Believe it or not, it's Lavurn Lee's first ever record under his own name. He's previously released under heaps of aliases like the incredible Cassius Select, Guerre, FAKE, as well as a member of the gone-too-soon-but-fondly-remembered hero trio Black Vanilla (or later BV).
Lavurn hit Sydney's radar initially as Guerre (see: River Hymnal, or here's a clip from a 2011 show I put on in a coffee shop in Epping) - and then suddenly he discovered Maschine and tore off in the direction of Cassius Select's immediately club-focused sparse, clipped, dark beat chemistry (go digging, it's worth it)
This is an interesting new spin that alchemises a little of everything Lavurn's done to date, in a fractured, low-lit, contemplative mood. It draws a little of what you might hear from lo-fi experimental folk you'd find on blogs in around 2008, cloud rap, I hear resemblences to the likes of Timothy Duval or Nosaj Thing, or ambience-favouring R&B like Kelela.
I fucking love it, is what I'm saying.
Lavurn is out through the SUMAC record label that was founded by Jon Watts, DJ Plead and T.Morimoto - all of whom came up in the early 2010s Sydney electronic scene and continue to do incredible things wherever in the world they are.
