With his new album ‘Cruel Optimism’ slated for release on the 17th of February, Room40 founder Lawrence English serves up an expansive and hopeful Fact mix.
“Titled ‘Everything Turns Out Golden’ – a wink at recent news events, we think – English’s FACT mix is ‘a collision of themes,’ he tells us: ‘connection, affect, loss, transgression, protest and rebirth.’
“From György Ligeti to Grouper, Techno Animal to David Toop, ‘these are all songs that have reached me over the past while,’ he says, ‘a lot of them during the making of Cruel Optimism, and generally made me realise why music is so loaded with potential meaning and use! Everything co-habitats here.
“‘There’s also a tip of the hat to folks we lost, like Tony Conrad, who left in their wake such a hugely inspiring collection of work and influence.'”
Lawrence English joins us for two exclusive performances at Rewire x Korzo #5 on Saturday 18 February. Linking up with Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart, the duo present the Dutch debut ofHEXA and their score for David Lynch’s ‘Factory Photographs’. Lawrence English also performs solo, while Dutch sound artist Zeno van den Broek completes the bill.