Medusa (IDIRI004) by Rodion
Roman producer Rodion makes his critically acclaimed ‚Medusa‘ EP available online for the first time since it’s initial release in 2014. The classically trained pianist dismisses the romantic spaceman suit for a tighter and much darker release. Just forget the refined and the sweet: this is basically creepy afterhours music, a trip too far gone through obscure and scary galaxies outside the Solar system.
The sound is 100% analog, druggy, mechanical uptempo funk: rumbling basslines, sheer and hallucinogenic synths on top of a seriously raw beat. This time Rodion’s voyage is a no-way-back one.
On the remix duty, there is the legendary Argentinian duo DJs Pareja and three special dub mixes by Alien Alien, Rodion’s own collaborative project with Hugo Sanchez from Front De Cadeaux. Strong, rude, the title track takes you to an unpredictable cruising on Planet Medusa. Call it nasty house, or electro macho, this is definitely the sound of a snake-haired nightmare.
To complete the EP, we have Solenoid, one of the wildest Rodion numbers ever: a rapsody in gold where out-of-this-world melodies and geometric old-school grooves melt in a bench chemistry orgy.
Tracklist
| 1. | Medusa | 6:20 |
| 2. | Medusa (Alien Alien Caribbean Dub) | 9:59 |
| 3. | Solenoid | 6:57 |
| 4. | Medusa (DJs Pareja Remix) | 5:41 |
| 5. | Solenoid (Alien Alien Interstellar Dub) | 7:10 |
| 6. | Solenoid (Alien Alien Pluviable Dub) | 8:45 |
Credits
Written & produced by Edoardo Cianfanelli
Artwork by Massimiliano Amati aka Re delle Aringhe
Originally released on Roccodisco in 2014
License
All rights reserved.
Rodion is from Rome. Mixmag/UK called him the “new genius of Italian Dance music”.
Rodion makes extremely emotional freaked out electronic music that’s ahead of its time. Somewhere between the depths of cosmic music and synthesized funk, mixed with the dramatic melodies of Italian horror movies.