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Joe Lewandowski is back on skylax records after the 2020 release of his supercharged "Egosexual" EP. This time, the young French prodigy is tackling another of his influences : the New Wave ! And for this new release, he is accompanied on the vocal by the wonderful voice of STOLT on the brilliant “Here I Am” which invokes on the dancefloor the ghosts of Human League, Visage as well as the grandiloquence of the Associates or even David Bowie (yes sir !). In A2 “Casual” invites us for an extremely powerful and trippy black techno road trip that will turn more than one dancefloor. On the B-side, we find at the controls a long-time friend of the skylax team, the brilliant Lauer with 2 Dantesque remixes of “Here I Am”, vocal and instrumental, which are one of the best thing in music we heard for the last 10 years at least, remembering the legendary french club “le pulp”, Blackstrobe (from the first era) and early electrolash with little touches of EBM and Italo-disco. A twilight MASTERPIECE.
"Joe Lewandowski may still be relatively young, but some of his musical inspirations are undoubtedly vintage - as this return to Skylax Records for the first time since 2020 proves. 'Here I Am' sees the Paris-based New Yorker team up with vocalist STOLT for a trip into moody, turn-of-the-80s new wave territory. As you'd expect from someone with Lewandowski's track record, it's a beautifully authentic and stylish production that adds Johnny Marr style guitars and STOLT's impassioned vocals to Visage-esque electronics and fuss-free drum machine beats. Confirmed retro-futirist Lauer delivers vocal and instrumental remixes that strip out the guitars and boost the raw, alien-sounding new wave synths, while bonus cut 'Casual' is a surging dark Italo-goes-new wave throb-job tailor-made for peak-time dancefloors."
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Support :
📌 Ransom Note
"Casual is great"
📌 Faze Magazine
"Amazing release. "Here I Am" is such a hit. 5/5"
📌 Boris Dolinski (Ostgut)
"Support ! 5/5"
📌 Claude Von stroke
"Superb ! 4/5"
📌 Arnaud Rebotini
"Great EP!"
📌 The Hacker
"Tres bon, j’aime beaucoup le remix de lauer, très death in June"
📌 Jennifer Cardini
"Cool ! 5/5"
📌 Massimiliano Pagliara
"great tunes!"
📌 Spencer Parker
"id love a WAV of “casual” please - really great rec- love it !"
📌 Dax J
"5/5"
📌 Maceo Plex
"Sounds good !"
📌 Ross Allen (NTS)
"Nice EP. Here I am is great"
📌 Angel Molina
"'Here I am (Lauer MKII Instrumental)' for me here, great mixture of 80's dark and italo music. Death In June's The Calling came to my mind, and that's ALWAYS good. Thanks!"
📌 Adriatique
"Great ep"
📌 Alinka
"Love this! 5/5"
📌 DJ T
"Full support ! 4/5"
📌 Christian Vance
"Striker is striking! Mega! Casual is anthemic. Darkness. Hope. I love it. I cannot wait to play it unexpectedly with full abandon. Heroic yet casually."
📌 Franz Scala
"Great release as always. Lauer remix is stellar !"
📌 Minimal Compact
"I like the original here i Am and the Lauer rmx, both excellent tracks!"
📌 Jerry Bouthier
"love the inst, right up my New Order street thx supportin'"
📌 Alkalino
"welcome to the dark side. EBM not EDM. solid one!"
📌 DJ Rocca
"Lauer Instrumental Remix is ace"
📌 Michel Gauber
"Love it"
📌 Sean Johnston
"Great stuff! 5/5"
📌 Eric Duncan
"thanks! 5/5"
📌 Principleasure
"Awesome"
📌 Bobby Starrr (Jack The Box / Hypernatural.Berlin)
"Casual is well arranged and the 'French Kiss' slo-mo breakdown is superb, I like the original Here I am with the vocals the most, I have visions of a sweaty dark lit floor with Divine on stage :)"
📌 Chris Fortier
"sounds good"
📌 Neil Parnell
"great ep 4/4"
📌 Steve Frisco
"merci cool ;-)"
📌 L.D.F.
"Great music as always!"
📌 Guillaume Hard Fist
"Tres tres chaud les dernieres sorties Skylax ! Je serai content de pouvoir les passer sur mon emission de Mutant Disco"
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FORTHCOMING March 30th 2021
Joe Lewandowski feat STOLT "Here I Am (Lauer MKII Remixes)"
A1.Here I am
A2.Casual
B1.Here I am (Lauer MKII Version)
B2.Here I am (Lauer MKII Instrumental)
SKYLAX CLASSIC 11 / LAXC11
credits
released March 2, 2023
Executive-Producer – Hardrock Striker
Producer – Joe Lewandowski
Written-By A1, B1 & B2 – Joe Lewandowski & STOLT
Additional production on B1 & B2 by Lauer
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Skylax Records
Copyright (c) – Skylax Records
Mastering at MB Mastering
Two dozen globe-spanning tracks compiled by CC:DISCO! with something for everyone: dreamy ambient, rubbery electro-funk, techno, & more. Bandcamp New & Notable May 29, 2021