Track of the Day: Christian Löffler - Unknown

Track of the Day: Christian Löffler - Unknown

[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/234338323" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]Happy Monday!  So far most of my track selections would be classified as tech house.  And while I do love my ominous, high energy music, this morning I thought I would turn the dial back a notch or two and choose something slightly more lighthearted.  Last month Christian Löffler released his ‘Lost EP’ on Italian label Just This.  The new EP offers listeners two new original tracks as well as a pair of remixes from Nuno Dos Santos and Lake People.  The B-side, ‘Unknown’, is a beautiful track reminiscent of Icelandic band Sigur Ros.  ‘Unknown’ utilizes chimes and clicks to elicit an airy, uplifting sound while a low, droning bass drives the track. The remix by Nuno Dos Santos, on the other hand, offers an entirely different take on the track.  Definitely worth checking out as well.[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/236040769" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]Löffler grew up in a small German town near the Baltic Sea.  Coming from a generally secluded region without much of a local music scene to draw on, Löffler taught himself the basics of electronic music production.  He started making music at the age of 14 and has been following his passion since.  When asked to describe his own music he calls it a combination of melancholy and euphoria.  An apt description.  Löffler, who also works as a visual artist, draws on the natural world and human emotion for inspiration.  His primary concern when making music is telling a story that develops as it goes along.  Perhaps that is why his work resonates so strongly.  You can feel it grow.  “All my music is connected by a gloomy spirit,” says Löffler, ”which is minted by a warm sincerity. I try to merge all kinds of different acoustic colors to obtain this feeling in my music.”Löffler has found much success recently having played a phenomenal Boiler Room set last year as well as releasing one of my new favorite mixes on SSENSE.  In 2009 Löffler co-founded Ki Records, a label and art collective that is dedicated to “[diversity] in sound and genre”.[soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/222302152" params="color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]