I first heard a Doctor L (Liam Farrell) track on the amazing French compilation series Source Lab. I had a thought to see what this artist was doing after all these years. Seems he's been quite busy and has built a name up for himself as a producer and music maker in France. His father is Irish and his mother is English. He moved to France when he was just little. He played in bands and helped produced French hip hop in the early 90's. The album I picked up was _Forgotten Tracks From Da Hard Drive_. It was released in '06. Most collections like these tend to be on the lame side but this one is pretty solid throughout. Doctor L plays a mix of glitch hop, rare grooves, jazz, R&B, and afrobeats. It's pretty trippy music but it's got a very laid back groove to it that's designed to make you relaxed with all the chaos. Very inventive album. I have a feeling I'll be picking up more Doctor L.
scotfree says
You know, fistula, I've seen a lot of places in my life and time, but none of them seem to correspond to the places you find some of this insanity!! I've got some old hard drives in the basement, I think I'll pry them apart tonight. I must be approaching this all wrong 'em boyo!
Particulary liked "Born To Fight" - was that a challenge??
fistula spume says
Sterfish I think parts of it certainly do sound like RJD2. Maybe RJ's older stuff though. Not sure what to think about the new album.
Scotfree pry away. I like the odd, interesting, forgotten, or obscure.
poebegone says
what chucky said. and what scotfree said: how the hell do you find this shit? that was rhetorical. sam, your mog is one of my ultramegafavorites, thanks.
I first heard a Doctor L (Liam Farrell) track on the amazing French compilation series Source Lab. I had a thought to see what this artist was doing after all these years. Seems he's been quite busy and has built a name up for himself as a producer and music maker in France. His father is Irish and his mother is English. He moved to France when he was just little. He played in bands and helped produced French hip hop in the early 90's. The album I picked up was _Forgotten Tracks From Da Hard Drive_. It was released in '06. Most collections like these tend to be on the lame side but this one is pretty solid throughout. Doctor L plays a mix of glitch hop, rare grooves, jazz, R&B, and afrobeats. It's pretty trippy music but it's got a very laid back groove to it that's designed to make you relaxed with all the chaos. Very inventive album. I have a feeling I'll be picking up more Doctor L.
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