Let's Go Outside - I'll Lick Your Spine

This is the fourth release from Pnuma, the experimental off-shoot label from Soma. Let's Go Outside's slow grooves and discordant echoes ride atop a beat which could easily be transferred to the hip hop scene for utilisation. But in reality this a techno/IDM track, albeit an unearthly one. The sultry oversexed vocals/breaths of guest Christina Broussard promise to pull your hair and lick your spine in what comes across like the soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic sex hotel, complete with the dull and lingering bongs of time as they bounce off a wall of mirrors. Repeat Repeat slap their trademark wonky sound on the remix, adding further layers, softer sounds, and absolutely minimal bass which occasionally rears its head as constrained volcanic bubbling, filtering from speaker to speaker. This is great as a minimal Soma/Pnuma mix, but I'll Lick Your Spine is no dancefloor slayer. [Alex Burden]