Ricardo Villalobos – Any Ideas

Ricky V’s return to Perlon this year! That’s correct, some four years on from his last appearance for the Frankfurt label, Villalobos returns with a two track 12″ housed in those distinctive Perlon colours that precede the release of the Chilean’s fifth studio LP later this summer. While Ricardo has been in experimental mood of late – see the Shangaan Electro remix or the Re: ECM album he completed with Max Loderbauer – both tracks here are very much in the canon of trademark Villalobos productions. Lead track “Any Ideas” plays around with the repetition of a vocal sample over stretched out textures that veer into mind bend territory whilst the pitter patter groove at times sounds like a ping pong game in action. On the flip “Emilio (2nd Minimoonstar)” is reminiscent of a ZX Spectrum having a meltdown in time to a minimal bump.