Pina - OR (2023)

Pina is a much-revered artist in the Spanish underground scene and it is no secret that Lapsus are long-term admirers of his work and that he is also the mastering engineer for the vast majority of our releases.

After a productive 2020, releasing 'Buit' [Lapsus Records] and 'Advent' [Sin Hilo], Pedro Pina returns to Lapsus with 'OR', an album that unsurprisingly advocates disruption.

OR' pushes the boundaries of polarization and contrasts, forcing you to choose, perhaps acting as a metaphor for present-day life that scarcely allows for non-binary thinking.

The album is unmistakably divided into two sections (or two sides). For the ambassadors of purist electronica, side A may seem almost blasphemous with the inclusion of tracks deconstructing reggaeton and flirting with urban rhythms. Whereas the B-side is the polar opposite, with ambience and experimental electronica replacing beats, all constructed around "modular birds", field recordings of actual birds processed by a CV converter. To title the tracks Pina used various mathematical functions as a source of inspiration -OR is in fact a mathematical function in itself-.

OR' serves up 16 tracks, 2 minutes in length that are purposely short productions, which take a critical swipe at contemporary pop - and not so pop - structures that have transformed the streaming industry in recent years.