“It seemed to me that people were playing the mystery card because I didn’t have any social media,” Galcher Lustwerk told Crack recently, referring to the breakout success of his 100% Galcher mixtape a couple years back. “I don’t see it as wanting to be anonymous, but especially now with the internet, I want to step back and I guess using that air of mystery helps me do that, helps me live my life. I just want to live a really private life, and I don’t feel the need to display it online. Beside the music.”
One of the ways Lustwerk is letting his underground house tracks speak for themselves is through his new Lustwerk Music imprint, which unveiled two separate EPs over the past month. Available to stream in full below, I Neva Seen and Parlay give six 100% Galcher recordings a proper 140g vinyl pressing—they had to be redone after a computer crash—alongside dub versions of each title track. A solid intro to one of Brooklyn’s most promising dance producers, albeit one that leaves us wondering when we can expect a proper Lustwerk LP…
