We are very pleased to share this track from the latest release on R.i.O. - def one of Berlin's most forward thinking labels. While regularly showcasing the works of their own creative community, build around label heads Menqui, Nadia D'Alo and of course Benedikt Frey, they also keep introducing new exciting talents via their platform. This time it's KXB!

A dynamic configuration of rhythms plus melodies, overlaid with musings on repetitive neverlands: R.i.O. welcomes KXB, aka Sam Gill and Wes Holland, a duo that, as they put it, “was born and baptised on the balcony at Robert Johnson in 2019, while Wes lived in London and Sam in Melbourne.” 

“Areas of Uncertainty” is their first musical outcome. It carries a rhythmic show bag, that circumnavigates streamlined track architecture. From Can-ish live drumming submitted by guest rhythmist Graeme Pogson to sequenced synth spheres, the three multilayered groove landscapes of the Australian duo punch severely arcane.

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NEW HIT: KXB - Breach [R.i.O.]

All those spirits, those walks of life, all those sound journeys between worlds, between continents. Australian duo KXB is back at R.i.O., bringing a follow up to their first record “Areas of Uncertainty”, released in 2023. This time an exquisite collab. With filmmaker and vocalist Thrush, member of the feverish band Concentration. The duo from Melbourne, and the singer from Berlin bring a collection of tracks, dubs and versions - written and produced over the last two years with the tape format in mind. Inspired by fabled underground cassette labels like New Zealand-based late 1980ees/ early 1990ees sensation Xpressway and mixed continuously as a nod to 90s jungle bootleg mixtapes like the Yaman tapes by LTJ Bukem, DJ Hype, Randall, or Peshay. Distinctive vocalist Thrush travelled South, and spent two sweltering afternoons with KXB in Melbourne, doing free-spirited improvisations in the studio, that were later pieced together into the resulting album. 13 variations in sound, in which Thrush's lyrics explore chasmic spaces and energies common to both Germany and Australia. Her voice dances partly on trip hopping rhythms and indie-tronics, while technoid vibes, alternative house zones, and vivid trips into kosmische top the collaboration off. A piece of art formed by a clique of like-minded souls – gathered their walks of life between worlds into explorer music of unexplored districts. 

Text: ML
Graphic: Omnigroup
Mastering: FPSF
Artists: https://soundcloud.com/kkxxbb

The album will be available digitally and on tape on Feb 21st.
Limited edition of 50.

I FEED YOU (SINGLE MIX)

sneak peak upfront the full release on Friday Feb 21st. "Driving Through A Tunnel That Is Filling From Both Ends" will be available on Tape (Bandcamp exclusive) and digitally.

⍄ https://riolabel.bandcamp.com/album/kxb-thrush-driving-through-a-tunnel-that-is-filling-from-both-ends

KXB & Thrush - FOR MY SINS [PREMIERE]

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