Pietro Da Sacco

Author: Pietro Da Sacco

V/A :: Tenth Listen (People Can Listen)

Reviews 04/06/2021 by Pietro Da Sacco

Tenth Listen is behemoth of a compilation that unfolds sparkling sound sculptures and showcases clearly that IDM is alive and well.

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exm :: Post Acuem (Self Released)

Reviews 04/05/2021 by Pietro Da Sacco

exm manages to dive into blissful sound design elements that at once sound mechanical and arcane but somehow also exude emotivly magnetic attractions.

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Hanut Munson :: Zoopraxiscopy EP (Evel)

Reviews 04/05/2021 by Pietro Da Sacco

On Zooproxiscopy we find Hanut Munson deliver tranquilized electronic layers of dust where delicate pitter-patter beats flutter in the wind and melodic notes drift somewhere in the margins while simultaneously moving colorful sound images.

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kojoohar × ködzid goo :: dotla (Ant-Zen)

Reviews 04/05/2021 by Pietro Da Sacco

Analog soundscraping noise cemented by fractured industrial tropes is par for the course, and yet the duo from Northern Komi lands (ködzid goo) and Southern Ukraine (kojoohar) manage to create molten lava flows where abstract downtempo hip-hop is ravaged by atmospheric mechanical warfare.

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Fxbip :: Beyond EP (Xephem)

Reviews 04/02/2021 by Pietro Da Sacco

8-bit breaks are crunched, deformed, and plastered against voice snippets, acidic squelches, and chiseled video-game moments. Basically, the whole kit and caboodle is discovered on Beyond by Montreal’s drill’n bass technician Fxbip.

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Rico Casazza & CPSL :: Higher Form EP (Dionysian Mysteries)

Reviews 04/01/2021 by Pietro Da Sacco

Taking elements of classic techno / acid tropes and merging with heavy breaks, bass and 90s era rave sessions, Higher Form does just want it […]

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HATCH :: Archive: Vol. I (Section 27)

Reviews 03/30/2021 by Pietro Da Sacco

At a surprising name your price offering Archive: Vol. I is a worthwhile investment keeping underground musicians like HATCH (aka London’s prolific Eugene Rowlett) moving towards a mission to re-envision old-school bleep electronics.

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HEFT :: Anagram EP (Onset Audio)

Reviews 03/29/2021 by Pietro Da Sacco

Ambient undercurrents are pinned by echoed dub inflections while static charges shimmy through vibrational bass as it all comes together succinctly.

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Chaircrusher :: Stars Have Fallen (Triplicate)

Reviews 03/28/2021 by Pietro Da Sacco

Taking us back to early DeFocus, Delsin and Neo Ouija days where lightly sprinkled electronics birthed IDM’s trajectory into melodic and blissful moments, Chaircrusher captures familiar terrain with luminous sonic bubbles.

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Roel Funcken :: S1.MK2 (Self Released)

Reviews 03/26/2021 by Pietro Da Sacco

By pushing and pulling on a vast tapestry of textured noises and glittery soundscapes, the exploratory nature of this album is offset by its attention to nuanced, imprecise and sparkling electronic flutter.

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