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Blink-and-you'll-miss-it D (0:06) opens the disc with its shimmery skein just before All Day Sucker stirs a string of crunchy little beats into a gloopy soup of swirly synth sounds.
Simultaneously moody, spacy and energized, XA features brooding atmospherics and sibilant syncopation expanding into more orchestral/celestial sweeps and pop-pop-popping bassbeats.
Six "skits" fill the space between longer tracks, such as the rougher, more-experimental textures of Hair Dryer VS Fax Machine, the micro-electro-dance sounds of Conversation, the weird monster-voice of IDM or the caustic zones of LA Diva.
Drippy meets granular, then encounters groovy organ-like swoons and snappy beats in KAP_DWA... all of which unfolds over a spacious expanse. Pumped with steady rhythmic effects, the gleaming void of XA 2 is traversed by strange sonic ripples and staticy transmissions... strangely beautiful.
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As if emitting general sci-fi spookiness from a vast cauldron, Tremble (14:56) smolders and boils, occasionally interjected with warbling soundstreams. After 5.5 minutes, a throbbing beat tops the muffled fury, later joined by a bobbing bassline as the backdrop evolves into a grumbling morass.
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