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LARRY GUS - 24 Beats

Name: LARRY GUS – 24 Beats
Item: 24 Beats
Rating: 6
Author: Francesco Nunziata

2012 (Waaga records)

electro-fantasy

by Francesco Nunziata

Waaga Records presented it as a gift, since "24 Beats", recorded last July, is being released for free by Larry Gus, the Greek producer whose real name is Panagiotis Melidis.

Currently based in Milan, Gus has fun coloring the atmosphere with electro hypnagogia ("Giardini Pubblici"), hypnotic circles tinged with mandolin ("Grave Eyes"), melodic gardens shot through with jazz ("Bedroom Adventures"), ghostly voices looping and warping themselves in a game of call-and-response ("Reality & Artifice", "Patient Boy"), noir micro-odysseys ("The Orchids (prelude)"), arty pastiches ("Anticipating", "Metafiction (interlude)"), delicately psych-folk sketches ("Dismay (interlude)"), in a stream of consciousness that, among other things, also dredges up Battisti ("Miles and Flora (remix)") and shades of Italian middlebrow pop ("Tomorrow (reprise)"), always aiming for a delightful interlocking game in which good humor and creativity go hand in hand. "Indro Montanelli" is even among his thoughts - the thoughts of a simple young man, tied to a modest, unassuming view of life.

Nothing transcendental, but "24 Beats", with its twenty-five-odd minutes, always goes down easy.

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04/01/2012

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This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Francesco Nunziata, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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