Lapalux
“The Hours”
Single (Self-Released)
A couple of years ago, this esoteric, Essex-based producer turned my head with the spacious, heady “Time Spike Jamz” — the lead single from his devastating Many Faces Out of Focus EP. Since then, the artist governmentally known as Stuart Howard has released his brilliant Brainfeeder debut, When You’re Gone, and is set to release another EP this year. Like much of his best work, “The Hours” is all about mood, and the 22 year-old’s mood ring is colored pensive and nostalgic here. Howard has never been big on vocals — preferring to let them flitter in and out like a midmorning nap — and preferes to leave the heavy lifting to his evocative, wonky melodies. Characteristically excellent.
