When You’re Gone will be Lapalux’s first release since signing with Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label back in September. It’s due for digital release on the 7th February and in physical format on the 20th.
From the sounds of the sampler, which you can stream above, it’s everything we’ve come to expect from Stuart Howard.
Here’s the press release: “Stuart Howard aka Lapalux has come up with something special for his first release with Cali’s finest, Brainfeeder. Having made his name with his cassette-only “Many Faces Out Of Focus” and acclaimed bootlegs and remixes he returns with a seven track EP of such poise and beauty, one listen is enough to know you’re onto something special.
Lapalux bathes your brain in lush textures, surprising and explosive atmospheres set in unencountered, unearthly spaces, all somehow perfectly set against catchy rolling choruses informed by pop and commercial R&B. On the “When You’re Gone” EP he channels and refines his sound and shapes it into hazy, woozy emotion. Whether working with a singer like Py (on “Moments”), or deconstructing found samples and his own voice, Howard stretches, bends and warps sound to make soul – not plastic posturing but real emotion made of synthetic sound.“
Lapalux – “When You’re Gone” EP Sampler (Brainfeeder)
When You’re Gone is already available for pre-order on iTunes. Just click here. If you fancy picking up his previous release, Many Faces Out of Focus, here’s your link.