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“Very creative. I enjoyed it a lot”
MIKE GARSON
“Raf and O caress Bowie”
BOWIEWONDERWORLD
“A moving Avant – Bizarre version of Lady Grinning Soul”
GOD IS IN THE TV ZINE
‘An Awesome Cover’
Tim love Lee, TUMMY TOUCH
“Indietronic delicacy. Seductive, winding pieces of jazzy vocal electronica “
MIXMAG ****
“The intimacy of the album is just beautiful, and makes those Aphex Twin sounds really accessible, and a lot more emotively intense than I have heard before”
SUBBA CULTCHA 8/10
“Most artists that stand out possess a distinct ‘sound’, a hook, that makes the listener sit up and take note. For Raf & O, it is surely without question the haunting, sensual vocals of Raf Mantelli.”
XYZ MAGAZINE
“Raf and O are a south London based secret that need sharing with the wider world…akin to Bjork discovering the joys of a Tascam back in the 80′s….they display outright pop mastery”
FLUX MAGAZINE
“Somewhere between Boards Of Canada’s ambience, Aphex Twin’s glitchiness and the pop sensibilities of early Bjork.”
THE SKINNY
“Really enjoying Raf & O…really absorbing stuff to sink into”.
Paul Clarke, BBC
“I really like this album, especially the heavier, fuzzed out, layered tracks… a great sound.”
Ruth Barnes, RESONANCE FM
“A worthy addition to the record collections of fans of minimalistic electro bands.”
THE ARK MAGAZINE
“Above all Mantelli’s sugar sweet and very sensual singing which is mostly the centre of attention bewitches the listener…Extremely pleasant LP and not only for Indietronic fans.”
RAVELINE (GERMANY)
“Really excellently knitted experimental cinematographic, Indietronic world…The music pulls, tugs and purrs”
DE-BUG (GERMANY)
“Through The Length is a beautiful slice of Raf and O at their most powerful….Passionate in content, vibrant in context……snaking whispery vocals, almost trance-like melodies, short sharp jabs of sonics rise and swell throughout the song”
OUTSIDE LEFT
“A record that clearly defines the coordinates of the new english group….pop constructions beloved by the groups of early Too ” Pure (Pram, Laika, Stereolab etc) dipped in a sea of glitch”
******* ROCKERILLA (ITALY)
“Raf and O are absolutely pleasurable”
AUDIODROME (ITALY)
“Raf and O easily and succesfully switch between kitsch, references to pop, jazz, trip hop and cross them.”
D-SIDE (FRANCE)
“A great album full of lazy, glitchy, cinematic vocal shenanigans on Geo, it’s a super nice listen start to finish”
GLOBAL SOULJAH (SPAIN)
“ It was just supreme. Sound angles swerving, balancing and bouncing off the walls. The band playing on instinct, grooving on the mesmeric guitar plucking and rhythmic rush.”
Live review, HESTERGLOCK.COM
