Italian sound artist and mastering engineer Giuseppe Ielasi has been a quiet but persistent presence in experimental music for over two decades, his work as a musician paralleled by his crucial behind-the-scenes contributions to countless releases that have passed through his studio. As an artist, Ielasi creates music of exceptional subtlety and precision, working with field recordings, processed guitar, and various electronic sources to build compositions that reward close listening with an abundance of detail. His approach is almost sculptural, shaping sound with the patience and care of an artisan, removing as much as adding, allowing space and silence to play their essential roles. The MMXX series provides an ideal format for Ielasi's aesthetic - the single-sided etched vinyl suggests a commitment to quality over quantity, a recognition that some music achieves its fullest expression in concentrated doses.

What emerges is a work of considerable beauty, sounds that seem to emerge from silence and return to it, a sense of the natural world filtered through electronic processing until it becomes something new yet still connected to its origins. Ielasi's label, Senufo Editions, has released essential work by Alvin Lucier, Taku Sugimoto, Nmperign, and many others, and his own artistic practice embodies the same values of precision and restraint that characterize the label's catalog. A quiet masterpiece from an artist who deserves far wider recognition.