#mathematics records

[twistedsoulmusic]

[cluboftigerghost]

An original material set recorded live at Cassette in Minneapolis from Chicago producer and Mathematics Recordings boss @somuchnoise2beheard.

[acharnements]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY0w6ARFFvk)

[yesspecimen]

Alessandro Izzo - Il Fragile EP [Mathematics Recordings]

If you really want to do the whole anonymous thang in the internet age don't call yourself Unknown Artist, don't release 12" Record EP, or 'Track 3.mp4', just put out next to nothing and call yourself Alessandro Izzo. Scout around for the little known producer and you'll be fairly disappointed: some LinkedIn profiles, images of jocular Italian high school types, a bare-bones Discogs page, nothing much to flesh out a review with (or is there....); but digging around in the dreamy crystaline keys of 'Il Sogno Del Salotto' is reward enough for the 'its all about the music maaaaaaaaan' deep inside of you. Finally available in binary after a 2010 vinyl release on Jamal Moss' Mathematics Records, the Il Fragile EP is all taut rhythms and astral keys with an immediate melodic charm that gets deep under your skin.

Opener 'Il Sogno Del Salotto' sets the tone, awash with smooth keys that float around precise synth stabs and strong rhythms. 'Il Mistero' is the real killer - ice cold Tron melodies straight to the jugular, while the title track brings a bit of the back-street percussion, but as always served with a main of slick effervescent ivory.

It's this clarity that makes it the elephant in the Mathematics room next to the dusty jazz futurism of Hieroglyphic Being and the hardware noodling of John Heckle. Izzo comes across like the Herbie Hancock to Moss' Sun Ra, a breath of fresh air and underrated gem from the Mathematics camp.

Stream a lo-res vinyl rip below or cop the whole lot exclusively on Boomkat.

Miles Opland

[lamerdarosa-blog]

John Heckle - What once was