New York-based Electronic Music Visionary Chris Ianuzzi has found his element on “Maze”. The wildly creative experimental record is far from a straightforward project. It thrives in chaos, constantly surprising you with new sonic elements, samples, and beats that rally onto you with a visceral and incisive energy that feels unstoppable and inviting all at once. Maze is not mainstream electronic music by any means. It’s decidedly aggressive and overwhelming from back to front, completely enveloping you as a listener into a shroud of sounds that seem to defy your own understanding of expectations of a musical record.
The almost deliberate uncomfortable sensation that Chris lanuzzi seems to adore imparting onto his listeners is perhaps no better exemplified than on the opening piece ‘Hunger’. The hypnotic and mesmerizing piece of industrial electronic music oscillates between being an escapist rave fantasy to a thunderously fearful overflow of visceral and futuristic sonic forms that are deeply unsettling. Chris Ianuzzi’s work places on foot in early synthesizer music, IDM, industrial, ambient, glitch and techno, the other foot touching on something strange and fresh. He clearly embraces technology and futuristic sounds, gleefully throwing a whole combination of them together on the chaotic whirlwind that is Maze.
So, embrace the method in the madness and find calm in the chaos of Maze. It’s a ride that will have you confused, unsure of each twist and turn, but perhaps that’s precisely why it is what it is.