francesco tristano / moritz von oswald

Auricle Bio On

A rather stunning prospect from celebrated classical pianist Francesco Tristano and the godfather of dub dance Moritz Von Oswald combining their talents for a 50 minute reworking of Tristano's 'Bio' with a predictably awesome outcome. Francesco Tristano is probably most notable in the techno world for reworking classics such as Derrick May's 'Strings of life' or Autechre's 'Overand', and has a forthcoming show in Paris with Carl Craig, but this collaboration with the venerable Von Oswald really takes his craft into new territories. With the 50 minute timeframe to play with, Moritz takes his time to develop the melody, from abstract electronic glissandri emerges a lonely phrase surrounded by high frequency pulses and spacious atmospheres, which soon develops into a low cut dub house throb equal to the finest of his recent productions. From here there's another 40 minutes of rhythmic developments in the finest Villalobos style, taking as long as he requires to introduce layers of finely processed percussion in the most sophisticated manner, until we're onto side 2 and in the midst of a dancefloor primed mover with Tristano's beautiful piano line weaving through the pattern. The thickly layered subbass that appears at roughly the 30 minute mark will suck the breath out of a room and leave you feeling in the presence of something thoroughly magnificent. This EP was made for the onset of long and dark autumn evenings so we'd recommend you turn the lights down low, get a brew on the go and whatever other supplies you require to fall deeply into this brilliant composition. Sublime.