Mendelayev - Mendelayev EP (2008)

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"Kicking off the EP, Utkiyy delivers an essay in coupling the intensity of lunatic breakwork to gentler atmospheric textures as barrages of militant Stanley-knife snares collapse into deep melodic bliss before slashing the canvas and re-asserting themselves.
Iron Ocean, perhaps the most accessible of the four tunes on offer, delivers some coldly evolving atmospherics coupled with a nice line in grimy bass tones, some engagingly bonkers percussion and the occasional Speak & Spell sample adding up to a tune that should surely find favour with anyone who’s sick and tired of the same old same old bobbins that so many are content to produce, play and release in 2008.
Shapito continues the cold atmospheric theme but adds a more frenetic energy with razor sharp edits and a barrage of interestingly pitch shifted breaks.
Stupid Neighbours turns up the heat with a succession of pummelling snares before a protracted bass heavy breakdown ushers in a quirky slice of industrial jump-up madness. All four of these cuts will cause scenes of devastation not witnessed since the last days of the Roman Empire when dropped at the right time in front of the right crowd."
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