(Progressive House, Tech House, Techno) Luca Lento - Poema (Incl. Mendo Remix) (Clarisse Records [CR037]) WEB - 2014, FLAC (tracks), lossless

Amazing early support from : Anek – Anja Schneider – Anton Pieete – Carlo Lio – Cristian Varela – Danny Howells – Dave Angel – Dj T – Dubfire – Factomania – Gary Beck – German Brigante – Gregor Tresher – Guillaume Coutu Dumont – Guy J – Hollen – Horatio – Hot Since 82 – Ibiza Sonica – Igor Marijuan – Joeski – Jonny Cruz – Julio Navas – Marco Bailey – Marcos Cruz – Marcos in Dub – Marko Nastic – Martin Eyerer – Matt Cooper – Mihalis Safras – Mladen Tomic – Monika Kruse – Nick Curly – Nicolas Masseyeff – Nicole Moudaber – Outstrip – Oxia – Paco Osuna – Patrick M – Philippe B – Pleasurekraft – Pulseradio.net – Riva Starr – Sabb – Satoshi Fumi – Sergio Fernandez – Shlomi Aber – Slam – Someone Else – Stacey Pullen – Technasia – Terminal M – Tom Flynn – Wehbba
But also 000 – Al Vince – Axel Bartsch – Deas – DJ Felipe – Indira Paganotto – J Paul Getto – Jo Psarados – Mik Santoro – Raphael Dincsoy – Reydan – Samu.l – Sasha Le Monnier – Terry Francis – Tomb Crew – Vidal – Werner Niedermeier
Palermo producer Luca Lento has a glut of group associations to his name since releasing ‘Brothers and Sisters’ as part of Club Bass, ‘My Nights’ with Contact-Two, Slow Melody’s ‘Take Me Higher’ and Z-Side’s ‘Get Dis Feeling’, all back in 1996. Suffice to say the man has experience; plus anyone who can make the alias of Pooper Scooper work has got to be onto something. With releases on Mauro Picotto’s Alchemy imprint and also having turned his remix hand to UK garage pop crossover ‘Do You Really Like It’ by Pied Piper, Lento has had love shown by a wealth of select spinners, including Prok & Fitch, Roger Sanchez, Erick Morillo and Kid Massive.
Lathered in percussion of the once you pop-you can’t stop variety, deep tribalism is defined by a froth worked into bass rotating with a muddy determination underneath. From there, ‘Poema’ is shaped by Lento’s installation of a crackly vocal made to babble like he’s twiddled the dial into the World Service while picking up a house transmission on the same wavelength. Its raspy signals fractured and sent ricocheting in and out of the mix play off the resolution of the groove, where a degree of coming off-the-wall, from the programming of the dialect chattering with irregular sexiness, to the coil doorstopper-like rebounds that surround it, never find Lento losing his balance.
Mendo handles the remix by telling the original to pin its shoulders back, the Clarisse headmaster turning the dancefloor into a treadmill with a slight incline and making sure there’s a strong armed pull to go with it. Sharper drums, percussion (leaking taps? Radar blips?) flicked down black holes until you can hear them being gulped down, and vocals sounding ever more pitched between bedraggled language tape and the cause of arena voodoo… you can hear deep techno condensation preparing its descent down the walls of whatever stuffy downstairs spot or domed expanse ‘Poema’ is ready for.
Created in 2003, Clarisse Records illustrates Mendo’s vision of electronic music. Releasing regularly his heartcrushes produced by strongly established internationally known artists or helping newcomers who deserve to be highlighted on the scene.