ARTIST: THE ANALOG SESSION
TITLE: BLACK GROUND
LABEL: HOT ELEPHANT
CAT. NO: HEM1511
FORMAT: CD / DIGITAL 
RELEASED: 11 MAY 2015

Italian electronic pioneers, Alexander Robotnick and Ludus Pinsky deliver their second album as The Analog Session. 'Black Ground' is a journey into electronic music, from the early 70s to modern techno, performed only with vintage analogue synths.

Wires, cables, knobs, keyboards: they are still a vital part of The Analog Session’s improvised world. But as opposed to 2013’s ‘April’ album, ‘Black Ground’ is more dance orientated in its vision. Although most of the tracks originate from improvisation, there’s more editing work on their individual parts so that they sound more structured and danceable than usual.

Initially conceived as a video project (currently with over 320,000 hits on Youtube), The Analog Session then became an album project and finally a live performance. For Alexander Robotnick and Ludus Pinsky it’s not about being nostalgic for an era they represented but is more a progression and improvisation in the present music scene currently dominated by computers. Like the vintage analog gear the pair use, the Analog Session is a living, breathing entity. On the one hand capable of organic brilliance and on the other, breaking down at a moment’s notice.

The new album tracks range from electro-disco to techno, opening up to melody and chord arrangements throughout. ‘My Dream’ for instance is an introspective theme that is developed through different arrangements, alternating with an almost electro-house rhythm. ‘Lonely Dancers’ is made up by a sequence of synth notes whose sound transforms and becomes the backbone of a track that could be perhaps be seen as ‘minimal-electro’ whilst ‘We Are Here’ has a style that's more difficult to define. As in ‘My Dream’, here too a dream-like theme disrupts the minimal atmosphere that provides the tracks structure.

‘Space Circle’ is built on an harmonic progression of four chords, repeated throughout the track whilst undergoing continuous variations - inversions and substitutions - where the tone-colour of the analog synths fully capture the alternating soundscape. ‘Shure I Like’ injects an element of 80s synth pop with its infectious melody providing a link to the duo’s long-estbalished past but ‘Wild Electrons’ takes us further into future-space as the duo explore the sound potential of the latest (polyphonic) synth assembled by Ludus Pinsky.

Finally ‘Black Ground’, the title track, brings us back to planet Earth where the analog sound reveals its concrete, earthly nature. The CD also includes two previously digital only remixes: ‘Ascension’ (Late Night Rmx) and ‘Effai’ (Late Night Rmx).

Tracklist

1. My Dream
2. Wild Electrons
3. Space Circle
4. Black Ground (Club Mix)
5. Lonely Dancers
6. We Are Here
7. Shure I Like
8. Black Ground (Original)

The Analog Session - Shure I Like (cut)

Alexander Robotnick is the artist name of Maurizio Dami, an electronic musician, DJ and producer living in Italy.

In the depths of the musical cosmos, Cezanne emerges as a shadowy enigma, shrouding themselves in the same mystery that cloaks the Caped Crusader. Like a master of disguise, this sonic maestro weaves intricate melodies and rhythms across the spectrum of jazz, hip hop, rap, and electronic soundscapes.

Much like the Dark Knight, Cezanne's true identity remains a closely guarded secret, a riddle that only their music can solve. With each note, they unravel a new facet of their sonic persona, leaving listeners entranced by the enigmatic journey they embark upon.

Within the labyrinth of beats and lyrics, Cezanne's music is a symphony of masked emotion, where jazz melodies dance in the moonlight, hip hop rhymes strike with the force of a vigilante, rap verses tell tales of hidden truths, and electronic harmonies beckon like distant city lights. Cezanne is the sonic superhero of the night, crafting a musical narrative that blurs the lines between reality and dreams.

Embrace the mystique, for in the world of Cezanne, anonymity is the key to unlocking the true power of sound.

play records. make beats.

