JONATHAN FITOUSSI Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Generations of modular might fold in on themselves as legendary Buchla pioneer Suzanne Ciani patches into accomplished French synthesist Jonathan Fitoussi for this outstanding album on Obliques. The title is clearly a tribute to Morton Subotnick, whose own Silver Apples Of The Moon is a true ground zero for West Coast synth albums and as you might surmise Ciani and Fitoussi opt to create something more shapely and inviting than the wild, brilliantly alien tonal mutations Subotnick conjured up back in the 60s. If you're familiar with either artist's work you won't be disappointed, as exquisitely rendered melodic flourishes, delicate spatial processing and subtle textural shifts unfurl around your ears across these eight beautiful pieces of synth perfection.

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The information readily available about this release is, at best, pretty limited. What we can tell you is that Mobius was first conceived as an 'aerial ballet' by Cie XY, who worked with the choreographer Rachid Ouramdane, leaving music to the established partnership of Jonathan Fitoussi and Clemens Hourriere. Perhaps what's more important than all that, though, is the central building block for much of what's here.

Billed as "a brand new episode in their exploration of the legendary modular synthesiser - The Buchla", the result is a collection of work that could quite easily sit at home next to the likes of Fort Romeau or the lighter end of Kompakt's output. At times, well at home on dancefloors in darkened rooms, in other moments lush and serene in the extreme.