lucien-n-luciano: grace of an art

Cadenza's 100th release comes, aptly, from label boss Luciano. Reviving his Lucien-n-Luciano moniker for the occasion, he delivers "Grace of an Art," a Herculean piece of rubbery tech-funk, with intricate sound design over its steady and assured mechanical beat. On "Rickson Trephala," a flexible bassline wraps itself around a minimal, energetic beat, chock-full of abstract sounds and glitches. Bonus CD includes the grandiose 60-minute "Timeless Song for Lovers of the Morning Enlightenment," echoing the ideas of sound experimentalists such as Global Communication, but very much with Luciano's stamp, filled with sad pianos and wandering percussion and soaked in dubby reverb.