Bullet Train (feat. Sonia Calico, Raven Bush & Peter Bennie)
from Congratulations by Raji Rags
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album• limited to 300 vinyl
• hand screen-printed white & silver ink on clear outer-sleeves
• design by GiveUpArt
1 • violin by Raven Bush, double bass by Peter Bennie
2 • violin by Raven Bush
4 • co-produced by Sonia Calico, bowed double bass by Peter Bennie, Suiko-ST 50
5 • violin by Raven Bush
• mixed by Sam Interface
• mastered by Joker
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about
Raji Rags is a shape-shifter, always taking on new forms.
Whether you know him as a DJ, a label head, an A&R or behind the scenes at institutions like Boiler Room, Warp, Bleep, Livin' Proof and now at the helm of his own label, OTIH Records, he has refused to be boxed into one category, constantly evolving. A mainstay of the London music scene, Raji Rags skips across genres gracefully, epitomised by his long standing NTS radio show. The British-South Asian creative has already lived many lives, and now it is time for the next one.
'Congratulations' is the debut EP from Raji Rags. A culmination of his influences merged together, the EP spans breakneck percussive rhythms across five tracks, melding together string arrangements and orchestration with hip-hop methodology. It's full of vigour and purpose, not a note out of place, melodic and layered, the EP is gratifyingly hard to categorise.
'Obligatory Ambient Intro', the opening track with the self-aware title, is a gentle introduction to Raj's world, opening with a room mic capturing the sound of instruments being set up. The plucks of double bass from Peter Bennie accompanies a lush violin from Raven Bush before dissolving into pads and a hymnal choir.
"Collaboration has been key on this record," Raji Rags says. "It's been essential to my process." Bush and Bennie add instrumentation to three of the five tracks; both are members of the band Speakers Corner Quartet (fellow OTIH label-mates) and there is a collaborative track with Taiwanese producer, Sonia Calico as Raj spent parts of the creation of this EP living in Taipei around the time of the birth of his son, Kiran.
'Kiran's Bike', the first single of the EP, weaves in live violin from Bush with warped synth plucks, rolling bass and saturated sine waves. A perfect soundtrack to Kiran's bike rides around South London.
'Making Love To A Ghost' brings in eerie chords reminiscent of ghost-like theremins, and ever increasing layers of drum patterns and percussion alongside growling bass. 'Bullet Train' with Sonia Calico, is full of sharp corners and hi-hats that hiss, a breakdown that distorts bowed double bass to beyond recognition and stuttering note echos from Koto synths before returning back to the driving and shuffling Taiko and Darbuka drums.
'Enchanté' rounds off the EP with another beat-less excursion, all shimmering and twinkly synths, underpinned by a deep, layered sub-bass... more
Whether you know him as a DJ, a label head, an A&R or behind the scenes at institutions like Boiler Room, Warp, Bleep, Livin' Proof and now at the helm of his own label, OTIH Records, he has refused to be boxed into one category, constantly evolving. A mainstay of the London music scene, Raji Rags skips across genres gracefully, epitomised by his long standing NTS radio show. The British-South Asian creative has already lived many lives, and now it is time for the next one.
'Congratulations' is the debut EP from Raji Rags. A culmination of his influences merged together, the EP spans breakneck percussive rhythms across five tracks, melding together string arrangements and orchestration with hip-hop methodology. It's full of vigour and purpose, not a note out of place, melodic and layered, the EP is gratifyingly hard to categorise.
'Obligatory Ambient Intro', the opening track with the self-aware title, is a gentle introduction to Raj's world, opening with a room mic capturing the sound of instruments being set up. The plucks of double bass from Peter Bennie accompanies a lush violin from Raven Bush before dissolving into pads and a hymnal choir.
"Collaboration has been key on this record," Raji Rags says. "It's been essential to my process." Bush and Bennie add instrumentation to three of the five tracks; both are members of the band Speakers Corner Quartet (fellow OTIH label-mates) and there is a collaborative track with Taiwanese producer, Sonia Calico as Raj spent parts of the creation of this EP living in Taipei around the time of the birth of his son, Kiran.
'Kiran's Bike', the first single of the EP, weaves in live violin from Bush with warped synth plucks, rolling bass and saturated sine waves. A perfect soundtrack to Kiran's bike rides around South London.
'Making Love To A Ghost' brings in eerie chords reminiscent of ghost-like theremins, and ever increasing layers of drum patterns and percussion alongside growling bass. 'Bullet Train' with Sonia Calico, is full of sharp corners and hi-hats that hiss, a breakdown that distorts bowed double bass to beyond recognition and stuttering note echos from Koto synths before returning back to the driving and shuffling Taiko and Darbuka drums.
'Enchanté' rounds off the EP with another beat-less excursion, all shimmering and twinkly synths, underpinned by a deep, layered sub-bass... more
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