Raime ‎– Notion 2 Notion

decent sounds. will watch for ppl to get bored of waiting for someone to buy at inane flipper cost, and buy it when it goes down to a more reasonable price befitting of something pressed in an edition of 500. no reason anyone should pay these jacked up rates. the first few BEB releases all went down in price when people got bored of the hype and moved on- am sure this one will see similar outcome. to be clear: i think the imprint is great, but also think more people buy these releases to try and flip at stupid prices reflected here than to actually appreciate the tunes. eff off people of 2017.

music is great. making it a limited-pressing no-digital release was a fucking shit idea, though.

saw a couple copies for sale at rough trade new york today.

i find it strange that this release is so divisive, when their last 12" (under the name yally) is on the same tip and didn't garner any discussion.

It's really crazy how polarizing Raime have been lately. I really liked Tooth, but I think I was expecting an even better more intense follow up to their debut LP, but we got something completely different out of left field. Minimalist Post-rock and Dub, a really weird combo, but this EP feels more akin to their early releases mixed with Tooth's sound palette. Really glad I grabbed this when I did because It's a solid release, but it's kind of a shame the music was purposely excluding if you weren't lucky enough to get it. If it was some throw away tracks (Ala Muslimgauze or Sun City Girls) in a massive discography, I'd get that, but the amazing production and attention to detail kind of make the exclusive nature of this release unacceptable.

Forced exposure in the U.S. now has this up in their webstore for sale

Just as boring and unoriginal as "Tooth". Limited clear vinyl to boost sales, for fanboys to play in their plastic turntables. Please buy at 5x price & Enjoy!

WTF. What is going on with you people. You don't like something- OK. You didn't get a copy so some of you are bitter & respond by slagging it off. You don't like Raime's music which is your prerogative . You don't like the idea of limited/ no represses- That's art for you! get used to it, however there is no need to be rude & disrespectful to others. This is meant to be a forum for serious reviews.