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The kick is round and unhurried at 120, and the bass sits just behind it, so the groove rolls rather than pushes even with the energy reading full. Everything in 11A is kept soft-edged: pads hovering, hats tight and close, a filtered chord that opens and closes without ever quite resolving. It's a warm room, lit low, built for the middle hours rather than the peak of one.

That's where it earns its place — as a bridge, a layer under something with more to say. The hook is the weak point; it passes through and leaves little behind, which makes the record a good host and a poor guest of honour. I'd hold it for the stretch where the floor is already moving and doesn't need convincing, and let the low end do the talking.