giuseppe ielasi: untitled 2011

Ltd Edition of 350. Vacuum packed, embossed metal foil packaging. Ielasi's Stunt trilogy contained some of the strongest work of his career. As did 2010's 15 Tapes, Untitled 2011 extrapolates on it cleverly. Fragments and individual sounds — muted synth blurts, needle-on-vinyl scratches, snippets of what might be field recordings — are delicately worked into looping patterns and quizzical collages, which lelasi subtly tweaks and tinkers with. Most are lightly dusted with analogue hiss, creating fragile ambiences imbued with just the right amount of volatility. His ear for sound relation- ships and textural contrasts remains as sharp as ever. It's not all warm glow, though. The sixth track (all eight are untitled) stretches what I'd guess are samples of Improv trombone into a discordant miniature. - Nick Cain in The Wire