Legowelt's Latest Album Explores a New Genre, "Amateur Space Jazz"

Extraordinarily prolific Dutch producer Danny Wolfers, a.k.a. Legowelt, today released a trippy downtempo album under his given name, titled Unfolding The Future With Amateur Space Jazz. Comprised of nine hazy tracks in its eponymous style, the release also comes with a 24-page graphic novel in physical or PDF form.

According to Discogs, Wolfers has produced records under over 30 aliases to date, and this is only his second release under his given name, following 2015's Swan Song Of The Skunkape Original Soundtrack LP. Aside from a few tracks, the record is a mostly beatless affair, featuring lots of meandering keyboard word and zoned-out synth runs.

He described the "amateur space jazz" style in a statement on Bandcamp. "One could call it a Lo-Fi minimal wavish version of cosmic space jazz and anything closely related to it… from spiritual soul, g-funk, ethiopian jazz to ambient and everything in between," he said.

"No knowledge of musical theory is required… played with a D.I.Y. punk approach on crappy digital synthesizers—preferably with dubious renditions of real instruments. Warmed up to the right temperature with some offbeat effectsbox. Multitracking is a technique widely used… to create a 'one person band with all its members oneself's multidimensional copies in time.'"

Earlier this year, Wolfers was announced as one of the 34 artists taking part in Dekmantel's tenth anniversary EP series, alongside Ricardo Villalobos, Tony Allen, Call Super, and more.

Unfolding The Future With Amateur Space Jazz is out now on digital, cassette, and vinyl formats.

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