Luomo: The Present Lover

Benelux distributor.

grrrr...

heheh, that's "Old Europe" for ya. :) One month to go, I can live with that.

... is all I can think or say right now.

Also why I have i not heard this MRI remix of "tessio" before?

btw, the bridge (that's right, bridge) on "What Good" is the most heart-stoppingly ecstatic moment of his career so far.

The Massive Attack remix is astonishing, what you would expect from a Luomo remix at first which, naturally, is great, and then it goes on a microrave tip, complete with a couple of outstanding Orbital-style moments. I don't have the words to explain it but some of you do, so please seek it out.

Has anyone else got "Waltz For Your Eyes", the limited 12" on scheinselbständig (sst 5)? Tricky to find but it looks like it's still available at Juno Records. It's not the best thing he's done to be honest, but it has a nice acoustic guitar feel, half r'n'b and half Balearic, and a nice lyric - "Can't look at their eyes anymore, it's you I wanna be living for" - reputedly meant for his loved one. Perhaps the old goat has settled down and doesn't need to elliptically orbit his lyrical purpose any more.

Is the Euro-American release date disparity a pan-Atlantic date formatting confusion? 6/9 means the 6th of September in these parts.

And Matos, do you need any favours doing? Lawns watering? Windows cleaning? Ovens degreasing? Give us a shout, I'm sure I'll think of something you could do for me.

Oh, and I watched Vladislav Delay live few weeks ago. I can't listen to IDM glitch at all any more, and I went just because I was hoping he'd throw in some forthcoming Luomo material in the mix for surprise - all I got was an acapella at the end. The Delay stuff I just can't enjoy and appreciate, but the guy himself was reeeeally into it, swaying in trance and punching the air with every eardrum-rupturing glitch. He also dropped in Tricky's "Christiansands" and "Makes Me Wanna Die" for no apparent reason in the midst of his act (I 've heard that apparently, his three fave albums ever are "Maxinquaye", "Protection" and "No Protection"). And he started off with the intro from the Tweet album! Love the guy.

Also, he's super HOTT!!! Why he chose those old baldhead shots for promo pics mystifies me. He's let some hair down in the meantime, and now looks like the most shaggable, beautifulest scandinavian lovegod ever!

(if you can tell the difference you're lying, especially if you're encoding it to MP3)

I've heard reports that the album's starting to get around a bit.

has someone made it up ?

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what're the sources?

anyway i love presents but i'm not sure if i love luomo; i haven't heard the new one but it seems sort of wibbly

what makes you the stranger?

i'm the present, the true lover

best album

Word

ow oh ao ao oooo oooooo

don't say it's false.

i'm only following my thoughts.

Perfect album.

some of the synths on "what good" are blowing my mind

One of my fave albums. Reminds me of Barthes.

It's no Vocalcity. Both of them pale next to Karhunainen, however.

I guess we don’t look for the same thing in Luomo but this is just no contest for me. Present Lover is super classic, the rest is far behind.

Karhunainen is great but lol at the idea that it holds a candle to either of the first two luomo albums.

luomo is the only music i've listened to for the last like 3 weeks

I'm cleaning up black coffee and feta cheese

Jordan question:

The Weeknd:Vampire Weekend::Luomo:”the rhythm of the saints”?

That doesn't look like the right order for that comparison.

I would still love to see it explained

Also thanks for reminding me to check Convivial again

The next Luomo album, 2003's The Present Lover, was a major label misadventure

annoyed to be reminded that this sentiment is common enough that apparently it had to be stated in the resident advisor vocalcity rewind review

Dumbfuckery of the highest order.

still one of my favorite and most-listened-to records

Same here. Instantly takes me back to 2004 too. Walking round a rainy Barcelona. Techno and house had collided with radio pop and things would never be the same again