Galcher Lustwerk 100% Galcher Milk Grey Vinyl Edition

100% GALCHER was by all accounts a game-changer when it landed in 2013 asan hour of original music from a relatively unknown producer ushered in by thebeloved mix series Blowing Up The Workshop. Galcher Lustwerk's signature sound_ a smoky stream-of-consciousness baritone shadow-boxing with beats, informedby funk, rap, rhythm, and blues _ felt like an epiphany, impossibly hypnotic andcomplete. Resident Advisor writes, "100% GALCHER laid out a louche, lysergic andresolutely black take on deep house." Pitchfork remembers the music's immediateimpact: "It's the sort of gem you felt inclined to pass around" _ and by year-endlist time, word-of-mouth intensified. It was Resident Advisor and Juno's mix of the year, and earned a top-ten placement in FACT Magazine's albums list, as well asPhilip Sherburne's personal rundown for Spin." Since then, select songs from 100% GALCHER have seen small-run pressings, while the album has lived primarily onSoundCloud and YouTube as a low-key cult legend. The gateway into Lustwerk'snow well-established catalog, known for its reliability as a late-night listen and itsprophetic vision for the near future of underground dance music. RA would latername it a mix of the decade, citing its influence and imagination: "Original in everysense _ unknown, unheard and unbelievably good." In late 2022, marking ten yearssince he first recorded the material, Lustwerk returns to Ghostly International torelease 100% GALCHER as a remastered limited-edition double LP.Lustwerk is a product of the Midwest. Growing up in Cleveland, he'd tape over hisparents' cassettes and spend hours at his family computer recording loops anddesigning artwork for the jewel cases of burned CDs. In high school, he turned toAbleton Live and absorbed every electronic music magazine he could find at thelocal Borders Books store. As a college student at RISD, he played in noise bands,plugged into Providence's DIY scene via Myspace, and started DJing weeknights atbars downtown. There...