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- Scene
- Mr Decay
- Terminal
- Gate 7
- Shebang
- Chromophobia
- The Blessing
- Mala Strana
- Acrostico
- Xilo
- Beautiful Life
- Hera
- The Verdict
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 Gui Boratto stormed onto the scene with the tech housey yet melodic ‘Arquipelago’ EP in autumn 2005, and its title track almost made it into the best 5 productions in our recap. This 33 years old ex advertising expert now music producer has since then been successful on the European music market with releases on Kompakt, K2 and Harthouse. ‘Chromophobia’, Boratto’s debut album, has at least 2 faces. The first is minimal in the layer of percussions and extremely rich in non trivial melodies in the foreground. The second is slightly less contemporary, sometimes nostalgic and flavoured with indie, early Chemical Brothers and Depeche Mode. I personally prefer the first one, with the opening ‘Scene’, the title track ‘Chromophobia’ and the truly beautiful ‘The Blessing’ on top, as numbers like ‘Acrostico’, ‘Beautiful Life’ or ‘Xilo’ already bring some memories at the beginning, which unfortunately are not connected with this album. Moreover, Boratto sometimes draws too directly from the creative activity of the already mentioned icons of electronic music in the second part, therefore his album loses slightly in originality. Despite that, ‘Chromophobia’ is easy to swallow, and I rate Boratto’s first longplay among successful debuts without a second thought.
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Review: Gui Boratto - Chromophobia
