Electric Capablanca leaves few touchstones as to intent or obvious influences on “Giuoco Piano” to suggest genre or rooting. Which of course leaves the song open to interpretation and taking it in as an experience rather than something to be shaped by expectation. Like benevolent, disembodied spirits, vocals like echoes from another room in a vast mansion float through the track in the distance, airy, melodic drones waft along to provide an informal pace by virtue of tonal shift rather than formal rhythm. The sound of an electronic harp languidly plucked provides a parallel meter. The title of the piece refers to an opening move in chess, also known as the “Italian Opening,” and this song in its way feels like the introduction to a piece of orchestration or cinema with the elements coming together to pull us into a larger narrative stratagem through relaxing the mind. The instrumental composition defies easy categorization but is also not challenging to take in. Fans of ambient and modern classical and minimal techno will find much to like here and it’s rare that a song at over nine minutes feels like a third of that time. Listen to “Giunoco Piano” on Spotify.
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