
Lapalux
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Sounds move with curious steps in the music of Lapalux, the solo project of Essex's Stuart Howard. His IDM and hip-hop influenced beat collages unfold like individual short stories, their layered tones playing into your emotions. The thud of bass pulses throughout his tracks, a steady stream of heartbeats that rise in and fall reaction to the excitement, the trepidation and the moments of calm reflection set by the marriage of vocal samples and experimental beatmaking. Listened to in succession, Howard’s material is a collection of individual moods, bound into a volume that could easily be titled, What It Feels Like To Be A Human. *In a world in which upstart DiY talent is flooding the gates of electronic music, a few recent voices have been so strong as to be startling. Lapalux - AKA 25-year-old Stuart Howard - is certainly one such. As singular as a brilliant artist always should be, his instinctive understanding of the atmospheric power of texture grips the ear immediately on listening. 'Nostalchic' is his debut album, mission statement, and the climax of many years of studying his craft. The amalgam of words that make the title is aptly, and perhaps knowingly chosen. The album evokes nostalgia without ever sounding nostalgic, and Howard may have had his tongue in his chic when he added the second half of the title. The album is his most focused document to date, adding his beloved R&B and soul into elements of house and hip hop, all with the trademark Lapalux finish; infectious, lopsided swing and achingly deep texture. *12/19/2013 update . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Albums
On The Grid
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Total Reality, Total Chaos
2021
51 Endless Pulses
2020
Esrevoinma
2020
Amnioverse
2019
Earth
2019
Limb To Limb
2019
ABOVE_BETWEEN_BELOW
2018
Ruinism
2017
The End Of Industry
2017
Lustmore
2015
City Lounge, Vol 1.1
2014
Make Money
2014
Movement I, II & III
2014
Gold
2013
Nostalchic
2013
Without You
2013
Some Other Time
2012
When You're Gone
2012
Many Faces Out of Focus
2011
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