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2024 - i've stopped


2023 - logging my gigs



2022 - here 



2021 - 



2020 

25.09.20 @ Meraki, Liverpool 
➤ Dance Floor Mechanics x Altered Voltage w/ 96 Back, Katiusha 
24.04.20 @ Black Lodge Brewery 
➤ Dance Floor Mechanics x Astral w/ Bruce, Em Williams [POSTPONED]
21.03.20 @ Hendre Hall, Wales 
➤ ANOWT w/ Chris Stanford & pH [CANCELLED]

2019

13.12.19 @ The Shipping Forecast 
➤ Altered Voltage
26.10.19 @ 24 Kitchen St 
➤ Wonder Pot & Watt Hz? w/ Blawan 
20.09.19 @ 24 Kitchen St 
➤ Block Party w/ Jasper James +++
15.06.19 @ The Isis Farmhouse 
➤ B&B Festival 
04.05.19 @ IWF Substation 
➤ Natural States w/ Solid Blake 
15.03.19 @ 24 Kitchen St 
➤ Wonder Pot x MODU:LAR w/ Nicolas Lutz 

2018

07.12.18 @ Black Lodge Brewery 
➤ Dance Floor Mechanics w/ Alex T
16.06.18 @ The Isis Farmhouse 
➤ B&B Festival

2017

28.05.17 @ The Bullingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Peggy Gou, Em Williams
30.04.17 @ The Bullingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Call Super, Em Williams
04.02.17 @ The Bullingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Midland 

2016

05.11.16 @ The Bullingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Lone, Happa
10.07.16 @ Cowley Road Carnival 
➤ Simple Stage
29.05.16 @ The Bulingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Denis Sulta 
09.04.16 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ D-Vine w/ Dale Howard +++ 

2015

12.12.15 @ The Doghouse, Bristol 
➤ Peoples w/ A Sagittariun +++
21.08.15 @ Simple Weekender Festival 
➤ PBR Streetgang, Em Williams 
24.05.15 @ Salter’s Steamers 
➤ Simple’s Bank Holiday Boat
07.02.15 @ The Bullingdon 
➤ Simple w/ Subb-an

2014

22.11.14 @ Warehouse LDN 
➤ AC Presents w/ Kimi Jules, The Mistaa
17.10.14 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ Shadow Child, Huxley 
15.08.14 @ Simple Weekender Festival 
➤ Em Williams +++
30.05.14 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ Eats Everything, Em Williams
20.04.14 @ O2 Academy Brixton 
➤ Used + Abused w/ Loco Dice, Guti +++
04.04.14 @ Solus, Cardiff 
➤ Treatment w/ Gorgon City, Redlight +++
31.01.14 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ George Fitzgerald
25.01.14 @ Lightbox, London 
➤ Connected w/ Andre Crom, Martinez
01.12.14 @ Crusifix Lane, London 
➤ Troupe NYD w/ Tom Frankel, Willers Bros

2013

31.12.13 @ Coronet Theatre, London 
➤ Magna Carta NYE 
28.12.13 @ Fire, London 
➤ DC7 & Fire in Session w/ Dubfire, Jon Rundell
27.12.13 @ Electric Brixton 
➤ Diynamic Showcase w/ Solomun, HOSH +++
29.11.13 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ Rudimental, Woz
15.11.13 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ Hannah Wants 
08.11.13 @ Electric Brixton 
➤ Troupe w/ MK, Anabel Englund, Josh Butler 
01.11.13 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ My Nu Leng
25.10.13 @ O2 Academy Oxford 
➤ Switch w/ DJ EZ 
18.10.13 @ Egg, London 
➤ Lower East Showcase 
01.02.13 @ Ministry of Sound, London 
➤ The Gallery w/ Tall Paul

#Koroni 🇬🇷 Born 6 November 1981 &
Performing Art Since 1989. Thanks Martenot’s Atelier Firenze 🇮🇹

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