Fabrizio Rat Lands On German Label Odd/Even With 12-Track “Unconscious Mind” LP

Following three EPs and one LP, Fabrizio Rat releases his second solo album on Odd/Even, the German label ran by Andre Kronert.

Alongside his intensive touring Fabrizio Rat has never stopped producing, and his upcoming 12 track Unconscious Mind album is the result. The album is conceived entirely for the dancefloor, with no rest and no breath, no ambient or “quiet” tracks. Melodies emerge at times, resulting from original orchestrations of piano and machines. At other times more violent and static textures explore the extreme repetitions of piano harmonics, combined with slowly evolving filter-sweeping hypnosis.

The sonic palette used here is much larger compared to his first album The Pianist, which was co-produced with Arnaud Rebotini and released on his label. However, the hypnotic power of repetition stays at the centre of his work, and is here even pushed much further.

The sound of the ‘prepared’ acoustic piano (e.g. modified with objects touching the strings and experimental playing techniques) is always there, but used in a subtler way, to melt or fight against the analog synthesizers employed alongside, in particular the Korg Ms20 which is a real main character (you can feel its ‘aliveness’) in this record.

“While playing my live set I have often experienced a state of trance, reached some magical moments where the movements of my hand on the keyboard and the control of the musical flow becomes almost automatic, unconscious, and a feeling of ‘unity’ with the people in the room arise. Losing the awareness of control and letting the subconscious ‘play’ is surely the most exciting part of music. It can really generate surprises and allow to reach the unexpected and the unforeseen. For me techno is a kind of meditation, very powerful and loud. It is an extreme music which explores frequencies you can’t hear with your ears, only perceive with the body. Sub basses are in a way similar to the subconscious mind, you cannot identify them precisely and understand clearly what they want to ‘say’ – as you can do for example a melody in the middle register – but their only presence can impact your feelings very strongly.” – Fabrizio Rat

Track List:

A1 Unconscious Mind*
A2 Segreto
A3 Nel Vuoto

B1 Furore
B2 I Play The*
B3 Lacuna C1 Mistero

C2 La danza*
C3 Out of body*

D1 La Sera
D2 Magma
D3 La Rovina

*Vocals by Linda Olah

Unconscious Mind will be released the 3 December on double 12” vinyl and digital

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