"Forbidden Fruit" - To paint a picture of this track it would be fair to say Raiden channeled the ghost of Les Baxter got him in the studio. The exoctica of Mr Baxter is married with Raidens bass work. Subtle but yet weighty and prominant enough for dancefloors. The track is the deep blue unknown - keys twinkle in the track like tropical fish speeding past coral. Theres a famous description of how people took in Baxters music “Listeners were able to stroll around some taboo emotions, view a pagan ceremony, go wild in the sun or conjure a demon, all without leaving home hi-fi comforts.”
The same can be said for Raidens "Forbidden Fruit" – a journey through some very different landscapes.
"Bogotá" - The tense cousin of the first track, Bogotá comes through weighty and uncomprimising in its approach. A sustained rhythm is driven by subbass that is capable of moving the plates underneath us, Raiden once again shows us a very different side to his production. Most of the percussion in the track was recorded live by Raiden himself, bought whilst on his tours of South America. The track was a labour of love that already has dancefloors in awe – Doc Scott recently publicly commented “Just wanna say – Raiden - Bogotá caused major ruptions @ A Bunch Of Cuts last week, big, original, fresh DNB!”.