Just a flick of the switch and you’re right into an absurdly efficient sonic end of the world or, even better, the audio equivalent of the Big Bang. As the title suggests, this is music dealing with compression; nevertheless, among the incredible accelerations and enormous expansions heard in this “History”, you can reasonably think about hidden space caves and obscure galaxies without sounding like a Star Trek (or Tangerine Dream, for that matter) aficionado, as breathtaking suspensions and harsh awakenings run together like there’s no tomorrow throughout the CD. Impossible to catch, never giving an inch of confidence to even the most courageous listeners, this artifact avoids “dark ambient” and “post-techno” stereotypes in favour of a no-genre fast recollection, similar to life frames running in the eyes of a man in extreme life danger: if he manages to save himself, surely he will remember those moments for a long time. Yeah, I’m waiting for the second volume!
Massimo Ricci