Back in 2018, Argentinian producer Fernando Pulichino released ‘Search of Indigo’ on Leng,
a shuffling slab of colourful, Balearic-adjacent dub disco featuring his own distinctive lead
vocals and backing vocals from Luca Gasparini. Six years on, the track returns renewed and
refreshed thanks to a string of new floor-friendly reworks by LTJ Xperience and Pulichino
himself.
Fernando kicks off the EP with his ‘AM Mix’, an inspired re-invention that re-frames the song
as a hard-wired, acid-fired chugger – all restless, razor-sharp TB-303 lines, low-slung bass
guitar and sparkling piano riffs. On the digital version of the EP Pulichino has also offered up
his ‘PM Mix’, a deliciously Balearic disco dub rich in colourful synth sounds, elastic bass,
flanged guitars and sun-bright piano licks.
It's LTJ Xperience’s trio of remixes that lie at the heart of the EP though. The Italian
producer, real name Luca Trevisi, initially made his name as a downtempo and nu-jazz
producer before perfecting a trademark style of chugging, slow-motion hedonism that
draws influence from both deep house and nu-disco. His main Remix foregrounds many of
these trademark elements, in the process delivering a bongo-rich chugger laden with delayheavy
bass guitar sounds, head-nodding drums, heady guitar loops and echoing vocal
snippets.
On the Dirty Mix, Trevisi reaches for tight, short TB-303 ‘acid’ loops, a more sparse and
heavy rhythm track offering a more heads-down, dubbed-out affair that should delight
those who love late night and early morning hypnotism with flashes of wide-eyed sonic
bliss. Then, to round things off, Trevisi delivers a heady, atmospheric and spaced-out Dub
full of jazz guitar licks, bubbling electronics, vocal snippets and effects-laden bass. It’s a
winning combination. More