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Jogo

by Lai Raw

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Jogo 04:34
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U Don't Stop 04:01
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Gavottes 04:20
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Fever Dreams 04:10
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about

Jogo means play, and that's exactly the spirit behind Lai Raw's new EP. It's a fitting title for an artist whose approach to club music has always been about following instinct over overthinking it.

After last year's releases, 'Meca Night' on Emotional Voyage and 'Unraval' on Jade Records, Lai Raw shifted his focus toward building a new live set, arranging and reworking ideas on the fly rather than chasing the next release. The four tracks on JOGO are a direct result of that process, carrying the same loose, in-the-moment energy that's been driving his hardware performances.

Sonically, the EP draws on Brazilian and rap vocal chops, heavily syncopated percussion, tight rimshots and bouncy hihats. Deep reese basslines sit alongside 808s and modulated FM leads, all shaped by trips to South America and an ear for latin grooves and syncopated synth rhythms. Each of the four tracks runs at its own tempo and mood, but they're tied together by intricate, undulating percussion, chopped breakbeats and vocal samples.

'Jogo' was written in Spain in the afterglow of a trip to Brazil. 'U Dont Stop' builds around a Prince vocal and the classic Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh sample, with a heavy reese bassline holding the groove together. Both tracks sit in a similar pocket of flow.

'Gavottes' and 'Fever Dream' lean more into club tool territory and are the EP's most recent additions. 'Fever Dream' came out of a live hardware jam on the Syntakt and Octatrack, pairing a bouncy 808 bass with the classic Think and Funky Drummer breaks and the vocal chop makes the message clear: it just feels good.

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released July 31, 2026

Mastering by Ben Pest
Artwork by Furtive

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