Description:	CD on Manimal Vinyl
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Experimental Indie
	Label:	Manimal Vinyl
	Price:	£6.99
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Rainbow Arabia is a duo made up of real life couple and Gang Gang Dance members Danny and Tiffany Preston. 'Kabukimono' is the follow up to 'The Basta' and features five new tracks plus a couple of remixes from said debut. Primarily created using analogue synths and drum machines 'Kabukimono' is a total toe tapper with the key inspiration being exotic and eastern flavours. 'Haunted Hall' is well Bollywood sounding, most of the material reminds of Pit Er Pat with it's methodical use of drum programming and wirery guitar lines. Tiffany Preston's voice acts as a rhythmic aid in the vein of Ponytail's Molly Siegal or Yoshimi (OOIOO and Boredoms) where the significance of the lyric is outweighed by the delivery. Remixes come courtesy of Ghosts on Tape (Omar K) and Brenmar (who has a bash at Let them dance). Ghosts on Tape takes Omar K's banging synth line and works it over into a DAT Politics-esque electro mash-up and Brenmar cuts 'Let them Dance' into itsy bitsy piece with reckless abandon. 'Kabukimono' also features awesome artwork from Hideyuki Katsumata further enhances the colourful, lively nature of the music contained within.

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Sound clips for Kabukimono by Rainbow Arabia: on CD at Norman Records UK. CD, Manimal Vinyl, MANI016CD , £6.99.

What their label says...

The second release from Los Angeles duo, Rainbow Arabia comes in the form of Kabukimono. This 7 track album features 5 new recordings and 2 remixes of classic tracks from their 2008 debut, The Basta. Recorded between a grueling tour schedule with fellow exotic spice beat-makers, Gang Gang Dance. Real-life married couple, Danny and Tiffany Preston have kept busy digging up inspiration from Sublime Frequencies Compilations CDs and Neo-Gothic Subculture. Having just completed a full European tour in June they are sure to leave every space and concert hall dosed with their infectious dance beats. Musically, Rainbow Arabia work a pretty minimal setup. While the overall vibe stays in place, their means of execution requires many parts. The synth and drum machine workouts are certainly house-meets-tribal, but the menacing beats  aren't  what lend them their bones. What really sticks out are the serpentine guitar lines that slither their way through the music, sometimes taking on the shape of post-punk spikes, garage crunch, and Edge-like delay effects. That sort of guitar eclecticism is mirrored in turn by Tiffany Preston, whose yips, yaps, and prairie crows work well in the Rainbow Arabia's efforts to transport as much as immerse. An easy reference point would be Ponytail's whirling frontwoman Molly Siegel. While her vocal turns aren't nearly so easy to place stylistically, the two both hit high registers some might call distracting more than complimentary.

Track Listing: Holiday In Congo/ Haunted Hall/ Omar K (Ghosts on Tape Remix)/ Harlem Sunrise/ Kabukimono/ I Know I See I Love I Go/ Let Them Dance (Brenmar Remix).