Special Remarks: LP with Downloadcode
Tracklist LP:
A01. Phil Spector 07:12
A02: She just loves me because she doesn´t live with me 07:42
A03: The Outsider 01:39
B01: Locked-in Syndrom 06:48
B02: Hello, I´m Richard Clayderman 07:08
B03: Too weird to live, too high to die 07:24
Info:
ˆL_ is the moniker of the Brazilian producer and sound artist Luis Fernando. Having released his debut
album »Love Is Hell« in 2014 through the Berlin-based ANTIME imprint, he also received attention
with a slew of remixes and contributed to several compilations, most notably »Hy Brazil Vol. 7« which
was hand-selected by Chico Dub, one of the most important figures in the Brazilian electronic music
scene. In 2015, ˆL_ embarked on a successful, two-week long Germany tour with his ANTIME label
mate AAAA and released the more dancefloor-orientated EP »The Outsider«, also through ANTIME.
Apart from his work as a producer, Fernando regularly hosts workshops on sound design with a focus
on film and radio works. Fernando started making music as a young teenager, citing bands like My
Bloody Valentine or Nine Inch Nails as inspiration for his first Shoegaze-leaning excursions in the
music world. As he grew older, his taste varied and his own output became increasingly eclectic.
Nowadays, ˆL_ works mostly digital and oscillates between film score-inspired sounds, acidic Techno,
Noise and abstract electronic music.
However heterogeneous ˆL_’s music might be in terms of stylistics, Fernando cunningly manages to
weave all elements together into integrally closed narratives full of unforeseeable twists which follow a
well thought out logic. The prolific Brasília-based producer furthermore creates continuity through his
unmatched sensitivity when it comes to sampling. Fernando, who has researched and taught about
the art of sampling, has built up an impressive archive and regularly immerses himself in his
surroundings for field recordings. The result of his relentless pursuit is inscribed deeply into his music,
which always unmistakably sound like ˆL_, whether it is a hard-hitting 130 bpm Techno belter or a
richly textured IDM track with Jazz and Noise elements thrown in for good measure.
Fernando was raised in a strongly Catholic family which triggered within him a disdain for religion and
the social injustice caused by it. Thus, his music, apart from psychological and literary topics, often
critically explores religious and philosophical themes. Although predominantly instrumental, the music
he makes under the moniker ˆL_ relies heavily on Fernando’s sampling techniques which – apart from
resulting in his distinctive sound signature – allow him to incorporate external references in his work.
ˆL_’s music is hence substantially informed by literature, film and philosophy, which is also reflected in
the tracks’ titles. Fernando thereby provides a complex paratext to his sound art which thusly can be
approached from various different perspectives. Not only does ˆL_ transcend musical boundaries, his
work can also not simply be reduced to sound alone.
ˆL_ (Luis Fernando) is a producer of Eletronic Music from Brasília whose eclectic sound signature is
primarily shaped by his unique sampling techniques. More