Ram Ep

Meda Fury follow up their debut release by Hazylujuah with another excellent EP. This time looking to Japan to affirm their manifesto of: exploring the infinite possibilities within House music from across the globe.

Japanese producer Takuya Matsumoto branches out from his own cult label Iero to give Meda Fury their second release of exotic house - Ram EP.

Piercing through the silence is Ram, a warped elastic slap-bass sets the tone while various keyed organs and Rhodes piano playfully weave amongst jazzy kicks, cymbals and snares. Far-east funk for the floor.
Next up is the imposing Camouflaged Letter. Announced by a repetitive Reich-like piano loop, it circulates until the tremor of Reese bass gradually seeps through. Tough percussion is rendered and intersected by the piano and layers of synth.

On the flip NY NY changes pace, soft guitar chords and picked strings gently sway in time with a fretless bass. Finger clicks, ride cymbals and hand claps coax an open kick drum, while faint vocals whisper a city's name.
Requiem draws the EP to a close, a purposeful drum machine and classical piano melody are reflected in the church-like reverb. And half-heard sound of voices are buried in tape-hiss.