MUMBA: Loco Dice has unveiled his darkly eclectic album, Love Letters, a 15-track embodiment of his diverse production range. Featuring latest single We’re Alive, the most highly anticipated record of his recent sets.
Dice’s third studio album after 7 Dunham Place and Underground Sound Suicide sees him reflecting on his musical influences and connections to Dusseldorf and beyond. The album is packed with the producer’s typically forceful tones, which blur the lines between house and techno. Utilizing the bristling sounds and smooth drum beats, Dice’s ‘Love Letters’ album serves as an aural embodiment of the tones which make his sound so unique.
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Throughout ‘Love Letters’, Dice uses his own vocals more frequently than on previous albums, which makes the production both trippy and personal, representing past and present.
Addressing his listeners via special sleeve inside the 3×12“vinyl album edition, Dice stated in a written statement, “It’s been a while since I’ve released anything in the form of an album. This time everything happened differently than my previous albums where I had the story or the concept first and where the music was my soundtrack to that story. This time the music came first – making and collecting music, having a good time in the studio without any pressure. It was not clear at all what to do with all this. To release it or not, if I have club 12” singles, or if I should just keep everything, but it felt good.”
I looked around me and started to let only positive vibes into my surroundings and after I finished producing the 1st single Roots, everything came together. The missing link was there. It was clear to me that this is an album that belongs on my label, Desolat. The music on Love Letters is filled with the positive energy and love that I have received around the world. Every piece on this album is like a mini letter, hence the name, A Love Letter.”
With a trio of collaborations on the album, Dice drafts in Willam Djoko on Out Of Reach, Eddie Fowlkes on D Town Playaz and English rapper Serious Klein on Selflove.
Being a fan and follower of the latter, an MC who is based in Germany, and who is deeply influenced by genres like soul, funk and trap, Dice invited Serious Klein to his Daddyscrib studio, and the perfect blend was formed – not only based on their mutual African roots.
Dice has also been a fan of Amsterdam based producer William Djoko for a long time. As Out Of Reach began to take shape, it was clear for Dice that only Amsterdam’s finest Djoko could provide the final shape he envisaged on the release.
The third feature on the LP comes from Detroit godfather Eddie Fowlkes on the appropriately named D Town Playaz, which also includes Dice’s own vocals. Eddie is a longtime friend of Dice, and the track is the teaser for the things to come, many of which are mentioned in the track.
Continuing to headline the biggest clubs and festivals around the world, Loco Dice has directed his endless passion and musical sensibilities to bare upon his Desolat label, with a stream of records released from some of the most exciting artists around and supported by DJs across the globe. The release of Love Letters marks Loco’s first studio album since the 2015 arrival of Underground Sound Suicide, with latest single We’re Alive out now. The release is available via digital format as well as 3 x 12” vinyl release on Desolat.
