Hugo LX Electronic & Dance 2 Artikel

After a string of releases in 2016, french journeyman and beat craftsman Hugo LX returns on Balance Recordings with his first House long player. Supposedly designed as a more traditional 3-tracks offering, the project progressively turned into a two parts album, reflecting on past, present and future events through organic electronic music, with the loss of a dear friend and men­tor as the turning point. Instead of a contemplative tribute piece, this effort focuses on storytelling, narrating crucial life moments through various song and interlude formats, colours and musical styles, producing a vaporous yet funky, jazzy and hiphop infused house music, flirting with soulful atmospheres and ambiant elec­tronic textures.

After several years of hip hop productions, prestigious collaborations and a handful Deep House releases on the best labels of the gender, Hugo LX comes back with Akegata, new LP embodying five years of travelling. In Akegata (sunrise in Japanese), Hugo tells us the birth and the evolution of that universe during the past five years he spent exploring the planet. Concept album around an experimental tale, the opus relates the encounters, the ordeals but also the mutation of music during this period. As a vision that would requires some time to be seen clearly, Akegata unleashes itself from musical codes and genders to became a better reflection of its era while being out of time.