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Artist......: Lorenzo Senni
Album.......: Scacco Matto
Label.......: Warp Records
Genre.......: Electronic
Catnr.......: WARPCD311
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-05-04
Str.date....: 2020-04-24
Quality.....: 796 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://warp.net/artists/91424-lorenzo-senni
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1. Discipline Of Enthusiasm 4:38
2. XBreakingEdgeX 3:40
3. Move In Silence (Only Speak When It's Time To 3:15
Say Checkmate)
4. Canone Infinito 4:59
5. Dance Tonight Revolution Tomorrow 7:32
6. The Power Of Failing 5:49
7. Wasting Time Writing Lorenzo Senni Songs 5:28
8. THINK BIG 6:09
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,: To promote Scacco Matto, his first album for Warp Records, :,
: Lorenzo Senni challenged his fans to a virtual game of chess. :
:' With a penchant for deconstruction and a back catalog defined ':
,: by monochrome palettes of icy sawtooth waves, the Italian :,
: electronic musician does seem like the kind of guy whoÆd be :
:' handy at the game. The rules are fixed but the outcome is ':
,: unpredictable; within extremely narrow parameters, players can :,
: display flair, cunning, and subterfuge. :
:' ':
,: Scacco Matto, which is Italian for checkmate, is the product of :,
: self-imposed limits and rules. The writing process was a :
:' back-and-forth volley, according to Senni, with every action ':
,: followed by a reaction, as he deliberately countered his own :,
: moves in a knotty one-player game. The basic material remains :
:' familiarùgated synth tones arranged in taut melodies and ':
,: spindly arpeggiosùbut Senni has found a new flamboyance in these :,
: astoundingly ornate, often song-like pieces. :
:' ':
,: The Milan-based artist has been working within strict :,
: limitations since 2012Æs Quantum Jelly, the record that seeded :
:' his idea of ôpointillistic tranceö: a mirage of a familiar ':
,: genre constructed from the ôSuper Sawö preset of a Roland JP8080 :,
: synthesizer, with no drums to anchor the beat, but big drops for :
:' that euphoric release. When Senni joined Warp with 2016Æs ':
,: Persona EP, he added flesh to those bare bones by introducing :,
: himself as the ôrave voyeurö: a bright-eyed, clean-living soul :
:' who gets his late-night fuel from energy drinks and observes ':
,: our hedonism with calculated interest. Now he leads us gently :,
: away from the dancefloor to a more orderly setting, a manicured :
:' garden of synthetic topiary and rococo fancies. ôDance Tonight ':
,: Revolution Tomorrowö is the most relaxed Senni has sounded in a :,
: long time; a ponderous melody line makes its way across a grid :
:' of synthetic pizzicato strings which pluck-pluck-pluck in tidy ':
,: formation. ItÆs a simple phrase, immediately memorable, but over :,
: seven and a half minutes Senni keeps finding subtle ways to :
:' build tension while barely moving. ':
,: :,
: ôCanone Infinito,ö which was originally commissioned for the :
:' corridors of an intensive care unit in Bergamo, takes the ':
,: refined ambience to the extreme. A sad melody ebbs and flows in :,
: an endless looping musical roundùthink PachelbelÆs Canon for :
:' furloughed raversùand the undulating arpeggios feel like a ':
,: portal to a lost world of straight-backed courtiers and gilded :,
: harpsichords. But ôCanone Infinitoö also points to a :
:' long-established link between classical music and trance, which ':
,: has repurposed plenty of concert hall hits for peak-time :,
: euphoria (as established by William OrbitÆs Æ90s spin on :
:' BarberÆs Adagio for Strings and its remix by Dutch DJ Ferry ':
,: Corsten). :,
: :
:' Elsewhere, Senni makes this connection through tiny gestures: a ':
,: few bars of hands-in-the-air piano followed by stabs of :,
: harpsichord-like synth, buzzing and metallic, on :
:' ôXBreakingEdgeX.ö ThereÆs a further classical/electronic ':
,: reference within the squeaky melodies of ôTHINK BIGö and :,
: ôDiscipline of Enthusiasm,ö which recall the 8-bit Bach and :
:' Tchaikovsky that once blared from primitive video-game chips. ':
,: :,
: It speaks to SenniÆs increasing dexterity as an electronic :
:' auteur that all of this simply makes sense together; his themes ':
,: and reference points cohere smoothly, right through to the cover :,
: art. The image, titled ôZuma #30,ö was shot by photographer and :
:' conceptual artist John Divola in 1977 as part of a project ':
,: documenting the dilapidation of an oceanfront house in Malibu. :,
: Seen through a window, one of those perfect Californian sunsets :
:' burns gold and orange beyond the white walls of the interior, ':
,: which have been covered in thick black dots of spray paint. Was :,
: this an act of vandalism? Or some kind of manic meditation? :
:' Either way, itÆs a retina-searing image of creativity born of ':
,: limited means. :,
: :
:' Checkmate, the gameÆs final, winning move, is the chess ':
,: position in which the king is doomed to be captured. ItÆs a :,
: frustrating quirk of chess that you donÆt actually get to :
:' capture himùthe inevitability of the result is enough to wrap ':
,: up the game. Senni, so comfortable surfing his endless trance :,
: builds, surely thrives in these moments. With Scacco Matto he :
:' sweeps the tournament to become a grandmaster of unresolved ':
,: tension. :,
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