LPF12 – Cargo (EP – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, IDM.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: A few months have passed since LPF12 last production (cf. “Contours Of Stillness”). German Sascha Lemon remains a very prolific musician releasing several productions a year. “Cargo” features three new cuts.
Content: “Cargo” takes off where previous works stopped; an explicit Cinematic music style featuring extended cuts which have been slowly built up by using different influences. Each track sounds like it features multiple, imaginary, sub-track which are sometimes touching ground with IDM.
+ + + : “Cargo” is a new sonic travel throughout imaginary abyssal and space-like universes. The slow rhythm makes it all more accessible and especially during the IDM passages -which are mainly coming through at the debut cut “Parting Ways”.
– – – : The songs are slowly moving by without reaching a true apotheosis.
Conclusion: I remain devoted to the work of LPF12 although “Cargo” is definitely not the artist’s most recommendable composition to date.
Best songs: “Parting Ways”, “Possible Ways”.
Rate: 6½.
Artist: www.lpf12.de / www.facebook.com/LPF12SL
About LPF12
LPF12 is the solo project of German musician Sascha Lemon, active since the early 1990s. The name stands for Low Pass Filter 12 dB. Lemon started out in electro-industrial music before returning in the early 2000s with an IDM approach that later moved toward a cinematic style built on slow, steady rhythms. LPF12 has released material through Ionium Records, Abstrakt Reflections, Crime League, 7MNS Music and Raumklang Music, alongside a large catalog of self-released Bandcamp albums including “Contours Of Stillness” and, now, the EP “Cargo”.
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