Bornelli's instrumental electronic debut is a cross breading of technodub and clicks with added splinters of glitch and a slight groove. Itcomes to us from the relatively new Mitek, a label which attempts tospecialize in electronic hybrids (see Hakan Lidbo in last week's issue)- music difficult to classify (or between the chairs as the coversuggests). The cross-breeding of styles works very well on the tentracks here. "Feminist" and "Vaneigem" even remind me of the classyBasic Channel 12" series with their heavy basslines, clear sounds, anddistinct atmosphere. In addition, present are tactful nods towardsvarious modern styles. Even in "Milieu," for example, subtle echoes ofhouse music chords appear. The last few tracks, especially "Avenue,"are the most daring, with cut-up sounds of voices and a trumpet andprominent distortions in the foreground. These 55 minutes of cultivatedmellow sounds would pass as an easy listening album for most modernelectronica connoisseurs, which is quite an interesting result, but Idoubt it was the artists intention.
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