Matti Turunen - Radau (Cultivated Electronics Ltd)

 

Title: Matti Turunen 

Artist: Radau

Label: Cultivated Electronics Ltd

Cat Number: CELTD011

Genre: Electro

A1: Aureum

A2: Xhante

B1: Radau

B2: Memnonia

This is a relatively rare solo outing for one half of Finnish electro titans Morphology. And Matti Turunen uses the opportunity to show that his razor sharp beats and panoramic soundscapes are not limited to his excursions with partner in crime Michael Diekmann. The track titles are suitably enigmatic, as is the overall production, not pinning itself down to one specific approach, aside from that honed over the years in the b-boy blacksmith’s. Both ‘Aureum’ and ‘Memnonia’ bookend the release with fluidity and depth, ‘Aureum’ particularly, whose deep, melodic hooks recall Plant43; ‘Memnonia’ has a similar mood but is more arpeggiated due to its undulating break beats. ‘Radau’ and ‘Xhante’ go harder; with the beats of ‘Xhante’ being underscored by a sporadic, descending bass, and those of  ‘Radau’ going slightly off beat to a more fluctuating low end.