A collaboration between Malaventura and pianist/minimalist composer Alejandro Ventura, Mal(A.ventura)2=ruidos+piano, kicks ass in the way that Amon Tobin used t, with deep jazz bass, sultry piano parts and totally f**ked up brokedown drum and bass and hip hop beats.
The first track starts the album off on a quiet, introspective note with very pretty, sad and gentle piano on top of very minimal buzzing electronic noise.
Track two picks up the energy with a jazzy break and super-sub-sonic bass guaranteed to raise the ire of neighbors - and more of those melancholy, codeine pianos. This song is so short and delicious, you're just waiting for it to really kick into gear when it passes you by. They tease, these two Spaniards.
The third track is cut from the same cloth as the second: spazzy, noisy electronics provide a backdrop for acoustic sub-bass, broken beats and more cinematic, haunting pianos.
The fourth and final track is the album tour de force, the piece de resistance.... the next shit. More contemporary classical than downtempo drum and bass, this would be a perfect soundtrack piece. Tense, creepy pianos provide an ominous counterpoint to harmless, robotic machine noises, while a throbbing, insistent drone threatens constantly from the periphery. Suddenly, a wailing bass feedback dominates the soundfield and everything else goes dead. And then, cut! The album is over.... No fades, no nothing. It’s just over before you even know it. Creepy. Beautiful. Intriguing. I want more! Seek this out, I implore thee.
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