- Antonio Pecori is one of a handful of artists behind a new label called Oltrarno Records. Both last year's debut (Worlds, a mini-compilation featuring the core label crew) and Oz feel intimate, from their beautifully packaged presses of 250, to the deep house sounds whose faint eccentricities seem to be sketched by pencil. This solo debut from Pecori's Soutine project has a subtleness that's even more striking. Oz lays out four trippy, vigorous house tracks teeming with exotic textures.
The EP gives off a velvety looseness, but nearly all of the tracks are 130 BPM or above. "Dreams" is the exception: it whorls around softly, acquiring paper-thin layers of dusty, alien sounds. "Run In The Jungle" also has a lattice of details, but this time they're glamorous and the kicks are slamming. Pecori keeps that energy up throughout the B-side. "Spacehopper" is Oz's most hypnotic selection, pared down to a slick minimal track with deep blue loops, and "Lost Somewhere" parades iridescent and electrifying synth melodies around submerged drums. Sometimes the track's playfulness goes on for too long, but they leave plenty of attractive colors in their wake.
TracklistA1 Dreams
A2 Run In The Jungle
B1 Spacehopper
B2 Lost Somewhere