alessandro adriani: embryo

Mannequin boss Alessandro Adriani returns to Stroboscopic Artefacts with Embryo -- an immersive four-track micro-odyssey, opening up the path for his sophomore album, Morphic Dreams . "Elapsed Emptiness" works a dark and unremittingly oppressive vein, slowly sinking its listener into an abstract continuum. Back to groovier spirits, "Symmetry" breaks the bleak maelstrom-like movement. Tailored in collaboration with Chicago's Beau Wanzer, "Inverted Aspects" trades the filthy filters and spacious horizontality of its foregoers for a passive-aggressive acid tech swagger. "Aria (New Beat Version)" maintains a precarious balance between dancefloor-optimized music and a certain spiritual freedom to dream and escape.