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BORDELLO A PARIGI

For more than thirty years, Ruud Lekx has been corrupting hearts and minds with his unmistakable brand of synthesizer music. Under his Rude 66 mask, this titan of electronics returns to Bordello A Parigi with twelve darkened tracks for Conditioning Consciousness. Tempos glide low in the opening incantations. From the breathy murmurings of “Magick Angels’ Invocations”, the listener is brought into Rude’s world. Shauna Lekx’s signature vocoder lyrics and blackened subject matter are central tenets, as are hauntingly delicate melodies. “The Riddler In Me” is a deep psychological journey through cable and circuit, an unsettling monologue accompanied by liquid analogue lines. BPMs are allowed to rise for the shimmering warmth of “In Exile” and in the reverb soaked “The Chariot”. But these are the outliers. Across the collection, percussion drives without ever being a central force. Instead, the focus is the bewitching and brooding compositions. Take the drugged low slung groove of “The Talisman of Algol” or the loose modulations of “Le Sagittaire”, here the listener is brought into the heart of the machines and the musician. The curtain close, “The Five Swords Of Venus In Aquarius” gathers a spread of influences, bringing them together into one piece. Synth. Soundtrack. Strings. All culminate in this superb climax, a climax to an album that broaches the boundaries between terrifying and terrific.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Cinematic in places, but offering up the dark disco DJ plenty of moments of dancefloor decadence. It's a true cosmic disco opus, with Rude 66 taking us on a star studded journey. Don't sleep!

TRACK LISTING

1 Magick Angels’ Invocations
2 Come Follow Me Here
3 Interpreting The Cards
4 The Riddler In Me
5 In Exile
6 The Talisman Of Algol
7 Victim Of Illusion
8 Le Sagittaire
9 The Demiurge And His Archons
10 Catch Me If You Can
11 The Chariot
12 The Five Swords Of Venus In Aquarius

A cult figure in the modern Italo scene, Andy Romano went a bit quiet after his epochal release on Cyber Dance: "Every Time Feel Alright" back in 2010. An early example of the 'second wave' of Italo producers, alongside Manchester's Red Laser Records' roster of course, apparently he decided at the time to focus more on his illustration career; which makes this return some 13 years later extra special.

The chug-a-naut plugs right back into the mainframe for another authentic exercise of electro-disco. Lead track "Monday" contains the quirky arps, darting leads and vintage drum boxes that we associate with "Every Time..". "Loredane" is much more pop-orientated number; bucolic of the Italian countryside, featuring Romano himself on vocals, and definitely suitable for some drive-time fun. "Cyber Black Spaceship" lands somewhere between the two - a late night / early morning red-lit club anthem, or a heart-felt underground radio hit to soundtrack evenings on the Riveria or hitting the city. Bellisimo! 


STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: The return of Andy Romano! You might remember him catching the cusp of the new Italo wave around 2010 with the stone cold anthem that was "Every Time Feel Alright". Now he's back with three more authentic and fruity Italo disco tracks.

TRACK LISTING

1 Monday
2 Loredane
3 Cyber Black Spaceship


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