Lawrence Lui new album '8 Songs' out now

RIYL: Daniel Avery, Spiritualized, Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, Oneohtrix Point Never, Tangerine Dream, Bjork, Amon Tobin, Grouper, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Vangelis, Max Cooper, Suicide, Ross From Friends, Codeine, Scott Walker, Huerco S. Sisters Of Mercy, Krzysztof Komeda, Burial, Actress, Chris Watson, Blade Runner OST. Genres: electronic, ambient, experimental, lo-fi techno, downtempo, IDM, dream pop, space rock, slowcore, soundtracks, indietronic.

Just in time for AAPI Heritage Month, acclaimed Chinese-American experimental electronic artist Lawrence Lui releases his debut album 8 Songs, a darkly cinematic 25 minute journey into grainy 70s soundtracks, lo-fi techno, space rock noise, slowcore lyricism and detuned IDM. Featuring Norwegian chanteuse Lucy 22 and mastered by Todd Rittmann of renowned Drag City bands US Maple and Dead Rider, 8 Songs is a haunted jukebox of retro-fantastic sounds spun into a modern context from one of the most adventurous and eclectic acts on the scene today.

One of the most unique electronic music artists working today, Lawrence Lui’s debut EP ‘Retroism’ garnered 5 million streams and support in tastemaker outlets like Magnet Magazine, The Wire Magazine, WFMU, Indie Shuffle, EDM Tunes, Nexus Radio, Big Shot Magazine and more. A remix by Anjunadeep’s Beckwith was released in 2018, followed by an ambitious second EP 'The Genius Of Time' which fused cosmic techno with Buddhist chanson and gonzo songcraft. After contracting Covid-19 in March 2020, Lui recorded ‘Isolation Loops’, an EP of lo-fi ambient music inspired by his personal experience of the pandemic.

• 'At once life-affirming and haunting, 'Isolation Loops' is deep-dive head music for our uncertain times.' -EDM Tunes
• 'Built from abstract electronics, his latest EP was inspired by a spell with Covid-19 that directly informs the release. ‘ASMR’ pivots abruptly between spine-tingling atonal electronics and hauntologic drone.' -The Wire Magazine
• 'a lofi indietronica gem ' -Indie Shuffle
• 'overwhelming sound design' -Tome to the Weather Machine
• 'great EP...amazing!' -Jori Hulkkonen (producer)
• 'One of the biggest names in the world of music' -Espreso Serbia
• 'a beautiful drone chord sets in that is just remarkable in the fact that it keeps you in the moment, you don't want it to stop. I fell in love.' -Kaiku Studios Berlin

Tracklist:

1. Frozen Noon
2. James Caan
3. 1987
4. Seafelt
5. King Of Love
6. Formosa
7. Romanian New Wave
8. The Gray Sonata