2MR レコード& CD

Review: This rock solid EP marks a welcome return to action from Pale Blue, a collaborative project featuring Italians Do It Better founder Mike Simonetti and vocalist/artist Elizabeth Wight. In its original form, title track "Breathe" is raw, ghostly and mind-altering, with Wight adding part-sung, part-spoken vocals to a sparse-but-weighty backing track. Lauren Flax brilliantly re-imagines it as a wayward chunk of sparse, off-kilter, acid-flecked deepness, while Olive T delivers a more jacking, forthright take that makes the most of the duo's weighty bassline. Over on side B, clanking machine jam "I Walk Alone At Night" comes accompanied by an even wilder "I Walk Alone With Acid" re-make. The lyrics are wearily on point, with Wight reflecting on a world in which violence towards women is sadly on the rise.

Review: 2MR main man Mike Simonetti is back featuring Santana from CLAAP's seductive French vocals on "Release Your Body To The Best", a dark and jacking stomper with some proper 303 grit that's quite fierce. On the flip "Slave (Dedicated To Maurice Joshua)" is a dirty and rusty acid journey through the afterhours NYC nightlife featuring more hypnotising, come hither vocal work. The CLAAP remix meanwhile is more stripped and bass driven with African style chants in the background; worth getting for this remix alone: it's absolutely killer!