Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
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Free Music Review: A future techno classic
Hit: 5 Stars
Gui Boratto's "Chromophobia" is easily one of the greatest full-length albums from the Kompakt label. For the most part, it stays true to the Kompakt formula, while venturing off in new directions melodically. Boratto has always demonstrated a gift for combining lush harmonic material with his minimal techno beats - here I'm thinking of the Atol 12" - and "Chromophobia" provides many opportunities for him to showcase this.
There is a nice variety here. We've got melodic tracks such as "Scene 1", which opens the album with a dramatic flourish; we've got straight-forward techno tunes, such as the infectious "Shebang"; and we've even got an uplifting vocal piece ("Beautiful Life"). These various styles all cohere around Boratto's excellent beats. The percussive sounds fit his usual model of tight, defined sounds, often with a swung 16th note groove. If you're familiar with his other music, you know what to expect.
When an artist who usually releases 12" singles finally puts out an LP, you have to wonder what you're going to hear. Will it be four strong tracks surrounded by b-side-grade filler? Will it be more of a compilation of singles? In this case, the material is all new and, with a couple exceptions, all the tracks are very strong on their own. The album has nice pacing and even though it IS minimal techno, there's enough variety to maintain interest purely for listening.
Techno fans should check this out, as should anyone who likes Matthew Dear. It definitely reminds me of the best moments from "Leave Luck to Heaven". This album is sure to become a classic in its genre. I highly recommend it.
Free Music Review: soild album
Hit: 4 Stars
I'm a hard sell when it comes to electronica, trance or dance music. I only like "quote" the best in the genre. Sasha, Digweed etc. This guy could be the next great DJ/artist. This album has a little bit of everything; Down tempo, ambient, a dance floor hit (beautiful life). Its an ambient album that can make you move your feet. A great headphone trip listen. Free Music Review: best of kompakt
Hit: 5 Stars
I am a huge fan of Kompakt label. I feel that the music this label produces is basically what contemporary techno music is all about. To me it is an audio version of minimalistic modern art. This album from Gui Boratto is very intelligent, very innovative, very complex but somehow unbeliavebly easy to listen. And it just gets better after more listenings when the details and layers start to reviel. I get a deep emotional satisfaction every time I listen to it. This and the one from The Field are definitely the best techno albums in the world at the moment. Free Music Review: Headphone Commute Review
Hit: 5 Stars
Guilherme Boratto is a Brazilian producer used to laying out minimal tech house twelve inchers for prominent German labels like Plastic City, Harthouse, and of course Kompakt's offshoots K2, Kompakt Pop and Kompakt Extra. Hailing from S?o Paulo, Gui was approached to contribute a remix to the City of God soundtrack. Chromophobia is a light and refreshing take on over-used building blocks of the style. Familiar beats, simple melodies, and straight to the point approach remind me of the feeling I experienced when I first heard Benny Benassi (before he exploded all over the charts). Listening to the album, a smile creeps upon my lips, being happy for the fact that techno continues to survive and evolve in an over-saturated scene. A unique and memorable sound.Free Music Review: WOW
Hit: 5 Stars
How the HELL did the The Field's album get a higher rating than this cd? Do people not listen to electronic music? I felt freshness on this album from beginning to end. It was still an evolution of freshness, i.e. not the freshness i felt when i listened to Music Has the Right to Children, but in light of today this cd is amazing. I really can't imagine a context of a listener approaching this cd and not feeling satisfied, even my father who never listens to electronic music. The higher thought put into this albums progression is very impressive for something from Kompakt. It is heart-felt, not 4 to the floor this is what i must do. Kudos, the only criticism that i have is that it would have been nice to have experienced more variety in the electronic spectrum. The composition is wonderful, but it still does not fit the BOC level of creativity.
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