Mirai
Self-Released, 2022
8/10
TYTO is the recording alias of the Italian multi-instrumentalist Beppe Scardino, who brings so many instruments- organic and synthetic- to these oddly exciting 7 tracks that no one could accurately classify.
“Intoru” opens the listen with robotic like talking, before warm beats find a groove friendly place to reside in the atypical electronica, and “Jerks” follows with Adele Altro’s voice entering the frisky and busy climate that segues abruptly into calm, haunting areas.
In the middle, “Excessive Empathy” enters sci-fi like territory with its thumping electronics and dense atmosphere that uses processed vocals strategically, while “Mannequin” brings in Glauco Benedetti’s sousaphone, fake trumpet and trombone, as well as Francesco Bigoni’s clarinet and vocals for the energetic and upbeat version of unorthodox jazz.
The final track, “Underachiever”, buzzes with a late night, dance floor appeal that’s immediately memorable and the album’s best.
A listen that thematically surrounds topics as wide as owls, dreams, and Japan, TYTO is also a member of C’mon Tigre, Dinamitri Jazz Folklore and L’Orchestrino, and here he makes every song weird, unpredictable and acutely fascinating.