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Composed as a frenzied collection of club cuts bearing the quintessential playful swagger of JM’s attack-drum style, Barrakuda’s freneticism is alleviated and accentuated through diverse drum steps and highly attitudinal melodics. The title track’s rolling percussive groove and warping crescendos which open the EP are followed by the fluctuating arpeggiated synths of the bristolian-tech influenced ‘Charge’. A driving tribal electro groove accompanied by a catchy 4/4 beep melody make “Swilling’’ a captivating club anthem, while the striped back electro warper ‘Unzyp’ reaches the edges of the industrial sonic realm with house accents and wailing sirens. The eerie mood of the proto-tribal-house inspired ‘Winted’ is the perfect lead to Barrakuda EP’s closing track ‘Sygnal’, which features label head TSVI and rounds the EP on a more straight up techno note, bearing all the hallmarks of the pair’s respective signature sounds.
– via Bandcamp
