“A trippy, demented track.” This is ‘What It Means’ to be IDM.

ROME-based synth savant PANORAM has just released the almost category defying ‘What It Means,’ a trademark, off-kilter slice of the very best IDM.

Precious little is known of Raffaele Martirani, the mysterious maverick behind Panoram. However, he has been an integral part of the Amen Dunes project for the past decade, touring extensively across the U.S. and Europe, and has appeared alongside the likes of Kraftwerk and Gold Panda at Sònar Festival in Barcelona. 

“I was sharing a rehearsal space in Brooklyn when I recorded this one,” said Martirani. “It’s quite a trippy, demented track. I remember being mesmerized by the sound of that bass synth for a couple of days. It felt like it was a good sound for a part with some sort of uncertain vibe. Drums and words came later on. I wanted the dullness of the vocals to be kind of chasing you throughout the song. I like to play with found vocals a lot and create some sort of cognitive dissonance with the music as if sounds and words are coming from separate places.”

Equal parts cerebral, playful, bewildering and brooding, ‘What It Means’ is entirely captivating.

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