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L.A. native Henry Laufer, the 23-year-old producer better known as Shlohmo, is a lo-fi beat junkie and field-recording enthusiast, whose crackling, low-BPM compositions update Boards of Canada’s filmstrip-soundtrack wooziness.

An LA native, Laufer grew up listening to “stuff like DJ Shadow, Amon Tobin, M83 stuff with some sort of cinematic vision.” He started making beats when he was 14, but “didn’t really do it with any sort of purpose until I was like 17 or 18. That was also around the time he and his friends, already fans of Flying Lotus, discovered Low End Theory. Shlohmo has rocketed onto our radar screen in recent months with his lo-fi, psychedelic mix of abstract hip-hop, bouncy synth-funk, breezy trip-hop, and what sounds like lost Mo’ Wax gems from an alternate future.

His tracks swarm from dirty textures, strange sounds and obscured samples. It’s not hip-hop what you hear, but the echoes are clearly there.

He also part-runs the WEDIDIT Collective.

His Shlo-fi EP is available for free download at Error Broadcast label website.

In 2011, Laufer released a full length LP called “Bad Vibes”, which was drenched in the obscure sounds as his first EP. However, it was evident that Laufer refined his sound and created a more atmospheric environment for his listeners. The tracks have a more definitive beat and rhythm as well as barely audible sounds which become the center of the track itself. Most reviews of “Bad Vibes” have raved about how this young, talented DJ is really making a mark in this genre whilst finding his own sound simultaneously.
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  • JamieThomasT

    Trapped in a burning house = Heroin sound.

    19 May 9:39am Reply

  • JackTheRipperHi

    Similar Artists My Bloody Valentine

    18 May 3:48pm Reply

  • ImmortalPride

    BAD VIBESSSSSSSSSSSSS FFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAAAAACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

    17 May 7:11am Reply

  • Feejee

    hm...

    13 May 11:25am Reply

  • tahbyfet

    Slept on Bad Vibes initially... now kicking myself

    3 May 12:33am Reply

  • shiggedyshwa

    @tolvuvit your comment would have been appreciated minus the words "trap hi-hats". SWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAGSWAG

    19 Apr 3:07pm Reply

  • mushroomsseason

    it feels anesthesic, counting: 10...9...8..._______

    17 Apr 1:41am Reply

  • beanasaur

    https://soundcloud.com/aumalu/wednesday

    14 Apr 8:51pm Reply

  • piginaspacesuit

    link for anyone curious... http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/shlohmo/20055291-37382669

    10 Apr 7:54pm Reply

  • piginaspacesuit

    WHOA i just discovered his daytrotter set. can't believe I missed that.. definitely one of the best things he's done (I know it's live reworks of already existing songs, still unbelievably tight)

    10 Apr 7:53pm Reply

  • tolvuvit

    Laid Out is deep and hard sometimes because of the emotive moments and ghostly feelings. Maybe that is kinda boring for the trap hi-hats and hip-hop fans on the Shlohmo sound. "Don't Say No" for exemple, trap hi-hats exist, but with unique falsetto by Tom Krell, "smokescreen of synth and blown-out guitars", mixes with "disembodied voices moan sweet nothings" as Andrew Ryce said. Simple melodies and penetrating bass, common Henry Laufer caracteristic, and his inspiration with shoegaze and downtempo. That lead into a sublime angst, more contemplative than bored feeling.

    5 Apr 2:42pm Reply

  • hannustratet

    laid out is really fantastic

    5 Apr 3:44am Reply

  • juicesound

    God

    2 Apr 11:13am Reply

  • miss_carriage

    how can you say the laid out ep is boring? its beautiful art! i love it and i feels so good! put it and without are deep and fucking hard!

    2 Apr 10:44am Reply

  • christophrbeato

    bo beep is fucking dopee

    2 Apr 2:29am Reply

  • Radio_Luz

    Shlohmo feat. Jeremih - Bo Peep (Do U Right) jednym z singli tygodnia w Radiu Luz! Słuchaj nas na 91,6 fm we Wrocławiu lub online - worldwide.

    25 Mar 12:52pm Reply

  • GrubenHocker

    i cant find words that even come close to describing how deeply i fell in love with laid out... just wow.

    24 Mar 10:37pm Reply

  • valueable

    'Later' is the shit rightt therrrr

    22 Mar 1:42pm Reply

  • ManuBomb

    Bo Peep is pretty pretty

    21 Mar 1:49pm Reply

  • soindierock

    http://stereofox.com/post.php?idPost=3213 stereofox showing some love and respect ^^

    21 Mar 8:48am Reply
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