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12"
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SNDST 087EP
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Stockholm techno luminary Pär Grindvik and Berlin based sensation Sylvie Maziarz team-up for a five-track techno expedition, the Before We Run EP, out on Second State. Pär Grindvik and Sylvie Maziarz join forces following the Swedish techno giant's remix of Sylvie's track "Increased" in 2019. The EP launches with menacing strains and flurried hi-hats in "Bullet Tower". Similar to the other tracks on the EP, this cut narrates a story using a particular element, in this case the clattering bells and shuddering bass brooding throughout to create urgency, soon intensified by distorted acid lines. Next up is title track "Before We Run", led by a ferocious heaving kick-drum and a bubbling vocal that ripples over the hysteria. Synth notes swirl throughout and gradually overwhelm the rhythm, before it bolts through and drives forward once again. The flip-side launches with "Utopia". Driven by an unusual, wild percussion and drawn-out foreboding synths, the duo commands focus with unbroken kicks against whirring beeps, tumultuous keys and jolting claps. Taking you on a trancey paradisiacal odyssey is "Circles". Characterized by the subdued sample of a hospital monitor at the beginning and end, with ethereal drawn-out pads that take you on a journey between earth and the other side. The final track incorporates dense sonics to build to climax. Sharp synths rise and decline to drive you into a trance, while shattering kick and snare drums roll throughout, awarding "Light Storm" its place as a definitive roller on this release.
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