He started out with Italo and Hi-NRG influenced sounds, but since those beginnings the Bristol born musician has shifted into the realm of soundtracks and deeper electronics.
Anton Maiovvi is a bit of a dark horse in the electronic music scene. The UK man, now residing in Madrid, has been quietly building a formidable back catalog, releasing music for over half a decade on imprints like Seed, Cyberdance and Death Waltz. He started out with Italo and Hi-NRG influenced sounds, but since those beginnings the Bristol born musician has shifted into the realm of soundtracks and deeper electronics. It is to this eclipsed sound that Monoceroticism turns.
“Cold Confession” gets the EP underway. Slowly the track looms into being, beats murmuring under a heavy block of bass. Maiovvi takes his time, layering melodies and sounds. When the track fully unveils itself the result is a complex and heady piece of sublime House. I say House because “Cold Confession” is something akin to the genre defying style being explored by the likes of Willie Burns. A cracking start. A strange, almost nightmarish children’s song, “The King of Trash,” follows. Beats snap as sweetened vocoders cut through haunting synthlines and staggered arpeggios. Perhaps a bit of social commentary on the recent street cleaner strikes in the Spanish capital? Maiovvi continues to surprise into the flip, this time serving up the cold wave clad Electro broken “Black Flowers,” the track breaking into a Chicago all out clap-fest for the close. “The Unspeakable Void” sees the Madrid denizen in full soundtrack mode for a spiraling closer—analogue bars bend and strain under the ever increasing gravity of Sci-Fi molded electronics.
Quite the cross section has been taken for the Monoceroticism quartet. The majority of his early Italo influences have been side-lined, instead the co-founder of Giallo Disco is exploring the darker lines of his synthesizers with an eye on the dancefloor. A great addition to the Flight Recorder family.
Monoceroticism is available on Flight Recorder.
