Chilean electronic dance minimalist PIER BUCCI is causing ripples with this album. The fine details of its place in the techno house canon passes me by entirely. I wouldn't know.
But samba rhythms, mountainous ranges of melody and outrageously luscious sounds, teetering on the edge of hearing add up to something pretty special. It sounds original, fresh and compelling.
The ten tracks flow from one to the other without discernible gaps. Changes pass like sunshine and showers in a huge landscape. It’s a lot of years since I messed about with chemicals – but this kind of sonic experience sets up reveries and euphoric moments that are clearer, happier and more focussed. Trippy, alright, well maybe. But fully alert and appreciative of the need for variety and charm. It’s music for the intense pleasure of company, relaxation and maybe dancing. It could well be bought in quantities by the same sorts of people who went for FOUR TET'S equally accessible, but punchier "Rounds" album.
Among the bass, beats and melodic lines there are some ambient sounds (the water is a delight) and vocals too. "L’Nuit" and "Tita" have parts by ARMELLE PIOLINE. In "L'Nuit", it's a French speaking ghostly reverb and the dry-bone sound of rolling dice. "Tita" is glitchy and lightly percussive, but a careful bass, an infectious tune picked out on a keyboard and the seductive English vocal make for an opening track that denies the possibility of turning away. MACHA contributes more vocals to "Hey Consuelo", like a dream of carnival slipping away into the distance, And that's damn good too.
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Hard hearts and stiff joints might reject this pleasure trip. But I'm happy to recommend it to anyone who wants a minimalist CD that will sothe and delight friends and start or close the weekend in the mellowest of moods. It’s a little gem. www.crosstownrebels.com
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