The Last Five Minutes - Blind End Now
Released: September 6 The Last Five Minutes is a collaborative effort between guitarist/bassist Alberto Carozzi and laptop sound tinkerer Matteo Uggeri. While the two regularly play together, the process behind the creation of Blind End Now appears to be more asynchronous, with the two artists bouncing recorded pieces between each other and cleverly editing things together into a cohesive piece. Each track features and typically starts out with some unbalanced vinyl crackle loops on repeat. There isn’t quite a rhythm to these pieces, though it feels like the proto-element to the rhythms that comes later on in each track. But these vinyl loops form the foundation on which the bass is played without any particular regard for a steady tempo. To speak on the bass, it stays generally consistent in its affinity toward a mid-range kind of tone, plucking out these mini-rhythmic sequences throughout. But with the introduction of the rhythmic elements from Uggeri, the bass takes on a ...
