Gigi D'Agostino & Luca Noise - Psico Dance

Would love to own such a masterpiece

Surely a double CD, don't worry I prepared hahah

To be honest I don't have much confidence in this album. There are a few reasons for this:

- Co-Musicians & Quality of the music

Gigi's older work was sometimes co-produced and mastered by other musicians. The songs on Benessere or especially the Underconstruction remixes like Deeper / Drifting Sideways / On the Radio are made with much more attention to musicality and finesse than anything released after 2009.

Above that, music used to be from a MUCH higher quality than everything that was released after 2009. The older releases that i name above were made in a time where there was still money to be made in releasing a CD, and bringing music to the public. Therefore, more attention automatically went into creating a good product, inviting good producers to work with Gigi. Now it's commercially less viable to release a CD, especially when you are working with other producers whom you would have to pay! This is why the productions seem to have gone downhill.

- Too Digital!

It seems that Gigi's music of recent times is pretty badly produced. (no offense, Gigi, but come on...) All the sounds are extremely 'digital' sounding. Gone is the distinctive vintage synthesizer sound that made Gigi's music so unique compared to the other dance music on the market. The synths have been largely replaced by 'popular' 'Nexus' type preset synthesizers that you often hear in cheap EDM songs. Also the Kicks (bassdrums) used are very flat, lacking punch and do not sound good at all.

I'm beginning to think that Gigi in the past never really produced his music completely by himself, and only now is learning to produce music with the newer software available. It seems Gigi is unable to recreate that distinctive sound he had, or he doesn't hear the difference. More likely, however, is that he just assumes his audience won't be too critical about it, since there are so many positive youtube reactions on songs like 'Neoclassic'. Personally I couldn't believe what I heard when stuff like that got posted on youtube. But all in all it fits the pattern we are seeing, when the record label that announces the release is actually a house/EDM label.

- Authentic Gigi?

Along those lines it's even possible that some random house DJ (let's say a type like 'Christian Marchi') or another random producer in the background is producing his music. Which would be a valid conclusion since the techniques used to produce the music through the years have been changing so much.You can hear it even in all the lives. It seems like Gigi is forcing himself to 'go with the new ages' and hereby losing his identitiy completely. The new sounds are so EDM inspired. This is not Gigi, and to me, the music has lost it's soul, only to be replaced by a much less emotional plastic sound that you will find in songs like Holes in the sky. Another example is what happened to the 2006 version of 'Work' VS the 2016 version. It became completely soulless. The song is just not what it used to be, but there are many more examples like this.

I can only hope that I am wrong and that all the experimental new-style stuff posted on youtube is just a placeholder for good songs like the remix of Cappella -  U Got 2 Be!

But there are dark clouds on the horizon, and it would be no surprise to me if the album will be a big disappointment.

That is, if it ever will be released.

Money in music today is not in music sales, it's in live performances - and Gigi certainly has traction there at the moment. A musical release is a great way of promoting your live performances.

You are right in some of your points but I generally disagree that the music has gotten much worse. You are definetely right that the music has got simpler, but complexity in my mind is no measure of quality, otherwise we would probably all be listening to classical music only, the most complex type of music there is.

No, I actually think the simple lento tunes have their charm, and to me personally combined with an addictive lead, can sometimes be quite hard to get out of your head. I do agree that there was more to the music back in 2005 and his best tracks were made together with Sandrini, but he still deserves big kudos for staying true to a genre that everyone else has abandoned imo.

And does it really matter whether Gigi actually produces the music himself. A lot of big artists out there hardly writes any of their music themselves nowadays, that's especially true for most of what you hear on the radio. As long as the music is good, that's the only thing that matters.

A lot of people felt Gigi's music lost it's soul after the switch to Lento Violento, and that's a valid point and opinion to have, although I am not of that opinion as you can hear. If EDM is what all the kids like these days, why not try it out a little in your productions, as long as you generally stay true to your own style. I think Gigi does.

The real dissapointment will be if, after all the fuss, that the album turns out to be nothing but hot air.

I totally fell in love of the first track on his latest minimix, was it released before? It's, as always, way too short !

Love the 2nd one.

Gigi said on facebook it was delayed to March....
in March it'll be delayed to April... and so on...see you in September when we'll close the topic on our hopes.

September, that sounds a bit optimistic, don't you think?

Edit:
Noticed you didn't mention which year

According to the boss of Time Records, the release is delayed to "probably April". It's a double CD, unmixed...! let the dreams go on !

The album is out now!!!!!!

Maaah April's fool

I guess you don't have April's fools in China, correct?

^ Sorry to say but what a hideous production that is.