Fabrizio Lapiana's Attic Music label reaches release number 20 on the main series with a new EP from the boss himself: Collective Chaos features remixes from fellow Italian techno luminaries Neel & Laertes.
 
Opener 'Crystal' is deep, drawn out techno with perfectly smooth and supple drum programming that soon gets you in a state of hypnosis. Subtle synth loops rise up through the mix as things grow more urgent, and once the percussion joins you're utterly locked. The title track is a more turbulent and edgy affair that sound tracks a dystopian urban wasteland - the synths are riddled with static, the hurried drums are punchy and there is an urgency in the molten synth lines that keeps you right on the edge of your seat. 

Sound sculptor Neel runs Spazio Disponibile with collaborative partner Donato Dozzy and has an impeccable knack for sound design. Here he links with Laertes (half of Modern Heads with Dino Sabatini), a Mental Modern and Concrete Records associate who produces artful techno. Together, they remix 'Collective Chaos' into a dark and moody techno roller with glitchy textures and high speed synth lines that sweep you off your feet. 

Closing out this terrific trip is 'Koyuk', a Millsian adventure into an intergalactic techno future, with polyphonic synths rippling above a rubbery drum line that is both propulsive and pensive. 

This is high grade, perfectly distilled and meditative techno from some of Italy's finest exports. 

Artist: Fabrizio Lapiana
Remixer: Neel & Laertes
Title: Collective Chaos
Format: 12'' and digital
Catalogue: ATTIC020

Release date:
06.03.2020

Tracklist:
A1. Crystal
A2. Collective Chaos
B1. Collective Chaos (Neel & Laertes remix)
B2. Koyuk

Mix & mastering:
Giuseppe Tillieci at Enisslab Studio

Artwork:
Fabio Milito & Dominique Weber

ATTIC020 | Fabrizio Lapiana: Collective Chaos (w/ Neel & Laertes remix)

Attic Music