Review: Behneii part two

Cover Behenii Part II

In December 2025, the independent label Discordia Records released Behenii – Part II, the second album by the trio featuring Don Malfon on saxophone, Vasco Trilla on drums, and El Pricto on synthesizer.

Three highly individual musicians with strong personalities, musically potent.

The Behenian fixed stars are fifteen particularly powerful stars which, in medieval astrology, were regarded as cosmic centers of force. They were believed to exert specific influences on mind, matter, and action.

Something strange is going on here. Or, to put it bluntly: this record is completely off the rails — flying saucers are bouncing out of the cupboard.

But it also has a vibe — carefree, fresh, with its own quirky humor that completely won me over.

In their alchemical kitchen, the trio brews a wide range of atmospheres. Things bubble, are welded, sweated, filtered, and conjured. Temperaments rise and dance across dimensions.

Between galaxies, Don Malfon stretches out luminous stellar moments. Vasco Trilla pulls light-years together, sets them pulsing, hurls them into the air. El Pricto takes care of the space: inflates it, shreds it, and finally hands it over to the immaterial.

And this is where mysticism enters. These are seasoned musicians who, beneath a skewed, wild, noisy, and always handmade panopticon, let us hear the secret of the Glass Bead Game.

Somehow, while listening, I’m reminded of sneaking into the eerie basement with my brother as a child. We were scared — yet irresistibly drawn to the washing machine’s spin cycle.

With hearts pounding, we sat on the dirty laundry in front of it and lifted off with the reliable revolutions of a Miele. We were the bravest astronauts of all time. Our trips and adventures easily outshone Star Trek and Captain Future.

Sometimes it’s worth going underground. Into some basement where someone is playing their soul out and pulling the stars a little closer.

I loved this record for its stubborn individuality and radical force. Demanding,  but it instantly put me in a good mood.