The line-up for Pleasure Principle festival has been discussed and fawned over at great length – and with good reason too. Boasting sets from the likes of Legowelt, Omar-S, TNGHT, Blawan, Rustie, Space Dimension Controller, Joy Orbison and Robert Hood, the festival will also play host to Hessle Audio co-owner Ben UFO.
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Following on from the unmitigated success of his most recent self-released album ‘The Teac Life’, eccentric techno purveyor and past KOTJ podcaster Danny Wolfers, aka Legowelt, will be releasing his next album through Clone Records. Though he’s contributed to quite a number of past Clone release, this will be his first album for the label.
At first listen you might thing that Chrissy Murderbot‘s Friendship was a departure from his tongue-in-cheek take on juke and footwork, making our feet skit and our sides split. Taking cues from the worlds of downtempo house and minimal techno, you’d be forgiven for thinking Chrissy had gone all serious on us. That is, until you take a look at the tracklist.
Hot on the heels of the utterly bizarre Memphis Rap Mixtape comes Legowelt‘s magnificent techno onslaught. Though it’s dominated by Legowelt productions (most of which are unreleased), there are a few select tracks from the likes of Actress, Aphex Twin under his Polygon Window alias and Xamiga.
One of the most enjoyable and witty producers going right now, Legowelt has just finished producing a purely analogue slab of bouncy 90′s techno. Fittingly titled ‘Deep Space Gaze’, it features a typically enigmatic quote from Star Trek’s own James T. Kirk.
