Francesco De Belis (one half of Italy’s Jollymusic) serves up an excellent two-tracker here on England’s 20:20 Vision label. “Hero” is a Moroder-indebted piece of Italo-house; “Venti Venti” a more electro cut with crystalline Kraftwerk synth runs. They surprise as much as they follow their modus operandi thoughgh, with the A-side featuring psychedelic echoboxed female vocals and laughter in the background while the B-side contains a nearly inaudible sound akin to the dripping of water that is nevertheless present enough that I thought there was something wrong with my car’s AC while driving to it. Both tracks succeed by striking a balance between a dense layering of sounds and upfront disco-house beats.

20:20 Vision / 127
[Mallory O’Donnell]