The Virtual Reality Riddim – Eternus Music Productions

With only two cuts on the docket, The Virtual Reality Riddim feels more like a tight little statement than a sprawling compilation, pairing Lymie Murray’s “Make Believe” with Elijah Dixon’s “So Much Love. ” Released in 2013 and produced by Eternus Music Productions, it keeps the focus on straight reggae songwriting rather than any big gimmick, which suits the title’s slightly futuristic angle without forcing the issue. Lymie Murray gets the opening slot, so his “Make Believe” sets the tone before Elijah Dixon closes things out on “So Much Love, ” giving the sequence a neat call-and-response feel. That kind of minimal tracklist usually means the producer wanted each voice to carry its own weight, and here the order does exactly that.