LPF12 – Million Mile Memory (EP – LPF12)
Genre/Influences: IDM, ambient, minimal-electro, experimental.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: This EP –which rather appears to be a mini-album, must have been the last creative exposure of German solo-artist Sascha Lemon for 2019. This prolific artist has already released this new record in the purest DIY style.
Content: LPF12 reveals 5 new songs, which are mixing the different influences from the past few years. There’s a strong ambient sound connotation accentuated by astral sound treatments. We also get a more experimental exposure (cf. “Do Not Care To Understand”) while the last track is probably one of the most dance-orientated ones in this project’s history. It’s a fusion between industrial sound treatments and electronic intelligence.
+ + + : I like the relaxing passages of this work, which especially on “Simplicity” have been achieved with detailed- and subtle sound treatments. LPF12 stands for delicacy on the ‘ambient’-driven cuts, but also for harder, danceable vibes on “Alternate”. I also like this work because it’s featuring 5 different songs, this way avoiding the easy remixing formula.
– – – : I’m not convinced by the experimental cut “Do Not Care To Understand”.
Conclusion: LPF12 remains an interesting project, which on every new work features a few cool surprises. So if you’re intelligent electronics, you better give it a try!
Best songs: “Alternate”, “Simplicity”, “Roadsigns”.
Rate: (7½).
Artist: www.lpf12.de / www.facebook.com/LPF12SL
About LPF12
LPF12 is the solo project of German musician Sascha Lemon, active since 1993 and named for the “low pass filter 12 dB” audio term. Lemon released cassettes through the mid-1990s before pausing the project for fourteen years; he resumed LPF12 in 2009. Recent releases include “Black Flags Ahead” earlier in 2020 and “The Weight Of Letting Go” later the same year.
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