Claudio F Baroni - Re-Genetic [Unsounds 090]

Put out on the circuit via the Dutch Unsounds label as their cat.no. 090 on December 12th, 2k25 is "Re-Genetic", the third album cooked up for the imprint by Italian-born, Amsterdam-based composer Claudio F Baroni. Catering a total of two extended compositions on this 51 minutes spanning longplayer Baroni opens with "J'ai Connu", based on a text by Geraldine Schwarz, read and performed by Isabelle Vigier, following his established musical practice of deriving the instrumental score aided by digital speech analysis, resulting in a stripped down, rather intimate and dreamlike sonic landscape closely following the path Isabelle Vigier's tender whispers take whilst sustained, probably processed and slightly off-kilter strings provide a bit of an irritating momentum in their ever shifting and meandering pitch, adding a bit of a ghostly, otherworldly element to the pieces already nocturnal atmosphere. In the title bearing piece "Re-Genetic Mutation", a 36 minutes long take inspired by and based on Robert Ashley's text 'Love Sure Is A Good Example' which he also narrates, we see Reinier Van Houdt providing tender, yet dynamic and powerful piano lines alongside Ashley's pronounced performance amalgamating expressive Spoken Word, classic poetic lyricism and a spiritual, almost service or worship adjacent feel whereas Baroni adds additional tape layers of a spatial, droning and atmospheric nature. Highly recommended and absolutely beautiful, this album is.

Album artwork on Instagram!