Caso De Estudio by S E R É N A T E: Review

by Gabe Finch October 12, 2022

October 12, 2022

Caso De Estudio by S E R É N A T E: Review

Caressing the silvery furs of your feline friend, legs crossed on a cozy space, wrapped in your grandma’s shawl. Hot smoke swirls up the air from your blue mug of Earl Grey. Raindrops trickle down the same stream against the sill of your window. A faint petrichor. S E R E N A T E’s new somber tunes, accompanied by saxophone, piano, jazz, and lo-fi, move one song to another. Just imagine. Beautiful isn’t it?

Following up to a previous release “Amor Fati,” Monterrey, Mexico-based artist Diego Alonso is back with a synth-laden lo-fi dreamscape, remarkably the 3-piece experimental EP “Caso De Estudio.” It opens with what he calls American Haiku in a quiet mysticism, drifting blues, and an expressive soundscape filling up the air. Both this and another instrumental, To All The Plants I Loved, give a dose of serotonin with a rain-filled convergence. The musician evokes years of passion and experience with his house-friendly beat, steadily boosted synths, and expressive, hypnotic vocals in the distance. Whether you feel like dancing to its climax or not, How is as intense as a house party mix, dropping the beat

Among the conventional lo-fi albums, Caso De Estudio surpasses in the experiment, suave production, and features a surreal electronic sound that pulls you in an instant but stays in your head for much longer.