Disseminate by RBI

Following multiple appearances on local Naarm label digital compilations, RBI lands on Butter Sessions with a full lengths worth of downtempo, ambient and full throttle, braindance-inspired dnb/jungle cuts. Whilst 'Proximity' and 'Return to Nature' presented RBI as one amongst many contemporary vanguards of the Australian electronic underground, her production style is allowed to shine in full effect on debut album Disseminate.

There is an undeniable influence of early breakbeat, 90s IDM and UK sound system pressure at play, though RBI's sound design is knowingly modern. Rarely dropping the tempo below 140 aside from brief, beatless interludes ('100o10o1hz' / 'Gossip'), the result is a fine balance of unrelenting rave music and thoughtful, introspective glitch. Penultimate jam 'Subterranean Dub' seems like a nod to the living-room techno of the Artificial Intelligence series, occasional soft breaks mixing with murky, aquatic ambience, whilst things close with an eerie avant-garde electroacoustic piece. 'Arrivée Les Nuages' strikes as a participation in the current re-evaluation of psytrance, though follows on from 'Vault Ultra' which clearly references the atmospheric breakdowns of golden era dubstep.

Tracklist

1.	Neon Spectral Part I - Chalumeau	2:28

2.	It’s raining on the mandarin tree	6:56

3.	Summer Rain	4:42

4.	Gossip	1:43

5.	Eavesdropping	4:00

6.	Vault Ultra	6:05

7.	Arrivée les nuages	4:43

8.	100o10o1hz	3:36

9.	Unfurling	4:21

10.	Subterranean Dub	5:09

11.	Neon Spectral Part II - Ode to Contra	6:57

Credits

released March 31, 2023

Artwork by Dom Tang
Cello by on Gossip and Neon Spectral Part II - Ode to Contra by Ceridwen McCooey
Contra-bass clarinet and clarinet by Ruby Willis
Recording, composition, production, mixing by Ruby Willis
Mastered by Corey Kikos
Album notes by Fergus Clark

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