Don't miss out tonight at 23:00 this show for ViaSound from Lucy (Stroboscopic Artefacts). Supported by giants of electronic music such as Joris Voorn, Dj Hell, Steve Lawler, Derrick May, Laurent Garnier, John Digweed, James Holden and more, Lucy is confirmed as one of the most interesting newcomers in the underground scene.
Bio:
At 16, Lucy aka Luca Mortellaro embarked on his journey of musical creation, experimenting firstly with analog synths. He moved to Paris in 2006, after creating a name for himself as an underground artist in Italy. In France he dedicated his life to electronic music and attracted interest from several labels and in 2007 had his first releases.
It was James Holden who introduced Lucy's work to Raphael Ripperton, prompting him to release "Glass Computer" on his influential label, Perspectiv Records. Collaborations with cutting edge imprints include Tic Tac Toe Records, Meerestief Records, Curle Recordings, Ware, Time Has Changed and Brise inspired Lucy to launch his own Techno record label, Stroboscopic Artefacts in September 2009, with support from Speedy J, Luce Slater, Loco Dice, Len Faki, Edit-Select to name but a few.

Label concept
Any of various instruments used to observe moving objects by making them appear stationary, especially with pulsed illumination or mechanical devices that intermittently interrupt observation. Stroboscopic Artefacts showcases adventures into electronic music from artists across the world. The label, as the name suggests, acts like a strobe light illuminating pioneering club sounds with each vinyl release. Stroboscopic Artefacts borrows the curiosity of a scientist to search the underground scene for the freshest and deepest Techno. Mostly releasing original tracks with no remixes (with only few exceptions) gives total focus on the identity of the artist. While remixes can expose hidden facts and moods of a track, they can also dilute the original. Our priority is to create no distractions from the artists' vision.
Stroboscopic Artefacts was launched in Berlin, September 2009 by Lucy.

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Releases:

SA002 - Xhin
Release date: 14 Nov 2009
WE SAY:
Stroboscopic Artefacts is proud to welcome on board Singapore-based Xhin. With his production wizardry he has been crafting ominous cuts of cutting-edge techno. “Fixing the Error” is an enormous peak-time club killer. Xhin knits together the sinister sound of the revolt of the machines. High frequency drum machines and ferrous sub-bass synthesizers are working urgently against the clock. Close your eyes, dissolve, step into dystopia. You are transported into a post-human cityscape where strobes reflect off smelting metallic sounds and deafening alarms wail. These warning codes, layer upon layer, fashion a vision of a metropolis gorging itself on sprawling noises. The flip side, “Link” has no narrative. Instead, this deep, brooding slice of dub-techno is composed of pure atmospheric pressure. The undercarrige slithers and slinks, interrupted by crackles of lightening and prehistoric rumbles. The result is a construction created in a cold palate of pyrite grey: bubbling, spherical and terrifying. This is dark. This is urgent. This is Xhin. The release also generously includes two digital-only bonus dj tools, to expose the DNA of Xhin’s playful ideas.



Fixing The Error//Link
Released: 18 Sep 2009
WE SAY:
Stroboscopic Artefacts' first vinyl release is an incendiary two track EP. Label founder Lucy gives us a visionary blueprint for the future Stroboscopic Artefacts releases, etching out the soundtrack for an apocalyptic club scenario. Out of the A-side's dark, pulsing beats and itchy baselines, a granular voice rises up. Krishnamurti's rasping vocal cuts through, creating a colossal techno track. The result is a hybrid of the physical need to dance fusing with the cerebral. Amid resonant piano samples and utopian 60s strings, a crystalline question emerges: "Why Don't You Change"? In the middle of a hazy, overcrowded dance floor this peak-time guerrilla track hints at a moment of epiphany. On the B-side "Dub Man Walking", Lucy's dub-roots background collides with his techno identity. The heavy drum machine structure is injected with obsessive dubby baselines and intersected by high frequency distortion. The track floats, the elements never fully solidify, instead they surge forward becoming ever more urgent. Lucy mixed and arranged "Dub Man Walking" live using his faithful Mackie MS 1202 to keep the texture warm in an old skool way.


Upcoming releases and flowers on Stroboscopic Artefacts by: Obtane, Ercolino, Frank Martiniq, October, Luke Hess...