- A debut on Berlin's Highgrade represents a step up for Andrea Martello and Giulio Spagnuolo, the Italian duo behind Luminér. They meet the challenge with aplomb; the basic template is a warm bath of deep house, but subtle nuances take each of the tracks down their own individual paths.
"Psyren" is the trippy one, with abrasive synths slashing across its duration as truncated drumrolls battle for supremacy with a broad-shouldered kick drum. Luminér's softer side fares even better. The soulful "Inversion" is washed in a steady trickle of ambient noise with huge Rhodes chords shining a light across it. Sitting somewhere between the two, "Persephone" lashes a breakbeat to wobbly synths that sound like they've been tipped into a swimming pool. Luminér do emotional house very well. That they have the requisite control to prevent it becoming overwrought is to their credit.
Tracklist01. Psyren
02. Inversion
03. Persephone