klaus layer: lost track
Francisco Espregueira
From Berlin a new album designed to shake up global soundwaves. Klaus Layer's latest effort is his sixth album on Redefinition Records, but his first solo project to feature all vocals over his boom bap infused productions. On Lost Track Klaus assembles an international team of top notch MCs to grace his legendary underground hip hop beats. Amazing features from the Artifacts, Hex One, Simple One and most prominently Blu, on no less than four of the albums nine tracks.
This is a pure rap album, made with passion for the craft with something unique to explore. The album title refers to the rarity of this particular material and a nod to the bespoke graff burner ("Crook") which graces the album cover. Lost Track will sonically appeal to beat fiends yearning for the raw samples and smacking drums as well as pure rap fans who wanna hear more than mumbles.
It's safe to say that the album doesn't fall short of any of his previous work - Society Collapse and his Abstractions EP with rapper K.A.A.N. - so make it a point to add this to your collection before the end of the line. Limited color vinyl version exclusive on Redefinition Records and hhv.de.