Latency

On Sander, long-time collaborators Giuseppe Ielasi and Nicola Ratti reunite as Bellows, refining their shared language of electro-acoustic nuance into five immersive pieces recorded in Milan in early 2016. Following their acclaimed Rustl (Boomkat Editions) and a series of celebrated solo works, Sander presents a more poised, spatially rich evolution of their practice.

Across the album, Bellows shape a series of finely textured sonic environments—floating between abstraction and structure, density and delicacy. Using an expanded setup of hardware and signal processing, the duo sculpts sound with a tactile precision: subbass shifts swell and recede like tectonic movements beneath airborne harmonics, scattered pulses, and fleeting melodic gestures.

The first side unfolds with intricate melodic detail—rising tones and dub-inflected low-end coalescing into a drifting yet anchored whole. Echoes of Gas-like atmospheres and wistful motifs weave into the framework, revealing new depths with each listen.

On the flip, Bellows explore starker terrain: hollow drones, reverberant dub rhythms, and radiant harmonic washes expand into open sonic space. The album concludes with a surreal, almost temporal disintegration—tones stretch and bend like a clock dissolving in slow motion.

Sander is a subtle, absorbing listen—an album that rewards attention and lingers long after it ends. A vital entry in the Latency catalog for listeners drawn to the quiet intricacies of sound.