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• Artist: Resina
• Album: Opinio Omnium
• Label: Mousike Lab
• Year of Release: 2003
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• Reviewed by: dscanland on 2004-01-14

When Marco Messina and Retina.it decided to do a project together, they came up with a creative name incorporating elements of both of their names: Resina. No, it's not bad Greek wine. That's Retsina. Retina.it is actually a duo comprised of Lino Monaco and Nicola Buono. Resina is a perfect example of what is going on with Italian electronica music. It wouldn't be hard imagining this project ending up on Warp records. They have a lot in common with the likes of Plaid and Squarepusher the way they build music out of noises. The album opens up with a track called "Muschia", and the digital music pops out of the speakers like nobodies business. Resina is indeed IDM music not meant for much other than sitting back all by yourself. A couple of the tracks are dark enough to be compared to Plasikman. Opinio Omnium is not a totally original album but it's not everyday that you hear this type of music being played as well as this. It does take some thought process to get music like this sounding organic enough that your ears don't reject it. "Aitan" almost sounds like a bit of a club track. It is still pretty subdued but danceable all the same. You may have to go to Mousike Lab's website to find this album. I'm not sure if it is being imported into North America. If you like IDM, you definitely need to track down Resina though.

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