Chimp Beams makes the kind of dubby downtempo straight out of the mid to late 90s, steeped in the mellow hash aesthetic of reverbed guitars + horns, solid but never hammering drums, and some softy stuff on top that makes it good for boning. Their past work flew out of the Lab, was a favorite of hungry Japanese downtempo buyers, and disappeared rather quickly. This new EP features two instrumentals, "Libyus Mix(1)" and "Rocket Absentee(2)," and one with guest vocalist Roger Kahlon, "Synthesized(3)."

reviewed by the mgmnt