Pedro returns sounds like an album title in itself, 'Pedro's House' sounds even better. But his latest EP is called 'PEDRO002' and thankfully they tracks are far more inspired.
Regular readers will know from experience that all at YATM, we love a new album and when it came to Pedro Ricardo's 'Soprem Bons Ventors' on Soundway (see the review HERE) along with the 'Single of the Month', 'Déhéba (see review HERE), we were "all in" on the project!
That was two years ago and whilst this new release on his own label has lost some of that leftfield some Cinematic Orchestra vibe there's still evidence of the multi-instrumentalist's "take of a modern dance of Hermeto Pascoal flamenco jazz-folk-house" with a trip hop jump to DJ Shadow influence with fusionist tendancies.
This 5-track release covers all the above bases kicking off with the jazzy piano-synth 'battle' of 'Solway System' vs '28 or 5 to 4' which is perfect 03:55 am festival soundtracking.
'In The Attic' standing out as the one for jazz-house-warpdom with the others bouncing from post-dubstep/bruk. Ironically, 'In The Attic' has the least Bugz (In The Attic) references, 'Knockup Stream' shows best how this can work on today's dancefloor.
We're told Pedro is know form taking risks - from house to techno ('Maracuyá_Matanzas') - and this is another EP that falls between popular genre definitions which makes it all the more essential!
Artist: Pedro Ricardo
Title: PEDRO002
Release date: 11th March, 2025Label : Pedro's House
Catalog Number : PEDRO002
Format: Vinyl 12" / Digital / Bandcamp
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