Roza Terenzi & D. Tiffany - Edge Of Innocence (Resident Advisor's 2022 Album of the Year)

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The Best Albums of 2022

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Electronic music is something of an ouroboros: sounds hark back to the past as trends recycle in a never-ending loop. The revival of genres like jungle and trance, among others, is proof positive, and the subject of many articles from cultural critics like Simon Reynolds and Mark Fisher. But there's a distinction to be made here. Some artists' chase of rose-tinted nostalgia is nothing more than empty cliché, while others treat their return to a bygone era like a hero's journey—familiar, yet eclipsed by a new, fortified sensibility.

D. Tiffany and Rosa Terenzi achieve the ideal balance on their debut album, Edge Of Innocence. It offers a mélange of influences that run the hi-BPM gamut from electro to drum & bass without losing grip of the rippling, psychedelic groove at the core of everything this duo do. "Grains Of Sand" is a case in point, replete with synths that stab through a thicket of lumbering percussion, as is the fittingly named breakbeat bop "Redemption Arc," kitted out with all the sleek dynamism that emerges after a period of dark contemplation. By the end of Edge Of Innocence, you get the feeling that, though the duo are working with well-worn sounds, they've made them all their own.

Spiritual Delusion

Gravity Bongo

Liquorice Skritch

Lil' Drummer Boi

Grains Of Sand

Paparazzi

Redemption Arc

Possession

Label: Delicate Records (2) – DR004
Format:
2 x Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 19 May 2022
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Techno, Drum n Bass, Jungle, Downtempo