The debut album of Gunnar Haslam, an unknown producer from New York City, feels at ease in the L.I.E.S. stable while expanding the range of sounds its constituents are known for.
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Daywalker + CF, You Only Live Once
March 8, 2013 – 1:01 AM
Willie Burns and Entro Senestre debut their collaboration as Daywalker + CF on L.I.E.S. on the almost humorously titled, You Only Live Once.
LWE’s Top 5 Labels of 2012
December 11, 2012 – 1:01 AM
For LWE’s second year-end column, staff writer Steve Kerr rounds up the five most essential imprints of 2012.
Two Dogs In A House, Eliminator
November 8, 2012 – 1:01 AM
Reviving Two Dogs In A House, members Ron Morelli and Jason Letkiewicz present a monstrous odyssey of house/noise cross-pollination, raw machine funk and ominous soundscapes.
Bad News, Real Bad News
August 17, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Label head Ron Morelli teams up with fellow New Yorker Lee Douglas as Bad News for a couple of brutalist drum-machine workouts on Real Bad News.
Torn Hawk, Tarifa
August 9, 2012 – 12:00 AM
The four tracks on Torn Hawk’s debut, Tarifa, resemble soundtrack work and stand in contrast to the L.I.E.S’ more dance floor-oriented releases.
Simoncino, Dreams EP
August 8, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Simoncino’s Dreams EP for Ron Morelli’s L.I.E.S. imprint, although at times showing some flair, fails to stand up alongside much of his other work.
Jahiliyya Fields, Unicursal Hexagram
June 12, 2012 – 10:01 AM
L.I.E.S. continues to move further from the house bins with its longest release to date, the intense synthesizer music of Jahiliyya Fields’ 2×12″ Unicursal Hexagram.
Unknown artist, L.I.E.S 010.5
May 17, 2012 – 12:01 AM
L.I.E.S. continues to flush out and introduce exciting new talents to the world, leaving L.I.E.S. 10.5 in the hands of an unknown artist who may or may not be Legowelt.
Talking Shopcast with Long Island Electrical Systems (L.I.E.S)
March 19, 2012 – 12:01 AM
Long Island Electrical Systems (L.I.E.S.) is exemplary of the private press label renaissance of recent years. LWE sat down with Morelli to discuss the label’s prolific last year and future plans, his straightforward A&R choices, and his feelings on New York’s contemporary club scene. He also contributed Talking Shopcast 15, an effortlessly diverse and eminently replayable mix recorded before his shift at A1 Records.