After hours grooving…
John Coltrane – My Favorite Things
I was 8 when time finally came for me to find out about this artist. Beside being my all time favourite song, it’s also the one that opened my mind on music when I was a kid.
Can – Oh Yeah
If I think to what Krautrock means, Can are the first band that comes up. Hypnotic chords and bouncing rhythms are the keys to the spirit of those years, and this is by far the song that best represents them.
Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness
For what they did up until the early 2000s, Smashing Pumpkins are my favourite rock band for their ability to create songs like this, out of ordinary even for their standards.
Iasos – Rainbow Canyon
An abstract trip to the most supernatural horizons.
Jon Brion – Phone Call
One minute and three seconds about unconditional love, without saying a word.
Stereolab – Come And Play At The Milky Night
It was 1999 when I found out these guys who, beside becoming my favourite band, managed to make me love fusion and experimental music, feeding my increasing hunger to find out more and more artistically.
Pile – The Spirit
This track embodies the energy that only a great label like Perlon can have.
Matthew Herbert – The Last Beat
A masterpiece by one of the all time greatest, a fusion of Jazz and hidden Electronic influences that could make the hardest heart melt.. I became a father thanks to this song.
Lo Borges – Como o Machado
This is Brazil as I see it, deep melancholic melodies from one of the biggest names of the Brazilian sounds from the 70s.
Arthur Russel – Soon To Be Innocent
Masterpiece from one of the most amazing artists the world has been graced with.
Niro – Walkside Stories (Fortezza Records)
After 2 VA releases that have seen massive support by none other than Ricardo Villalobos himself, this time Fortezza Records returns with an EP from a single artist, Niro, plus a stellar remix to round off the project. Niro Perrone, coowner of Unclear Records and one of the minds behind Klang Club in Italy, offers up 3 brand new tracks that perfectly showcase his style. With a knack for writing intricate compositions that retain a fresh, catchy vibe his music draws in the listener and showcases his fine sound design and ear for truly charming music. Different in style but all drenched in analogue sounds, the tracks veer off into experimental territory for much of the time. Opening cut ‘Don’t Play With Cactus’ is fuelled by heavy pounding kick drums and distorted tones all overflowing alongside computer noises and schizoid vocal snippets. Its remix comes courtesy of Alli Borèm, who turns the original into a darker and faster number, speeding it up to a galloping rhythm and frenzied pace. ‘Dans La Keys’ is chockfull of synth stabs, robotic claps and percussions, while a psychedelic pad melody blends with a keyboard intermezzo, creating a perfect balance between House and Acid. Finally ‘Sidewalk Stories’ is dreamy and sweet, its whispering voices gracing the celestial and ethereal atmospheres. This is another superb single from the highly promising Fortezza Records and the undoubtedly talented Niro.
