The LAWA (acronym for Alain Leonard + Alex Wank) Album MANIPULATION is out on black or blue mixed color 180g Vinyl and shipping now! Get your copy of this wonderful item and great sounding album.
LAWA
(Acronym for LEONARD ALAIN WANK ALEX)
MANIPULATION (Cine 27)
LP 180g blue/black mixed colored Vinyl lim. 300 copies
LP 180g Black Vinyl lim. 200 copies
Release Date 9th October 2022
MANIPULATION (Cine 27) and it’s Sister Record INSTRUMENTALISATION (Cine 28) will be released separately as Vinyls. Manipulation in October 2022, Instrumentalisation beginning of 2023. There will be a CD Version with both Albums on one CD, this will be released as an CD Edition with a different, combined artwork and the Vinyl Version of INSTRUMENTALISATION will be equipped with that CD. (That is the reason for no CD with MANIPULATION). The CD Version will have an different track order and there will be always an Interlude connecting the tracks which means the music will never stop.
If you preorder the MANIPULATION / INSTRUMENTALISATION Vinyl Set you will get in October the MANIPULATION LP and beginning 2023 the INSTRUMENTALISATION Vinyl plus CD for a special Set price and one time shipping costs!
LAWA
The Parallax View
CINEPLOIT
9/10
SOMETHING NEW WITH SYNTH: There is a ridiculous amount of retro inspired synth based and synthwave artists out there, perhaps too many to count, but the cream does rise to the top.
Case in point? LAWA, and their latest effort for the always reliable Cineploit Records, The Parallax View. The album takes its name from the classic paranoid political thriller from the 1970s and dives head first into some classic movie themes from the world of international genre cinema. LAWA itself is an acronym for its two members, Leonard Alain and Wank Alex, who have recorded musical tributes to specific composers in the past, such as Riz Ortolani, but this album stretches things a bit and runs the gamut with regards to style.
Sci-fi, giallo, horror, action, and good ol’ exploitation films all get the LAWA treatment here, which means that they get sliced, diced, and put into a pot of gooey synth excellence. They then emerge with fresh arrangements by Alain and Wank, giving them a taste that still evokes memories of their original cinematic flavor but with a bright spice that’s flavored by the duo’s seemingly boundless creativity.
The opening cut from Sergio Martino’s film 2019: After the Fall of New York retains that catchy, brassy refrain from composers Guido and Maurizio de Angelis, but LAWA makes it sound thicker and creepier. Yours truly actually wasn’t familiar with Jacques Revaux’s score to the 80s action flick Asphalt Warriors, but LAWA’s take on the hard driving theme makes me want to investigate further, while their chopping up of Ennio Morricone’s Revolver and Alessandro Alessandroni’s Killer Nun sound suitably twisted and unsettling.
Speaking of twisted, their post-punk PiL take on the 1976 giallo Plot of Fear is all fuzz, blown out speakers, and fucking glory, while their version of Nico Catanese’s Satan’s Baby Doll retains all of the original’s softcore Euro sleaze. There’s one original cut on here, the title track, and although the cover material is certainly appreciated, LAWA’s creative skill certainly demands a full-length of new material. “The Parallax View” is tense and anxiety inducing with driving percussion that one imagines is trying to replicate the film’s obscene paranoia. It kills.
Cineploit has made a its mark for a while now as a label with one of the most trustworthy roster of artists out there. You’re likely to strike gold even if you’ve never heard of the artist in question. That’s definitely the case here for anyone out there who hasn’t yet checked out anything from LAWA. Consider this one with a very high recommendation. ~ George Pacheco
Alain Leonard and Alex Wank aka LAWA are Viennas resident specialists in re-activating, recycling and reconstructing cult European Soundtrack Themes and this, their third album, follows Omaggio a Frizzi & Fulci (2012) and Omaggio a Riz Ortolani (2015) with an exploration of sounds from the outer limits of Italian and French Cinema of the 70´ s and 80 ´ s.
Employing a dark, brooding and deeply atmospheric electronic palette with occasional detectable echoes of Goblin and John Carpenter. LAWA bring their chosen Themes to life in a new and challenging way while remaining true to the spirit to the originals, wether they be the work of G & M de Angelis (After the Fall of New York), Alessandro Alessandroni (Killer Nun), Michel Legrand (The Outside Man) or Ennio Morricone (Revolver). Challenging and endlessly inventive, this is as rewarding a Programme of futuristic re-visitations, re-inventions an re-imaginings of a select Playlist of cult Euro soundtracks as you could hope to encounter.
Grahame Bent for SHINDIG! Magazin Februar 2021 * 4 Stars of 4
In their dark electronic Style these tracks appear in a new brilliance and proof the excellent handcraft these songs were done - and they were created by extraordinaire Composers. In some cases the versions of LAWA are close to the original others were idea giver for their own creation.
„THE PARALLAX VIEW“ (Cine 23) is coming as black or coloured Vinyl/CD Set or as CD Edition.
