Lumisokea

Berlin-based Italian/Belgian duo Lumisokea present Mnemosyne, shedding the bass-heavy rollers found on 2014's Apophenia (Opal), and welcoming space and tension into the fold. Most of the groundwork for the record was made during a week-long residency the duo (comprised of Andrea Taeggi and  Koenraad Ecker) rimprovised with a collection of synthesizers from the '60s and '70s at the Worm studio in Rotterdam; edited and combined the resultant sound with heavily-processed recordings of gamelan bell…

Belgian/Italian duo Andrea Taeggi and Koenraad Ecker isolate a diffuse mixture of techno and concrète noise with 'Apophenia' for Opal Tapes. Building on the decayed structures of last year's 'Contrapasso' album, their latest blends the chaotic virtues of their improvisational approach with a more premeditated logic, manifesting five arcane constructions balancing abstract expression and rugged, grooving purpose. In that sense it works well alongside Opal Tapes' boss Basic House, but Lumisokea's …