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The spectacular ILHA return to Ransom Note Records with the follow up to last year’s breakthrough debut, Lava Around The Floating Island, with a new mission statement in the form of Mwedy EP. ILHA is a long distance sound relationship between Messrs African Ghost Valley and Nandele. A dynamic duo, through their practice and combination of noise, they empower listeners to travel through known & unknown landscapes of the mind.

First up, Arrival Exciel drifts into view, engendering a tense, unsettled atmosphere. With it’s lofi, mechanical rhythms and other worldly noises, it sets the scene for what is to follow...

Likewise, Leaving The Dream, is a pretty accurate audio approximation of any J. G. Ballard novel, conjuring anxiety and hypertension via the medium of droning, pedal bass notes and 70’s computer sounds. In juxtaposition, Moon Palms provides a delicious (and much needed) sedative, as beautifully lush chords float high above the arrhythmic percussion bottom layer, for a spot of musical-morphine induced, tranquil meditation.

Não Sei appears semi-traditional compared to its experimental predecessors, as synthetic polyrhythms duck and weave around the straight kick drum, depositing layer after layer of exquisite harmonies over an epic chord progression. Finally, Our Man In Madrid, the mighty Bawrut, takes Leaving The Dream on an Acid trip. As time becomes non-linear, we’re haunted by chants and shouts, the 303 revs up to full speed and we’re sucked into the techno vortex. This is a dimension where Bawrut is king and slamming kick drums, pummelling snares and huge Rave Hoovers are the interior ministers. Technocracy has never been more fun.

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Artwork by João Roxo: www.instagram.com/ojoaoroxo/

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released February 28, 2024

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