Lapalux - Nostalchic

Lapalux - NostalchicIn 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

Each sleeve was found as trash or throw away and re-purposed - some of the music was later re-sampled and turned into a cassette tape of 6 new demo tracks

He began playing tabla aged 10 but was also drawn to the American music that he heard on the radio and that leaked through the doorway of his local jazz music shop

She still mines the same influences

The young Ugandan singer exerts soulful melodies onto the track that pairs with blissful keys and a generous dose of grooving saxophone

the producer’s vocals are pushed forward as the centerpiece of this album

emotive melody

without even bothering to limit itself to having to be dubstep (which isn’t to say it doesn’t have some of the most terrifying bass rumbles your sternum will feel this side of Hell)

soul and hip-hop

funny and an undeniable head-nodder

The Wiltern

it looks pretty bad

TSHA is rapidly emerging as one of the most exciting talents coming out of the UK