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robert aiki / aubrey lowe / ariel kalma - frkwys vol 12: we know each other somehow - rvng intl/frkwys - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Techno / Electro - Electronics

1. Magic Creek
2. Mille Voix
3. Gongmo Kalma Lowe
4. Strange Dreams
5. Wasp Happening
6. Miracle Mile
7. DVD

For the latest installment of their inter-generational collaboration series, Frkwys, Rvng has paired up legendary French experimental composer Arial Kalma, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, a similarly far-sighted contemporary synthesizer fetishist.

The duo has much in common, musically at least, so it's hardly a surprise that this collaborative full-length is superb. Humid, exotic and hypnotic, with droning synthesizer rhythms and dub techno textures forming a backdrop for Kalma's snaking saxophone lines, new age melodies and reverb-laden vocal harmonies, all seven tracks are rarely less than spellbinding. The accompanying DVD - a film focusing on the duo's creative process - is equally impressive.