Monofonus Press US レコード& CD

Review: Austin TX based Monofonus Press issues Mannequin Records boss Alessandro Adriani's debut album. Indeed he appeared previously for the label last year on the label's IXTAB compilation as Interbrain, his collaboration with NYC's Willie Burns. Montagne Transperenti was recorded between Berlin and his native Rome over the course of several years and can best be described as 'ghoulish body music'. With Adriani being an unrepentant lover of all things vintage and retro within electronic music, you can certainly expect a wide variety of analogue groove experiments on here. Our favourites were the dark Dutch electro influence on the title track and "Planeta Rosso", the uplifting Italo disco odyssey "Fuoco" and the restrained Drexciyan funk of "Rotazione Sincronia".

Review: Austin, Texas based multidisciplinary label Monofonus Press brings us a curious compilation EP which is testament to their electric and eccentric taste. First up Willie Burns and Mannequin Record's Alessandro Adriani team up as Interbrain for a sublime retro inspired analogue jam in the form of "Molecular psychology" while Sweden's Empfanger give us the snarling modular techno of "Charles" which will appeal to fans on An-i. On the flip is Samoln with "Tsch" which sounds like a creepy midi file complete with haunting klavier and cheap machine drum rhythm. Idea Fire Company & Brr give us "The Terrible Comet Salt" which has a peculiar narrative over a haunting low key composition. Highly recommended!