Ra
Wxfdswxc2

A Norman Records recommendation (3rd May 2007)

Cover art for Wxfdswxc2 by Ra Description: CD on Sublight INC FREE DVD! 1 COPY STOCKROOM FIND!
Format: CD
Genre(s): Electronica / IDM
Label: Sublight
Price:
£11.79
Availability: Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

5Rating: 5
...according to our on 03 May 2007.

Ant here pop pickers fresh as a daisy from an evening of stuffing my head to capacity with cheese based foods and Jesus juice. I'm greeted with the spanking new Ra CD 'WXFDSWXC2'. His last CD on Coredump went down a storm here at Norman HQ. This guy is immensly talented. His artwork is fantastic and his take on electronic hip hop is second to none, making Scott Heron sound like he's on some playskool shit. Ra focuses on the groove and not the smart ass cut up trickery keeping the beats intact for what makes for an accessible listen that goes way beyond the hip hop tag. His use of samples is just wicked. This comes with a DVD which I suspect is utterly fantastic. One of a whole bunch of discs we got this week on Canada's Sublight label.

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What their label says...

Limited 500 copy special edition. Wxfdswxc2 is french artist Raoul Sinier's (aka Ra) second full length album the follow up to his debut "Raoul Loves You". Wxfdswxc2 is 13 tracks of brilliant pop structured elements, overdriven noise guitar, killer synth arangments, dusty beats and catchy vocal bits and bobs not forgetting Ra's use of room recordings and ability to showcase live instruments. Ra is the definition of a renaissance man, his illustration, animation and music all enhance and fulfil one another seamlessly creating a world and genre unto itself, so much in fact we have decided to include an awesome bonus DVD (region free PAL format) in the first 500 copies of Wxfdswxc2 that features music videos by Raoul Sinier from his new album Wxfdswxc2 as well as his music video for planet mu artist dDamage, a collection of short films, music videos from Ra's debut album, picture gallery, and plenty more. You never really know where Ra is going to take you next, Inspired and original, his music is operating on a whole other level.