Niagara
Don't Take It Personally

Reaching the second album of their musical journey, Niagara confirms themselves as one of the most interesting realities of the current Italian electronic scene, as well as one of the few Italian groups capable of being exported outside the peninsula (demonstrated by the release of the album under the English label Monotreme Records).

In “Don't Take It Personally,” the duo Tomat/Ottino doesn’t stray much from the sounds of their previous work “Otto”; in the ten tracks they combine at times experimental and chaotic electronics (“China Eclipse”) and at other moments more rarefied and expansive sounds (the ambient drift of “Popeye”), a good dose of psychedelia, hybrid pop suggestions (see “Laes,” comparable to “Etacarinae” from “Otto”), samples and loops, distorted and synthetic vocal harmonies.

The only flaw might be the absence of a piece like “Seal” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAeBDplVGGk, but the compositional quality remains high, and compared to “Otto,” a greater cohesiveness of the set is found.

It's up to you to decide whether to let yourself be swept away by this sound cascade or not.