No Model, No Tool - Luciano (Cadenza)

Re-inventing the 'DJ Tools' notion, Cadenza launch their Split Composition series; a challenge to DJs to create new sounds and images from stripped down basics. Luciano kick starts this with a double vinyl, the first disc covering two tracks of sprawling tech-house percussion that hit on a few atonal syncopations and sculpt basic dimensional patterns. The beatless C and D sides ape the oceanic blue drone of Biosphere, with voices, sirens, feedback and dying wurlitzers scattered randomly across the disk and killer dancefloor tracks shaped in the shadows. Though it's mostly a toolkit, on the fifteen minutes of 'Somewhere Near his Heart', the bleating electronic sheep of Blade Runner's android dreams echo over swathes of melancholic synth and prayer bells, making stunning ambient music in its own right. Whether these tracks will be a make-your-own Luciano Barbie or a Frankensteinian electronic grave robbing is totally up for grabs, but the resultant mixes should keep Cadenza in business for years and there's the potential for some excellent reworking here. [Liam Arnold]