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Raisa K: Affectionately review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month
Of a piece with the off-kilter pop of Astrid Sonne and Tirzah, Raisa K builds a striking debut out of hazy melodies, unaffected vocals and observations of everyday love
Raisa K: AffectionatelyThe formula makes sense: K is a longstanding member of the pop-not-pop group Good Sad Happy Bad, and the record enlists some of the key players from that world: bandmates Marc Pell and Mica Levi(also Tirzah’s producer) plus friend and collaborator Coby Sey. These 12 short tracks are almost entirely laptop-produced, and each one is as wonky as it is soft and hooky, with an industrial crunch looming over a sweet sentiment, or a rickety Midi loop throwing off an otherwise-steady rhythm. This month, the Zurich-based producer adds to the canon with Bellows(Subject to Restrictions), a collection of hypnotic, almost eerie, tracks, where neo-folk woodwind instruments wind around swampy synthesisers.
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