Review: Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
Posted on 22 August 2007 | 1 Comment
Filed Under: Album Reviews, Electronic
--
I have totally been loving Chromophobia from Gui Boratto as of late. The minimal techno is equally as good pounding through my car stereo on my way home from work as it is on the headphones at 1AM. It is a gloriously buoyant record from Sao Paolo, Brazil’s finest.
Like all great stuff from this genre it can just as easily be danced to (though perhaps not likely) as it can be chilled and tranced out to. It is almost like looking at a rainbow through a microscope while smoking crack. You can see every fantastical detail in expansive detail while it just hits you like a ton of bricks. Like being knocked over by the lightest touch, the music on Chromophobia is so delicate but emotionally weighty. A difficult task for a techno record, but somehow gracefully accomplished.
Droning, melodic, and ambient are all words that can describe certain aspects of Chromophobia and even though it is a techno record, I’m not so sure that the masses will be hitting the dance floor because of it. There are so many intricacies and complex patterns at work in Gui Boratto’s music it is almost dizzying. I love this album.
An amazing album that (for me) came out of nowhere. Chromophobia is out now on Kompakt.
MP3 | Gui Boratto – Beautiful Life Chromophobia
MP3 | Gui Boratto – Mr. Decay Chromophobia
Comments
The songs of the Chicago Cubs Classics: Smoking Popes/Groovy Love Vibes - Split 7" (or) put a little smoke in your heart
