Pulpo / Crawl Upside Down [Vinyl]

Roberto Carlos Lange and Matt Crum record music as ROM. Lange has built a diverse catalog on Asthmatic Kitty Records as Helado Negro, a project renowned for its combinatory approach to vocal pop music and Lange's magnetism as a performer. As ROM, Lange and Crum assume the role of multi-instrumental studio magpies, fusing the diasporic experimentalism of the tropicália tradition with the immaculate production detail of Brian Eno or Jim O'Rourke. Their sketches unfold in blossoming layers of synth, live drum takes, and stacked acoustic instrumentation - all stitched together over a lattice of burbling samples and electronics.