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Electro-pulsations waver and buzz In An Untimely Way, topped by tapping cymbals then spattering rhythmic effects and bleepily elastic tones. Rising/falling bass drones course through Cychsy and are peppered by spicy beatronics and wriggling sci-fi tones. The cyclic ruffles of Convergence I meet with assorted squelches, warbles and virtual radiation.
Strutting on funky drums and flexible basstones, Triple Agent sounds like the theme for a future-flick featuring "Shaft" as "Robocop" in a "Tron" world. The stuttering, static-y bass notes and up-and-down strands of Polar eventually encounter smooth undulations and sweetly chiming and/or chirping ripples; lovely computerpop fades to reveal the underlying beat skeleton, then only the afterglow... A murky dreamscape unfolds as Circumstance fuses half-heard voices with flowing synthsounds and e-drums.
Liner-noted at being 2:42-long, Divergence is clocked at 8:39 by my CD-player... Beginning as an alien transmission following the form of fibrillating static which chugs like a miniature digital locomotive, the timer freezes as the track switches into layers of theremin-like meandering laced with blips, buzzing beats and 8-bit chords... a hidden track? a glitch? or a secret message from the heart of the machine?
Video-game outbursts are lashed by hyperextended fluctuations as Skweakday blits and bops into a sunny disposition.
With a spunky '80s-ish technogroove, Subversive Behavior blends bright keyboarding with felon-speak samples. An imperfect beauty, mid-tempo Swelling is infused with bittersweet twinklings and slightly detuned sparkles and streams. Convergence II (1:22) speeds up (then slows down) the riffling electronics from its predecessor.
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