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The Ninja on this record
The skeleton is rigid at 140 BPM, but the flesh hangs loose and synthetic, twitching through 12A with a restraint that belies the tempo. Squarepusher keeps the kicks disciplined, yet the atmosphere stays brittle and low-lit, its moderate energy refusing to boil over into peak-time chaos. It is the sound of circuitry half-asleep, still dreaming in rhythm.
I would slot this after midnight when the floor needs pulse without pummel, letting Warp’s leftfield architecture fill the gaps between heavier cuts. The groove is too knotted for prime-time abandon, but at this hour, in this key, its twitchy discipline feels like a secret handshake for the heads still standing.