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Some of the less charitable critics out there referred to Juan Atkins and Mortiz Van Oswald’s side-project as ‘boredomland’. While the pair’s debut album under this name was a largely sedate affair, on the evidence of this single, they will be opting for a more engaging approach for the follow-up. It’s not hard to hear both producers’ influence on “Riod”; Van Oswald’s love of layered textures and hollowed out drums comes up against Atkins’s vivid melodies and synths from outer space. On the alternate version they venture even farther down the dreamy route, with hypnotic chords guiding the way.