- Hazylujah is Italian producer Massimiliano Vianello, who debuted his odd house and techno on Delsin in 2011 and inaugurated the Meda Fury label two years ago. Both of those records were psychedelic affairs with chirruping backgrounds, filtered voices and off-kilter drums. His follow-up for Meda Fury, 100%, is a rewarding and varied listen that sits between his hazy material and the hard-edged Knife Silhouette 12-inch from this year.
On the title track, Balearic overtones evoke his earliest work, and it's the most purely enjoyable cut to boot. Its synth line could be taken from a Percussions track: the pitched-down melody takes on a seasick quality like the accordions on O'Flynn's "Desmond's Empire." Darker textures prevail elsewhere, with "No" and "Fourth Stone Base" grinding and swaying apocalyptically. "In Sex" is as sleazy as you might imagine. A hail of breakneck EBM arps and frenzied heavy breathing, the track is enjoyably silly but not the record's high point. The digital-only "The Birth Of Images" rounds out Hazylujah's strong EP with a beautiful wash of glinting pads, soft twittering and barely-there beats.
TracklistA1 No
A2 Fourth Stone Bass
B1 In Sex
B2 100%
Digital Only: Birth Of Images