RxRY - RxRY

IDM is wonderful, it's an accepted fact. It must be the case as it has the word intelligent in it's title and however pretentious this maybe, it indicates a level of understanding and creativity that goes beyond the easy and obvious.

There are no excuses anymore as well with home production methods sophisticated enough to produce the most sonically pleasing albums on tightrope budgets in 13thfloor bedrooms (calling Aphex Twin, Aphex Twin to the forefront please...)

For better or worse, this has leveled the playing field, enabling all manner of producers to create endless remixes, mash ups and of course, their own creations. Remixes have never been more prevalent, diluting the pool of quality and every bedroom producer who has ever heard Selected Ambient Works has had a pop.

Fear not though, as there is plenty of original, interesting and most importantly, pleasurable, bedroom IDM being produced. I'd like to introduce RxRY.

Why the long intro to a new artist? Well, RxRY is a moniker for who knows, he's anonymous and that's likely to be the way it stays (Thanks NME for outing Burial, that was highly important journalism there).

He/She has however created a wonderfully textured and original-sounding album, each track a microcosm of the entire presentation. Each track differences in it's importance, from ambient drone to the more melodic up-tempo opener Baulkn Slihts. The album possesses a wonderful attention to detail, songs are often crowded to the point of exhaustion at attempting to identify each separate synth but this is by no means a bad thing. It forces you to listen hard and appreciate each purposeful element as your brain attempts to decide which part is really taking the lead. Alternatively, you can sit back and be swept away by the entirety, riding on the album's hazy and luscious wave.

RxRY, in his annonymity, has also offered the entire album up for free from his myspace. It's a gorgeous listen and I cannot recommend it highly enough.