- The longer I've spent with newcomer Antony Difrancesco's The A.D.D EP, the less I've been sure what to call its sound. If you discount its supple, rolling bass, it's tech house; if you throw out the generally easy tempos, it's techno; if you settle into its low frequencies, it sounds straight out of a Bristol bedroom. But as many corners as you could back it into, it's hardly as scatterbrained as its title suggests. Simultaneously hyper-specific and broadly appealing, Antony Difrancesco's first solo release should have no problem slinking between scenes.
Difrancesco builds these tracks to be alluringly large and small. Opener "Tricolor" has a beast of a kick, but it never manages to scatter the sizzling ambience it pounds through. Driven by tritone synth stabs and a bassline so low its pitch is nearly indiscernible, the rhythmically intricate "GoDeep" is flippant about melody but appealing regardless. Difrancesco grows moodier on "Shadow Flow," shifting between sticky, dubby calm and hi-hat-driven mania. "Callaway Dub," indebted to Villalobos at his spaciest, shrinks the bass and seems to lose a little of its distinctiveness as a result. Regardless, you're likely to hear more than enough of Difrancesco's own voice here.
Tracklist 01. Tricolor
02. GoDeep
03. Shadow Flow
04. Callaway Dub