L+Esistenze is the latest release by Petrolio, a project of Italian composer/musician Enrico Cerrato, a man fueled by experiences in metal, punk, jazz and industrial thrust, who enjoys teaming with those of his versatile kind.
With L+Esistenze, Cerrato and his collaborators compose a fever dream of the highest degree. One could liken their mechanical cranks and cutting cries to a maddening injection. What adds to their specialty is twofold: The tracks exist on vinyl and cassette, but the selections for each are different yet linked.
For the sake of L+Esistenze's vinyl edition, the commanding psychedelia starts with "Ne Tuer Pas Les Anges" (w/ collaborator Aidan Baker): coddling, divine, groovy...and damn dangerous.
The festering agitation carries over in "S La Maladie Connue" (w/ Sigillum S), which invokes heartbreaking, workplace lament: a necessary disease you never desired but must digest. (Yeah, you swallowed the pill to cope with the day, but now there's a sharper edge to it, and it won't go away.)
Confusion follows, as demonstrated by "Scindere Les Animes" (w/ Jochen Arbeit): You wrestle with your cognition, but it shatters among a barrage of pinging notes that allude to trickling water fighting flickering flame. The contradiction is overwhelming, and your gusto fades.
You have to get a grip, and from out the bungling desperation, you fashion "Fish Fetish" (w/ MaiMaiMai): an interlude that's soft and sugary, but in the end, fraudulent and fierce. Its betrayal prompts you to flee your money-making scheme and crawl into some cold, soiled hideaway.
Maybe (you hope beyond hope) there's finally time to rest, but per "L_Eterno Non...Er Sempre" (w/ Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo), you find yourself teetering between Heaven and Hell...life and death. Which is better? Do you even care?
With your surrender confirmed, "Ceralacca Seta" (w/ Naresh Ran) deposits you into the woodwork and concrete. All the while, a waxy voice beckons, but you're wary of its intent. Is it there to reassure or mock?
Again, no matter. The journey is over, your soul now balances upon the eternal crest of fruitless cowardice...
The audio-cassette edition extends the vinyl's vantage. One might consider it a sequel or prequel, but its entries seem more like inserts (expressive buffers) to the aforementioned tracks.
For example, if "S La Maladie Connue" covers workplace lament, then "Helig Van Blut" (w/ Baker) is its unsettling addendum: a "Texas Chainsaw" reverie raised to holy stature, where a smile is required before being hoisted and hooked.
As companion pieces to "Scindere Les Animes" and "L Eterno Non...Er Sempre", the petulant "Pergringos de Almos" (w/ Sellium) suggests frantic escape, but "Wood and the Leaf" (w/ Arbeit) and "Cut the Moon" (w/ MaiMaiMai) only magnify the inherent ebbs and flows that distinguish any hallucination: without question, ideal accompaniment for "Fish Fetish".
To complement "Ceralacca Seta", the tracks, "Ojos Eyes and L_Ecoute" (w/ Palumbo) and "Vuoto A Perdre" (w/ N Ran) signal the aftermath of any imprudent act: After the dust clears, there's only self-imposed self-degradation. So fruitless, so sad...
Either edition of L+Esistenze will leave an indelible mark on any listener. However, experiencing these epics back to back could bend a mindset forever: a dangerous dynamic perhaps, but precisely the thing that differentiates Cerrato's collaborative genius and the wicked way Petrolio plays.
Sail the experimental waves at
https://soundcloud.com/petrolio-246047815/sets/l-esistenza/s-guffb.
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