Mu5h / Spliff Dub

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Total Tracks: 2   Total Length: 7:44

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Michelangelo Matos

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03.10.08
Check the B-side for a throbbing instant classic
2008 | Label: Hyperdub / IODA

On the A-side, "Mu5h" states its theme through liquid-sounding tremolo, like a Leslie organ remade for the dubstep age; it's joined over its four minutes by another, more gaseous-sounding keyboard percolating behind it. But the real atom bomb is the B. "Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)" reinvents the glowering original — a fairly simple track with heavy low end and a trilling flute line — into a jagged hunk of digital-futuristic bubblegum that splits its source material into tiny pieces that waits for a minute and a half to lay you flat with big, bright synth pads that throw the entire record into naked sunlight.

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adynatoniac

"Mu5h" is too repetitive for my taste, but the vibe is excellent and Spliff Dub is bangin' and utterly convincing: i'm keepin' the evil away.

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