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5 tracks, 5 témoins ! Et la mise en exergue immédiate d'un épicentre (Hiss) où l'empilement des strates fait figure d'archétype. Un condensé intentionnel, latent et distinctement distant de tout standard de production convenue. "Hiss" est une esquisse trouble, un appel granuleux à l'observation critique du rythme séducteur au travers d'un mur épais. Le choix de la facilité nous appartient, celui d'Emmanuele Gattuso est autre."Broken loops and degraded tones. Unearthed from tape, played back through dust."
Emmanuele Gattuso (who has reclaimed his full surname) doesn’t hold back. And we fully embrace his right determination, there’s no room here for psychopathic smoothing or clinical sterilisation - Opening the eyes
HISSTAPE might be perceived as a “mini” album (terms of volume) but it is, in truth, a systemic (major) Update — unless it turns out to be a foundational work in its own right.
“Noise Candy”
“Liminal”
“Scorpion Drowning in The River”
“Hiss”
“Proaesthetic”
Five tracks, five statements. And an immediate spotlight on a central point: Hiss — where layered accumulation takes the shape of an archetype. An intentional concentrate, latent and distinctly removed from any standard production model. "Hiss" is a blurred sketch, a grainy call to critically observe seductive rhythms through a dense wall of sound. We can always choose ease — Emmanuele Gattuso chooses otherwise.
An irony? Perhaps. But above all, it’s the path of a rupture — a deliberate drift, where headlights shine on nothing useful. From the very first track, "Noise Candy", the surface begins to shake: it’s delicate, the disturbance is still fragile — but it’s there, and it works.
"Liminal" is relentless — quietly dressed as a sophisticated banger.
A new spectrum, a new escape, " Scorpion Drowning In The River" tames the emotional with just the right depth and precision.
Proaesthetic, the closing track, stands apart — detached and fully autonomous. It sketches out a cautious reconciliation, with a half-faded piano line. A vanishing piano, the emergence of a founding interstice — not a showdown with sonic wastelands scattered with desolation, but a discreet mechanism of resistance.
HISSTAPE is that quiet lever, gently shifting the weight.
