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Lorenzo Morresi is a man constantly on the hunt for new sounds. Always listening, gathering and curating new sounds from around the world – whether on the road as he rides his motorcycle, or from his home in Italy.
A collaborative artist, Lorenzo Morresi loves to work with the incredible array of musicians that he meets on his musical journeys, at the crossroads of jazz, funk, experimental and electronic, with a few broken beats thrown in for good measure.
Nonsense EP, released 16th April on his new label Minus Me Plus World,is a prime example of how Lorenzo Morresi blends these sounds from a multitude of genres, a beautiful symbiosis of organic and mechanic, analogue and digital. Nonsense is an EP designed for clubs. Full of warm distortions, analogue synthesizers and a whole range of electronic music techniques both old and new.
Tucu Taca, fittingly released as a single on 1st April, on the festival of Nonsense that is April Fool’s Day. As you press play, the track starts with the whispered vocal ‘Tucu Taca, Tucu Taca, Tucu Taca’. These lyrics may sound like nonsense, but it’s a classic warm up exercise to practice rhythm for funkier guitar numbers. Before your ears have even had chance to warm up, Lorenzo hits you with an array of percussion, timbal, cymbals, and repeniques combining for an exceptional clave, then kicking in to an electro-samba extravaganza that Liquid Liquid would be proud of.
Giungla is a different beast altogether. Distorted, heavy drums, like a Nine Inch Nails take on Roger Taylor taking you on a dark fairground ride through AI voices, glitches and a multitude of warped rhythmic patterns.
The titular Nonsense is a proto back in the ‘80s. Lorenzo Morresi recorded this one at Museo Del Synth Marchigiano, using their incredible array of Italian vintage synthesisers. The bass on Nonsense is just incredible, made with a Synket, the world’s first portable synth, made by Paolo Ketoff in Rome (1963).
Nonsense Remix by Francisco (A true Italian music pioneer both as DJ and producer) turns the track on its head, an electroclash reimagining so incredible, you have to share it immediately with your friends.
There you go: four incredibly different tracks, brought together by their intricate rhythmic patterns and excellence in production, every single instrument performed impeccably by Lorenzo himself. Once you’ve fallen in love with Nonsense, try and catch a Lorenzo Morresi live show this summer, the incredibly talented multi-instrumentalist playing solo like a plate spinner. Every plate a priceless, Italian ceramic masterpiece.
