textura

Albums
Alejandro & Aeron
Balustrade Ensemble
Jeremy Bible
F.S. Blumm
Cadence Weapon
Cataclyst
Cepia
Chloé
Cooler
Disinterested
edIT
Erik Enocksson
For Barry Ray
Ernest Gonzales
Grand National
Hakobune
Halou
Frode Haltli
Arve Henriksen
Ielasi & Ratti
Jumpel
Lawrence
Lickets
Manual
Melodium
Mono
My Fun
Marissa Nadler
Prints
Rekalix
Remote_ vs Ontayso
Will Saul
Sixtoo
Small Sails
Songs Of Green Pheasant
Christian Wallumrød
White Rainbow
Xeltrei
Yndi Halda

Compilations / Mixes
Paolo Mojo
Ewan Pearson
VA: 5 Years Get Physical
VA: Monza Vol. 2
VA: U-cover mix 01 [a]
VA: U-cover mix 02 [d]

3"/ 7"/ 10"/ 12"/ EPs
Ateleia
Pier Bucci
Cio D'Or
Cloudland Canyon
Curium
Laurine Frost
Dave Graham
Hakobune
The Infant Cycle
Lerosa
Lullaby Leagure
Mole Harness
Mowbray & Sullivan
Ontayso
School of Seven Bells
Science Teacher
Sleep Robot
Unwed Sailor
VA: Spies & Lies
Rick Wade

Pier Bucci: Chiloe
Crosstown Rebels

Though Pier Bucci has worked with Luciano and Dandy Jack, it's Crosstown Rebels releases like the 2005 full-length Familia that have elevated his profile within electronic music circles. The half-hour EP, Chiloe, perpetuates Bucci's atmospheric style with four new tracks of varying quality. Boosted by a dramatically rising theme, “Horizont,” the strongest piece, fulminates from the get-go and, once on its way, works fragmented female vocals, android voices, and chiming synths into its tight groove. The atmospheric title track, an hypnotic excursion into Chain Reaction-styled dub-techno, impresses, and do does “Shekinah,” in part because hand claps and throbbing bass lines give the song the kind of dance feel one might expect from the Chilean producer—the subtle guitar lines are an elegant touch too. Only the light-footed “Glasgow” disappoints by concentrating too heavily on brooding atmosphere rather than compositional development; though its rich sound design of organ tones, fluttering glitches, and punctuating crashes holds one's attention, the eight-minute track meanders a little too much and lacks drama.

October 2007