Lorenzo Senni
Lorenzo Senni was never a raver. Growing up in Rimini, the young artist was fascinated by dance culture as he witnessed close friends interact with a neon-hued chemical world that remained at odds with his own. He inhabited the local straight edge hardcore punk scene, a teenage drummer who absorbed the golden age of trance and gabber anecdotally. Senni was a rave voyeur, studying hedonism from a distance, fascinated by its maximalist, expressive charm.
When Senni released ‘Quantum Jelly’ in 2012, it marked the beginning of an ongoing challenge. Using the aesthetic language of dance music (most notably the ‘Supersaw’ preset on Roland's iconic JP-8000 synthesizer), he allowed his outsider's curiosity to inform experimentation he branded "pointillistic trance", alongside other terms such as "rave-voyeurism" and "circumscribed euphoria”.
Senni's suite of contradictions only added to the puzzle: a trained percussionist who completely avoided the use of drums, a sober listener reinterpreting the signals of tracks rooted in the drug experience. Each record since then has refined this initial idea; he has learned in public, sculpting his sound and unpacking his shifting relationship with dance music.
Senni has exhibited and/or performed at museums and art organisations including Tate Modern (London), Serpentine (London), ICA (London), Venice Biennale 2019, Centre Pompidou (Paris), Zeis Gross Planetarium (Berlin), Spazio Maiocchi (Milan), Gasconade (Milan), Fondazione Pirelli Hangar Bicocca (Milan), Empty Gallery (Hong-Kong), WWW (Tokyo), Macba (Barcelona), Casa da Musica (Porto), Auditorium Rai (Torino) 1M3 (Lausanne) and S.M.A.K. (Ghent).
He has composed soundtracks for Yuri Ancarani’s award-winning movies ‘The Challenge’ and ‘Da Vinci’, Isaac Lock’s ‘You Will Be With Us In Paradise’, plus music for dance performances by Wayne McGregor (‘+/- Human’) and Michele Rizzo (‘Higher’).
His discography counts releases on Warp, Editions Mego, Kesh, Boomkat Editions and his label own Presto?!, which also features Gabor Lazar, Donato Dozzy, Gabber Eleganza, Florian Hecker, Palmistry and DJ Stingray in its catalogue.
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Discography
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- Artist
- Lorenzo Senni
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- Vandalize Music
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- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP456D
- Release Date
- November 24, 2020
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- Artist
- Lorenzo Senni
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- Scacco Matto
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- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WARPCDD311
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- April 24, 2020
- LP (special)
- CD
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- Artist
- Lorenzo Senni
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- The Shape Of RemixXxes To Come
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- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP425
- Release Date
- July 20, 2018
- 12”
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- Lorenzo Senni
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- XAllegroX / The Shape Of Trance To Come
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- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP406
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- September 29, 2017
- 12”
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- Lorenzo Senni
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- Persona
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- Warp Records
- Catalogue Number
- WAP394
- Release Date
- November 11, 2016
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- Artist
- Lorenzo Senni
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- Superimpositions
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- Boomkat Editions
- Catalogue Number
- BKEDIT010
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- October 23, 2015
- LP
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- Artist
- Lorenzo Senni
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- Quantum Jelly
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- Editions Mego
- Catalogue Number
- EMEGO152
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- October 8, 2012
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- Artist
- Lorenzo Senni
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- Dunno
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- Presto!?
- Catalogue Number
- P014
- Release Date
- September 1, 2010
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- Artist
- Lorenzo Senni
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- RAVE VOYEURISM / Scacco Matto
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- Warp Records
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- January 20, 2021
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- Lorenzo Senni
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- Lorenzo Senni ‘Check Mate’ T-Shirt
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- Warp Records
- Release Date
- April 24, 2020
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- Various Artists
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- 100 Tracks 2018
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- 100 Tracks
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- December 24, 2018
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- Various Artists
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- 100 Tracks 2017
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- 100 Tracks
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- BLP1002017
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- December 24, 2017
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- Various Artists
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- The Top 100 Tracks of 2016
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- 100 Tracks
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- BLP100TRKS2016D
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- December 25, 2016
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- Various Artists
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- The Top 100 Tracks of 2015
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- 100 Tracks
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- BLP100TRKS2015
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- December 24, 2015
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- Actress
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- DJ-Kicks - Actress
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- !K7 Records
- Catalogue Number
- K7319
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- May 4, 2015
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- Tasho Ishi
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- Dentsu2060
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- Presto!?
- Catalogue Number
- P034
- Release Date
- July 19, 2019
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- Modeselektor
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- Who Else
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- Monkeytown Records
- Catalogue Number
- MTR096DNL
- Release Date
- February 22, 2019
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