Lorenzo Senni – AAT

Lorenzo Senni – AAT

Italian musician Lorenzo Senni, head of the acclaimed experimental label Presto!?, is known for deconstructing and then reconstructing dance music; he became well-known after the release of his enigmatic album “Quantum  Jelly” (on label Editions Mego) in 2012, an amazing deconstruction of sound and rave culture in the 90’s, carefully analyzing its constituent parts for reuse in a very different context, with repetition and isolation as key concepts. His work explores the idea of “buildup” found in euphoric dance music as a starting point to make a non-uplifting, more introspective piece that implicitly preserves its emotional tension and drama. Senni, who coined the term “Pointillistic Trance” to describe his approach on Quantum Jelly, is sometimes described as a sadistic scientist who ripped the spinal cord out of trance and dangled it in front of our eyes. FACT Magazine included his latest album, ‘Superimposition’, on the Top 100 Records of the Decade-list.   This artist is being presented within the framework of SHAPE – a platform for innovative music and audiovisual art from Europe – and is supported by the Creative Europe program of the European Union. More information: www.shapeplatform.eu