Stereotyping is the latest album from electronic artist Marek De Vann, also featuring Hammond organist Paolo Apollo Negri, released via influential Italian label IRMA Records. Drawing on 1970s Italian crime-film soundtracks and American cop-show funk, the record blends vintage synths, rhythmic intrigue, and cinematic flourishes into a stylish, nostalgia-tinged fusion of electronic music and retro groove.
“When A Plan Comes Together” kicks off the album with dynamic, ravishing qualities. Spacey synth touches and sophisti-pop piano align with a steady percussive pit-pattering, ascending in vibrancy past the two-minute mark with palpable momentum. From Maddalena Conni’s harmonic hypnotics to the shifts between effervescence and rhythmic intrigue, the album opener sets it all into strong motion. The ensuing “Fourteen Trains” struts a funkier charisma, invoking a sense of head-nodding nostalgia in its vintage synth tones and charismatic doses of keys.
The album never lets up in its simultaneous capacity for intoxicating rhythms and soundscapes. “True Crime Love” channels a late-night vibe in its funk bass prowess and interplay of distortion and glimmering synths, while “Downtown Drift” incorporates saxophone with suave seamlessness. “Ghetto Funk” also captivates in its brisk synergy of free-flowing keys, buzzy resonance, and catchy rhythms. Stereotyping is an album abundant in stylish vigor and evident musicianship, making for a riveting listening experience from Marek De Vann.
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“When A Plan Comes Together” and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup.
