Sub Static is on it lately. This most recent 12”’s A-side is more woodpecker than mosquito, what with its insistent pecking throughout. The deep bass here is offset by liquid synth stabs that gloss up into a puddle and then immediately break apart to make away for the next. Its counterpart is darker and more metallic, each moment suspended in mid-air by a wavering powerline that precariously lurches back and forth in perfect rhythm. It’s a paranoid masterpiece that reaches its zenith in the sampling of what sounds like a distorted Ludacris from “Saturday (Ooh Ooh!).”

Sub Static / sus_46
[Todd Burns]