Browse by Artist: LAWRENCE

Artist:	LAWRENCE
Title:	Deep Summer Hole
Label:	DIAL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	DIAL 031EP

"Lawrence is back from joining the deep summerhole. The result is a exclusive deep dancer -- for fans of the Modern Love sound, but in a typical deep Lawrence style. 'Off The Line' has been formally featured on de-bug magazine's 100th issue CD, now on vinyl in a very special long version. 'Deep Summer Hole' -- surely a step deeper -- organ chords flirting with Kerry Chandler -- but watch the bassline -- this is serious! Final track of this brilliant all-time EP is the disturbing 'Neither.'"

Artist:	LAWRENCE
Title:	Teaser
Label:	KOMPAKT (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	KOM 041EP

"He has repeatedly become remarkable due to his remarkable repetitions and this record overdue. Absolutely. His home is Dial, a label based in Hamburg. A rip-roaring one. Lawrence-techno is poetry, poetry as a kind of resistance against- and for- the -what is up to you. And so is your hairdo. This record definitely proves that laptop-technopop not necessarily has to be a finger exercise for programmers -- it can be as real as life and love, and as sexy and groovy as yourself."

Artist:	LAWRENCE
Title:	Place To Be
Label:	LIEBE DETAIL SPEZIAL (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	LDS 004EP

"Alexander Geiger, Cologne-based pop lover, Firm head honcho and most recently DJ T's new producer, is Nass. Under this moniker he explores a very reduced, track-y aesthetic, confining himself to the absolutely necessary and a layering technique derived from Wild Pitch. Accordingly, his remix starts with a spare thumping beat which slowly starts spinning towards a climax which adds a piercingly psychotic note to the dreamy chimes of the original, making for a light striking, frictional contrast heating up dancefloors all over. Leipzig-based Daniel Stefanik, best known for his work on labels such as Moon Harbour and Cargo Edition, seizes Lawrence's deep, atmospheric suggestion in a congenial way by transferring it into moody, dubby realms. He proceeds in such a wonderfully subtle manner, you hardly notice the almost 10 minutes of his remix passing by. It is most remarkable how he manages to pair a very serious psychedelic atmosphere with a soft airiness. This track is down-to-earth and reaches for the stars at the same time,"

Artist:	LAWRENCE
Title:	Lowlights From The Past and Future
Label:	MULE ELECTRONIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	MULE 006CD

This is the first full-length release from Lawrence on the Mule Electronic label presenting exclusive tracks and remixes from the artist's past and future. One of the most popular artists of the minimal house scene, Lawrence mostly releases new titles from his own label Dial, and has also released music from labels such as Nova Mute, Kompakt, Ladomat, and Ghostly International. His music is a combination of beautiful melodies and emotional beats, a close resemblance to Theo Parrish and Larry Heard. He also has a side project Sten which is more dance floor friendly. Now he brings his famous melodies to Mule. As Thomas Fehlmann remarks on Lawrence: "All the beats, basslines or chords are chosen for the right reasons, without add-ons or temporary flavor, and there's no waste. They are charged with natural emotion and give you direct access to Lawrence's view of the world -- as every good work of art is able to do. His ability to channel and compress his feelings and impressions into this magic 5 minutes of clarity, insight and lust is comforting. Leaving always enough room to explore and look around that next corner." His releases thus far have been journeys between deepness and melancholy, with sometimes a spark of humor or a drift into darkness to mark its way. But Lawrence's music is not totally untouchable -- concrete links to different styles such as Detroitish techno and singer/songwriter ballads appear. With Lowlights From The Past and Future he returns more and more to an organic dancefloor minimal deephouse with a touch of Detroit feeling. This is the new Lawrence.

Artist:	LAWRENCE
Title:	Lowlights From The Past
Label:	MULE ELECTRONIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MULE 030EP

"Peter M. Kersten aka Lawrence/Sten launched the Dial label in 2000 together with his flat mate and DJ friend Carsten Jost. To release their own stuff and the music of techno visionaries such as Pantha du Prince, Pawel (aka Turner), Efdemin and many others, the Dial crew found a distribution and friendship with Cologne's Kompakt universe. The music of Lawrence has often been described as something visual, imaginary, like a transfigured painting of all tones of grey, showing disturbing plants growing into any directions. But just have a look at the cover artwork of Friedrich Ploch, Sandra Thomsen and Peter M. Kersten himself and you even find the link. His debut album on Dial/Ladomat (2002) and the 12"s for Kompakt, Ladomat and Dial seem like a deep journey between, deepness and melancholy, sometimes a spark of humor or a drift into darkness mark its way. But Peter Kersten's music is not totally untouchable, concrete links to different styles as Detroitish techno, singer songwriters and E-music appear. And in the former present he returns more and more to the dancefloor- organic minimal deephouse with a touch of Detroit feeling is the new Lawrence."

Artist:	LAWRENCE
Title:	Rabbit Tube
Label:	MULE ELECTRONIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MULE 038EP

Lawrence's releases are like a journey between deepness and melancholy, with sometimes a spark of humor or a drift into darkness to mark the way. But Peter Kersten's music is not totally untouchable, concrete links to different styles such as Detroitish techno, singer-songwriters and e-music appear. And in the present, he returns more and more to the dancefloor. Organic minimal deephouse with a touch of Detroit feeling is the new Lawrence.

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