Artist
Rimarimba
Rimarimba, an experimental artist from the UK (1983-1987), crafts unique soundscapes blending tape manipulation and guitar.
About
In the twilight between the mechanical and the pastoral, Rimarimba emerges from the United Kingdom's shadowed woodlands, alive from 1983 to 1987. A solitary journey carved across the spools of tape and the grooves of vinyl, Rimarimba dances to its own rhythm — a symphony of tape manipulation and guitar-driven soundscapes that straddle the line between the experimental and the elemental. Through the ethereal offerings of Below the Horizon (1985) on Cordelia Records, one glimpses an alchemical interplay of acoustic and electronic elements, invoking landscapes both familiar and otherworldly. The project's cadence is captured in the magnetic whispers of In The Woods (1985) and the stark geometry of Chicago Death Excretion Geometry (1987). Released through the enigmatic Hamster Records and Tapes, these works weave a tapestry of ambient textures, where neofolk whispers meet the relentless pulse of machinery. Rimarimba's preference for the ephemeral format of cassette tapes echoes a ritualistic dedication to impermanence, each release a fleeting invocation to the devout and the daring.