Parisian imprint Lumière Noire continue to navigate the liminal zones of sound art and club culture with their second 4-track various artists compilation ‘Flash Vol. 2‘.
Bringing together four artists with very different sonic lexicons but a shared affinity for the unpredictable. Stockholm-based producer Paresse opens the dispatch with ‘SEM EMS’, a dubwise detour cloaked in machine-made grooves and low-end fog.
Bordeaux-based sound architect Costello injects serrated minimalism into ‘Fresh Flesh’, evoking dystopian disco with haunted organ stabs and twisted metallic edges. Third track ‘Venere’ sees label boss CHLOÉ and Destiino (Yuksek’s spectral alias) reunite for a phantasmagoric abstraction blending synths, stuttering FX and a kind of hypnotic collage that hovers somewhere between trance and musique concrète.
Our pick is the final offering ‘H00V‘ from Frankfurt-based producer Lauer – a track that doesn’t so much announce itself as crash in through the side door. Built on a snarling, rubberized bassline and precision-tooled garage drums, ‘H00V’ flirts with early-2000s UK Garage while keeping one eye locked on the horizon. Bells shimmer, snares pop like pressure valves and laser-drenched FX cascade through the mix like echoes in a steel corridor. The result is a tightly coiled, club-ready transmission that feels both nostalgic and spatially adventurous.
‘Flash Vol. 2‘ is scheduled for release 6th June via Lumière Noire. Order a copy.
TRACKLIST
1. Paresse – SEM EMS
2. Costello – Fresh Flesh
3. Destiino & CHLOÉ – Venere
4. Lauer – H00V