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Mahjongg
Raydoncong 2005
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Rating: 53%

Forget any preconception of listening to Mahjongg as ‘music’, or to Raydoncong 2005 as a cohesive album. For, certainly, the four-piece never offer up anything that approaches sense and sensibility on the group’s second release.

Each of the ten tracks is wildly loose and gives way to interpretative dance – the furious pace of “The Rrabbit” is break-neck; the sort of thing that can result in thrown pelvises on the dance floor, and aching jaw muscles as the furiously pilling try to chew in time with the beats.

Of course, it means that Raydoncong 2005 is never ever an easy listen. But when the Beck-like “The Stubborn Horse” kicks in with its irresistible guitar work it’s pretty damn hard to resist Mahjongg. If they could be bothered delivering something cohesive, they could be masters at anything they do. At this stage, though, they’re too wilfully creatively and stubbornly obtuse to retain much attention beyond the too-hip crowd.


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