LAWRENCE – ARTIST PROFILE
June 6th, 2006 by rui
Lawrence’s magnificent third album ‘The Night Will Last Forever’, seamlessly pulls together the mixture of house, minimal techno and deep ambient influences from his previous two albums and sees him continue the experimental narrative with emotive melodies and gorgeous electronic house grooves.
Lawrence, real name Peter M. Kersten, hails from Germany’s rainy north – Hamburg. Already the producer of two wonderful albums for his own Dial imprint and Ladomat (namely ‘Lawrence’ and ‘The Absence of Blight’) his growing reputation as one of Germany’s hottest new producers hasn’t gone unnoticed. Already receiving glowing praise from Kompakt’s Wolfgang Voigt amongst a growing following of international admirers ( Dave Miller, Martin L Gore, John Tejada, Tobias Thomas, Andre Galuzzi, Sven Vaeth, just to name a few) , his deep and beautiful orchestrations are finding themselves as equally at home as on his much beloved dancefloor.
As a DJ, Lawrence currently holds down residencies at Hamburg’s Golden Pudel Club and Click whilst on his and Carsten Jost’s Dial label he has released numerous 12”s under the name of Sten in what might be termed a more minimal techno style. Then there is his Lloyd alter ego whereby he makes abstract hip hop and there is also an ‘in progress’ ambient guitar project called Bordeaux helmed by Turner, Carsten Jost, Peter and Martin Hossbach, the owner of the Masseundmacht label.
From the opening delicate piano on ‘Lost Images’ and the deep bass lines and atmospheric melody of his first single ‘Swap’ to the closing melodic refrains of ‘Leave Me Tomorrow’, we are gradually drawn into the perpetual twilight of Lawrence’s nocturnal world. ‘The Night Will Last Forever’ perfectly cements Peter’s Lawrence incarnation, taking the listener on an emotional melodic journey. His first album on novamute sees a slight change from the label’s typical catalogue but undoubtedly one that will be greeted with the enthusiasm and interest it deserves.
Ths preceeding single‚ ‘Swap’ featuring remixes from Carsten Jost and Serafin was released on 2nd May.
