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LUGANO FELL - SLICE REPAIR
Reviews
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Rockerilla (IT) - July 2010
Text by Roberto Mandolini
http://www.rockerilla.com
Electronique.It (IT) - July 2010
Text by Liquid
http://www.electronique.it/reviewA1430C1_Ultra-Violent_Lugano-Fell_Slice-repair
James Taylor in ferie dal progetto Swayzak si dedica a questo album solista per la sempre interessante Baskaru Records. Un modo per evadere dai ritmi pressanti del duo e dar sfogo al suo lato più intimo e notturno. Dieci brani che sono altrettante texture dal sapore noise, tappeti pero’ a loro modo articolati e ricchi di micro elementi strutturali che donano forma e sostanza al lavoro. Taylor, forte della grande influenza data dalle sonorità dark degli anni ’80 al progetto Swayzak riesce a riversare, seppur in forma estremamente sintetica, un manto melodico che si mantiene stabile, cavalcando così con disinvoltura i drones di chitarra ed i campioni vocali anch’essi impegnati in forma completamente destrutturata.
Slice repair diventa interessante dopo qualche ascolto, ponendosi in una dimensione che suggerisce relax ed è capace di trasportarti attraverso una vena melodica molto struggente ed intensa. Grande attenzione nei dettagli, per un disco che vede a volte straripare gli elementi senza però mai sembrare eccessivo o forzato, Taylor da grande interprete della musica elettronica qual è riesce a dosare bene tutto, regalandoci così un piacevole momento d’ascolto.
Atmosfera / Radio Nacional de España (ES) - July 2010
Text by Atmosfera
http://www.myspace.com/atmosfera3
Lugano Fell es el proyecto en solitario de James Taylor, fundador del duo de techno house inglés Swayzak. Después de 12 años abanderando el sonidos de Swayzak, Taylor ha dado un giro total a su carrera para adentrarse ahora en algo más tranquilo y detallista. Slice Repair es un álbum que recorre diferentes aspectos dibujando collages sonoros, electrónica ambient experimental o noise. Este primer disco de Lugano Fell ha sido compilado a partir de dos CdR's editados en 2008 y 2009 y masterizado por el guru del ambien experimental Lawrence English.
Vital Weekly (NL) - July 2010
Text by Frans de Waard
http://www.vitalweekly.net/737.html
So far I reviewed three releases by James Taylor, better known as one half of Swayzak (a tech house duo whose music I don't know), but in his new, solo, guise Lugano Fell. I really liked his first two releases, but then the 3" (reviewed in Vital Weekly 670) didn't do much for me. I noted then that I hoped his Baskaru CD would be better. Still it some water has passed under the bridge before that one was released but here it is. The good thing is: its a great release. But that's hardly a surprise since it was compiled from his two previous CDR releases. And perhaps is the downside, well, at least for me, since I knew these already. Imagine shoegaze music and imagine glitch music. Combine those two, quite odd, ends and there you'll find Lugano Fell. He uses a whole bunch of software and instruments, all listed on the cover, and creates some great music. Lots of acoustic guitar, all heavily chopped up, with lots of plug ins flying about. Its however not a soft album, with careful doodling, but most of the time quite loud and present. Very much along the lines of his first release, rather than his second, me thinks. Like said, this is not the real big surprise, for me that is but let's hope Lugano Fell now reaches a bigger audience, and that it something he deserves.
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