RAIME Vinilo y CD

Review: London duo Raime return to RR with their only EP this year. Taking off where "We Can't Be That Far From The Beginning" left us, once again they lay down a series of new blueprints that are at once familiar and fully far-out. All stripped back to the essence, each track comprises minimal ingredients for maximum flavour; "Num" smelts things down to naked percussion and pads, gradually building into a heavy moody mind state, "Ripli" takes us down more of a techno tunnel with rolling beats that break up into sudden splashes of eerie ambience while "Kella" bounces us off the walls with its Detroitian funk and off-beat framework. "Belly" closes the book on the most sombre tone we've heard since their sophomore album "Tooth" in 2016.

Review: First making a splash several years back with their much lauded debut on Blackest Ever Black, Raime (the duo of Tom Halstead and Joe Andrews) return and inaugurate their new imprint. Developed as a blank page for the pair to to experiment on, the three experimental imaginary soundtracks featured here are described by the London based duo as 'perhaps a reflection of our bombardment based online culture.' This follows up another release this year entitled Am I Using Content Or Is Content Using Me? on Mumdance and Logos' Different Circles imprint.