A1 Walkman Is Dead A2 Walkman Is Dead (Greg Beato Trippinn Remix) B1 Sara B2 Sara (Greg Beato Remix) Our new release "Raw Music Theory EP" is an incredible debut for the young but very talented Italian producer Raw M.T. The opening tune, "Walkman Is Dead" does, in fact, sound a bit like dismay over a broken piece of domestic electronics, or maybe the sound of breaking itself, with a raw torn-up bass building up and down over a melancholic SNES-like synth loop and heavy 4/4 kicks. They are later accompanied by swinging metal percs that finish off the tune in this Optical Nerve manner. As if the original wasn't weird enough, it is backed with L.I.E.S' very own Greg Beato's remix that would easily make it into one of these fashionable screwed up mixes that everyone seems to enjoy so much these days. Keeping it so lo-fi it nearly crosses the line of DJ-unfriendliness, Greg stretches the original synths, delivering something on the unexpected-yet-welcome border of trance, speed garage and powerhouse. On the flip, a more laid-back and relaxed "Sara", possibly dedicated to a special one, takes us all the way back to the Drexciya times. Yet here everything seems like....