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FR 120: Sugar-Rushing With FaltyDL

The Brooklyn producer reverse-engineers hyperpop on his new Planet Mu album, Neurotica.

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Philip Sherburne
Jun 05, 2025
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FaltyDL (photo: Jennifer Medina)

Drew Lustman is feeling energized. It wasn’t always thus; there was a moment, around 2017—exactly a decade after his first EPs—that he was considering walking away from music. He’d finished his contract with Ninja Tune and was tiring of the touring grind. He’s described his 2016 album Heaven Is for Quitters—a loaded title…

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