RAIME – Am I Using Content Or Is Content Using Me?
Since the dread dub exploration of their 2016 sophomore album, Raime have been steadily shifting their sound in every EP. First offering Notion 2 Notion gave insight into more club-oriented attacks in the same sonic universe of previous album Tooth . The tunnel these two tracks dugs, the bass, sparse drums and compressed feeling of dread and loss moved slightly faster than the previous year. Despite this, they didn´t stray too far, blended nicely into the known universe Raime build. A bigger venture indicative of what would happen with their main project came under the Yally moniker and their Dread Risk / U-Eff-O 7-inch for Diagonal. Here the duo sped up the comatose drums and bass into frantic hammering, incorporated vocal snippets and delivered a direct connection into the jungle and footwork roots of the abstract main project. What came to the fore in this release was a clear understanding of sonic storytelling. While Raime and Tooth certainly don´t lack in t...