Sandro Perri - Impossible Spaces
Techno as a word evokes a state of constants or sameness, repetition or maybe subtle alteration. If Destroyer’s Kaputt was married to disco, Impossible Spaces is in bed with with techno just not the kind that evokes any of those words. The only constant is change. These tracks although in constant state of flux also seem to seem like they are destined to arrive at a destination at the end and for the large part they do. I’ve been listening to Impossible Spaces for about four months now, very regularly and it’s starting to dawn on me how incredible it really is. I can think of fewer pleasantries than being on the desk of some big music magazine and having to review this. My album of last year, Kaputt, was the record it was because of it’s complete lack of contemporaries. This in many ways is it’s unexpected companion piece, if not for it’s complexity, beauty or density than for the ease in which it delivers it …
Yes to this record and this write up. Read the whole thing. The syncopated ramble of Changes, which embodies an easy-listening aura that’s part Paul Simon, part Cass McCombs, most directly confronts the idea of ‘Impossible Spaces’ i.e. those voids, darknesses and circular roads that make the process of moving forward that much harder. It’s an elaborate seven minute tangle of ideas and musical palettes, and seems endlessly caught in a sway of ebbs and flows. But as Perri ponders the elusive nature of change, his restful tone reassures.
