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SPIEL 004EP
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Dirt Crew sublabel Spiel returns for the first time since 2014 with the Cookies EP by Good Guy Mikesh. "Whim" is the steady builder; spacious and very much alive with sliding leads and layers of analog synths that sparkle. On "Why Not," the bass slips and slides, dancing with the top line over a palette of plucked strings and tuned percussion. On the joyful "Cookie," bouncing arpeggios lead the charge in the break, rising before giving way to euphoric synthetic strings that lead back into the elated refrain. "Corone" hints toward Mikesh's disco history, boasting a burly bass and funk all its own.
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RVN 008EP
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Opener "Power Plant" is no flimsy tree-hugger soup. Its massive energy thrusts and detailed, fizzy synths condense over a bassy hook, which is then mirrored in a glassy synth riff that sounds like an echo from the electronic Mount Olympus. "Havoc in the Stable" comes along more subtly, with a bunch of strings in its structure and catchy auto-sampling instead of big vocal arrangements. "Standing," a dusty, dry track, brings lush, gritty bass lines, droning synths, and swagger, hunting the hornet swarm through the analog synth. "Phoenix," an incomparably tender example of poise founded on a piano undercoat, escalates irresistibly.
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