A dynamically atmospheric release, VION marks the 29th full-length album from Lorenzo Montanà, an Italian soundtrack composer, engineer, and producer. The artist’s work spans back to the ’90s, including a variety of notable collaborations. The artist’s work spans back to the ’90s, including a variety of notable collaborations, such as with Pete Namlook and Alio Die. Montanà has also composed music for film trailers, specifically for Blade Runner 2049 and The Hunger Games 1 & 2.
he album’s creative process commenced initially as a way for Montanà to experiment with jazz brush drum patterns, apparent throughout the release within cinematic soundscapes with electronic adornments. The opening track “Like Dew” is enjoyably illustrative of the album’s knack for tonal escalations, swelling from a simmering orchestral lushness into a brisk assortment of chilly keys and percussive impacts. “Vilu” is another standout, injecting effervescent synth pads — reminiscent of Boards of Canada — into a beautiful assortment of playfully melodic illumination and steady rhythmic hypnotics. VION is a tremendous output from Lorenzo Montanà.
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“Vilu” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup, as part of the artist’s promotional campaign.
