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Romantic Outsider

This is what 'Loveless' would have sounded like had My Bloody Valentine recorded it on a shoestring budget. Its two tiered guitars, glacial atmosphere and ephemeral vocals seduce with a superficial dreaminess that's at odds with the distorted, edgy feedback below. The expansive sound is all the more impressive considering 'Unknown Chain', Mayumi's fourth single, was entirely self-written, performed and recorded.
Her sense of judgement only falters with the inclusion of 'Slow Pulsation', an experimental instrumental that seemingly revolves around backward loops and not much else. Yet with three other tracks of beautiful abstraction it's a minor gripe for such an entrancing release.
*Ed's note:Not credited on the CD sleeve - tracks 1-3 engineered by Mick Googe, track 4 by Mick More, recorded & mixed at Sound Advice, London

The Original Sin (Belgium)

Being the big Cocteau Twins-fan I came in touch with the magical world of Mayumi as reviews were referring to the classic 4-AD band and this is just another splendid CD-single from Mayumi I received....
Mind you, everyone who is in love with her shoegazing sound that is based upon female ethereal vocals and dreamy guitars will say it's a bloody shame that so far no album has been released by her yet, but every promising act has to start with EP's so after three singles we can only hope that the decision is made to start making a whole album.
When saying Mayumi sounds like The Cocteau Twins, there is always an immeidate danger that she will be seen as a copy. With Mayumi it's kind of different as with the use of My Bloody Valentine-guitars, Mayumi gives it an extra own sound....
With records like this, words usually fail me....oh, and as an absolute bonus, this Asian girl looks extremely sexy as well....

Komakino (Italy)

Worth mentioning is surely Mayumi with 'Reverberate', between Helium and My Bloody Valentine, emotive, pit of flanger personality.
*Ed's note:Mayumi does not use flanger.

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