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Gonepostal unleashes the "musky message" of "Crocodile Perfume", powered by everchanging percussive attacks which are juxtaposed with buried flute textures. About 3.5 minutes into the track, ethno flavors emerge as does screaming guitar and grungy techno riffs... quite a nice piece of work! Invigorating
"machine is a fuckwit" (7:57) features Mothboy's dramatically spattering beats and, eventually, serpentine sax riffs and other jazzy cues.
The "just wanna wake up" sample of Blankmove's "dreamscar" comes dangerously close to being overused, but the background electrotextures and looping percussive elements are driving enough.
Subtle dark shades crawl over Ocosi's "carrier while the single unvarying beatriff plays over and over again; rhythmic, sure... but the "autopilot" feeling is disconcerting. Particularly clangorous thuds pummel "seeker" by Cylon (a.k.a. Justin Broadrick) as irradiated curtains waver throughout its bombastic duration.
Cylon then remixes a track by Mick Harris (operating under the nom-de-d'n'b of quoit); "plug8 remix" is a battleground of rimshot shrapnel and bass thuds, temporarily fading to a quiet, though nonetheless sinister lull.
quoit again is the remix victim, this time plundered by Chad Jones of Totemplow in the expertly-rendered drum, drone and squeal frenzy of "broken off" which pounds with intricate fury over a caustically simmering backdrop.
Perky rhythms stir up the deep electronic ripples of "hypnostep" by PCM. With a high-stepping street-friendly tempo and brighter, glistening skies,
"Never this lo" (3:23) from Otraslab is the least "dark" of the bunch, and is a favorite of mine despite (or because of?) this fact.
The ringingly quiet void which permeates of "subworld" seems especially pronounced compared with the tumultuous goings-on of previous pieces; amid sludgy bass goo and hollow dust-choked atmospherics, Nos beats furtively shuffle rather than power-slam.
Another relative chilldown track, electro-industrial slowburner "to" from Su8m3rg3d drifts on screechy strands, a throbbing bassline, spaceship-landing effects and not-frenetic metallic clunks.
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