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01. MAT CHIAVAROLI - Introduzione
02. MAT CHIAVAROLI - Aroma De Mi Vida
03. MAT CHIAVAROLI - Whoja Vu
04. MAT CHIAVAROLI - Dunneed2give It Up
05. MAT CHIAVAROLI - Jeep Ridaz
01. MAT CHIAVAROLI - Double Pain
02. MAT CHIAVAROLI - Storia Losca
03. MAT CHIAVAROLI - The Quiet Bobobo
04. MAT CHIAVAROLI - Latexxxnite Enemy (feat. P Lok)
05. MAT CHIAVAROLI - Damaging Ur Mental
ARTIST
TITLE
No Stranger To Madness
FORMAT
2x12"

LABEL
CATALOG #
QUINTESSE 054LP QUINTESSE 054LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/14/2017

Following a number of exciting tunes released on the renowned label Quintessentials, here comes Mat Chiavaroli's first long-player, No Stranger To Madness. Warm Fostex tape hisses and MPC swings, the guy from the Pescara hills delivers ten tracks for both your dancing and listening pleasure. The A and B side tracks are drenched in dusty funk samples, gritty chords, and syncopated rhythms. In "Aroma De Mi Vida", Mat chops obscure Rhodes riffs and layers them with more elements, just like in "Whoja Vu", a heavy-sampled disco juggler very close to his previous Quintessentials release (QUINTESSE 046EP, 2016). On the flip, we find some deep chords melting with powerful gospel vocals, giving life to a track that annihilates boring dancefloors. There's a similar vibe in "Jeep Ridaz" that reminisces about seminal Atavisme classics, with broken detuned bits and agitated cut-and-pastes that give a sense of randomness. The second part of this album shows Mat Chiavaroli's deeper side. "Double Pain" is a tune that progressively brings you many aspects of what Mat loves; saturated female vocals stick out while gloomy chords gently develop. "Storia Losca" has a slightly different attitude with a huge synth presence, live percussion, and dreamy pianos. The D side opens with "The Quiet Bobobo", a distorted floor delight and ends with something closer to Mat's early music, disclosing a fresh collaboration with the young studio fellow P Lok. No Stranger To Madness fits many bills and is an impressive proof of what Mat's musical ability is.