In fact, it seems the man has been shopping at his local Tandy dealer / Radio Shack: Lighthouses & Fried Fish Disks (CD/Digital Only)Ī Distant Meadow in Your Soul (CD/Digital Only)Ĭassette version (C90, 150 copies hand numbered)ī – Crystal Cult 2080 Continuous Mix by DJ TLR with bonus tracks & outtakes From there various different tempos are explored and plenty of famed synthesiser work comes to the fore, wrapping grooves in trippy themes, impish spirits and plenty of organic lushness.Ĭrystal Cult 2080 is sure to prove another lucid and distinctive chapter in the ever-captivating story that is the musical career of Legowelt.ĭ2 – Cyberspace Is Still Happenin’ for Real Right from the opening track the mood is so encapsulating you are drawn right into Danny Wolfers’ mysterious electronic world.
Given the use of a DIY germanium crystal compressor during production, it’s no wonder everything feels warm, fuzzy and mystic in a way that draws your attention in like that fabled philosopher’s stone… glare too long and you might just turn to stone. The album itself features ten new tracks of pure Legowelt music mainly recorded in The Hague in the past year, but also on the road during tours of LA, the Californian desert, Tokyo (which spawned ‘Crystal Cult 2080’) and Tejada Gran Canaria (where ‘The Future of Myself’ was written.) Where his last album The Paranormal Soul was an organic trip into misty forests, this one seems more concerned with medieval spirits it’s deeper, darker and the whole thing is tied together by a more coherent sense of ancient alchemy. Bought second-hand in Tokyo for a couple of hundred dollars, it lends the record a very dewy eyed soul, whilst the ‘Crystal’ part of the title stands for the self-made ‘DIY germanium crystal compressor’ Legowelt used throughout the writing process. The ‘2080’ part of the album title is taken from the Roland JV2080, a legendary digital synthesizer from the nineties that was used a lot in the making of the album.
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And it’s all out now, accompanied by a text that explains still more of the techniques behind it.Įntitled ‘Crystal Code 2080’, it will come on Crème Organization and has been preceded by a sampler EP that featured one track from it. (Yes, we’re still talking Willy Wonka – and it absolutely fits this record.) There’s not a shade of irony this is a man who loves the sounds he’s making. (He has a similar adeptness live.) If Legowelt’s studio is a candy store, he isn’t shy about sprinkling us with candy from it, or taking us on dark, trippy tunnel boat freak-outs. Those tools went to make sounds that deviate from the norm. It’s varied and dreamy, featuring a rhapsodic lushness that’s missing from a lot of popular productions getting played. A Roland JV2080 was a bargain-bin buy, and becomes the name of the new record.Īnd let’s talk about that new record. Hobbies: Synthesizers, Programming text adventures for the Commodore 64Īnd Legowelt also picked up some of the gear on the cheap, which is, really, the point of the game of used gear (or supposed to be). Previous Jobs: Amiga programmer, RPG Dungeon MasterĬurrent Jobs: Music Producer, Ufologist, CEO of Pacific Micro International Software™ And… there’s a Commodore 64 studio and some real rarities.įor signs Legowelt is One of Us, here’s his bio:īorn: a long time ago when Star Wars used to be good
I know we’re theoretically not supposed to be fetishizing gear, but there’s some real care for these tools. They did an hour-long video tour, where the artist waxes poetic on every detail with loving attention. Future Music Magazine didn’t just do a video tour.
Yes, welcome to the wild studio of Legowelt, the eclectic Dutch musician. “Don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted …”
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