Review: Amazingly, 11 years have now passed since Khidja made their debut. Their sound has subtly evolved over the years, getting more hallucinatory and sonically left-of-centre. There's much to set the pulse racing on the Romanian twosome's first Hivern Discs EP for five years, not least dystopian, effects-laden lead cut 'The Future Has Disappeared', which peppers a lo-fi drum machine rhythm with creepy electronics, metallic motifs and paranoid aural textures. They relieve a little of the paranoia on the fluid, tribal-tinged dancefloor psychedelia of 'Back To Vid', which comes accompanied by a superbly spooky and subtly jazz-tinged Azu Tiwaline remix. Elsewhere across the EP, 'Science of Ghosts' and 'Obdissian' both sound like Snivilisation-era Orbital after copious amounts of horse tranquilisers and 'The Exchange' is a chugging shuffle through minor-key melodies.
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