Get the latest gossip
Mabe Fratti: Sentir Que No Sabes review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
The full-blooded and emotionally driven fourth solo album from the avant garde pop cellist is abundantly melodic, constantly surprising and unequivocally fantastic
Russell has certainly seen his star rise in recent years: an overlooked figure at the time of his death in 1992, he’s posthumously become a very hip name to drop, an influence regularly cited for his boundary-free experimentation in everything from disco to modern classical to left-field pop. Photograph: AG/CAD LimitedBut listening to her fourth solo album – after last year’s breakout collaborations with improv group Amor Muere, and Titanic, her chamber duo with partner Héctor Tosta – you understand why Russell’s name is being invoked in the same breath. Elastica II and Kitana feature Fratti alternately scraping the instrument’s strings and hitting them like a cimbalom – or, if you prefer, one of Sonic Youth’s guitars – the former lending the sound a further layer of weirdness by manipulating the recording, slowing slightly, then speeding up.
Or read this on The Guardian
