Rx – Strung Out

Late last year Los Angeles-based synth obsessive Nicholas Benedek made his PPU bow with a untitled album filled with untitled tracks, executed with the sort of lo-fi panache that fit the label to a tee. Here Benedek returns to PPU as RX, a rather surprising self-styled ‘smog prog’ project with LIES artist and LA Club Resources boss Delroy Edwards. Taking shape in a signature PPU 7 inch, both “Strung Out” and “Prescriptions” sound like a fine balance between the hazy boogie of Benedek and the tape degraded grit that’s been a hallmark of Edwards work since his emergence on L.I.E.S.