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Meemo Comma – Neon Genesis: Soul Into Matter² – Limited Silver Vinyl, LP, Planet Mu, 2021
On “Neon Genesis: Soul Into Matter²” Meemo Comma (a.k.a. Lara Rix-Martin) takes Kabbalistic text and Jewish prayer and guides them through twinkling ambient synths, breakbeats and cranking industrial noise, full of strange wonder and drama. You can hear soft synths transmuted into choirs of seraphim and moments of occulted dancefloor rapture, from Aramaic chanting and ravey breakbeats to readings from the Zohar. It is quite beautiful at times. When asked about the themes that inform her new album, Lara Rix-Martin says “Judaism is filled with many tales and teachings that prevail in science fiction to this day – whether consciously or not. Sci-Fi is the genre best equipped to explore the immensity and challenges of human experience. Something that Judaism has also been attempting for over three thousand years.”