Leb Laze gets on the Matchless ship
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Matchless Music is proud to announce that DJ Leb Laze is now part of the Matchless Music clan. Leb Laze’s newly released album, “Rasheed’s Dream,” is out now on Arepaz, which has been responsible for some really sick releases as of late. Cheers to them.
Arepaz says… Out now is the debut of Ryan Rasheed aka Leb Laze, entitled “Rasheed’s Dream”. Representing the Lebanese immigrants, this Brooklyn dweller drops one of the best album’s we at Arepaz have heard all year, up there with Chris Devoe’s debut release “The Perception Of Obstacles”. Leb Laze’s masterpiece features Francisco Rodriguez Jr., Toko Yasuda of Enon, Zano Bathroom, Shannon Funchess and Beth Moon. And remixes by Epstein, Chris Devoe and Leyode. Check out the promo video! If you’re a Prefuse 73 fan you might even recognize Leb Laze as he’s traveled all over the world as his official DJ …and we agree.
A brief history of accolades for Leb Laze…
From Thrill Jockey:
Having spent the past few years touring with the Prefuse 73 steamroller, Leb-Laze (Atlanta DJ and producer Ryan Rasheed) might be expected to drop some kinda glitch-hop steez on Life in the Wilderness, the follow-up to his debut Eastern Developments EP, Pressure. Instead, Life in the Wilderness finds Rasheed lost in a fever dream, ducking and dodging an army of Michael Knight imposters high on crunk juice. As the paranoia mounts, Rasheed plays ringmaster to a dense mix of ping-ponging guitars, rolling drums, and his own keyboard manipulations.
This record is ideal for sporting events and powder-fueled car chases. Life in the Wilderness features Randy Castello (The Flakes, Tight Bros Network), Alex Lambert (The Flakes, Blame Game, Lie & Swell), Nisa Asokan (Fifth Planet Press), and John Simmons (Knamiproko).
Discogs says:
Leblaze is the moniker of Atlanta DJ Ryan Raja Rasheed. Rasheed’s been around for a good minute on the Atlanta/Decatur arthouse and house party circuit playing that smooth krunksoft fonk that breaks up those bullsh-y arthead conversations and drives asses to immediate twerkin’. He comes to us from a vast musical background that stretches from Steely Dan to M.F.Doom, from Dungeon family to Can, from Gary Newman to Nobody, not to mention a host of under-the-radar, obscure and old soul, funk, and r&b that the rest of us seem somehow to’ve either missed or discarded.
When he’s not working up the art and magics in his Atlanta studio, Leblaze stays in shape as Prefuse 73’s silent (really silent) partner on tour – you’ve probably seen him buried in hair and tables across the stage Prefuse, seemingly oblivious to the crowd, hell, seemingly unaware of himself.
On Pressure, his solo debut, along with Ahmad Szabo, Leblaze brings us a solid vibe in a well balanced, evenly composed sound collage – electric resin, pleasantly piercing horns and spacic strings expand, burst and dissolve under the supervsion and structure of hard, carbonated Prefusian beats that keeps everything honest. Pressure is a nice and smooth 20+ minute dose of soft pimpin, slow-mo bootyshake and warm venom. We think it stands as a fitting preface to good thangs to come from one of our favorite deejays.
