label: warp
producers: m. sayid, beans, priest
year of release: 2001
tracklisting
1. Tuff Gong
2. Splinter
3. Dystopian Disco Force
4. 39/303
5. Pit
6. Perpendicular
7. Vector

 

Ends Against The Middle EP

The enigmatic, sporadic, eclectic, electric, the inside and the opposite, ladies and trash outtakers, it's the Anti. Anti a whole lot, but mostly pop. And the organization is a consortium, and the static is preserved to now be launched. Wear your rubber sole shoes or be grounded like Swissair. And the threesome of the Anti Pop, Priest, Beans and Sayid are stepping down the warping stairs, to declare their new EP stance: "Ends Against The Middle", that's backed by the UK plug and socket people, that maybe caused some of this to be instrumental.

Whit the emphasis being on 'some', considering that "Tuff Gong" features rhyming. And a rather cocky one at that, as we are getting them supremacy words, that in the Anti case are intertwined like the multi color cube. And as this is just rather short, "Splinter" is already coming on and can be considered one of the most polished aesthetic styles of the Anti, while the lyrics are revisiting the contents of the first track. With the next track then being instrumental and featuring a dodgy Hammond organ. 'Dodgy' because it was about time that this word appears in an urbansmarts.com review. However, this is some jamming and it sounds like that, and it's called "Dystopian Disco Force".

Showing sympathy for the abstract trade, "39/303" has the words reappear and the track progresses in irregular ways, giving us the feel of an blinking eye, pointing in the direction of a confused wind. However, we have not yet reached the peak of the bleeps, as "Pit" is making it hard for you to vibe to it, despite your bodily functions also functioning in a 0/1 system. These are sounds that gain reason when they change into "Perpendicular", that quite possibly is the most plush, due to a piano and complementary sound effects. What the Anti means to us is being repeated on "Vector", the last track, that at the same time closes a circle, it going back to words and going back to where they will be able to progress.

Warp and Anti Pop, that has to be every acoustic instruments cards. That's why it's not surprising that the Anti, that took us to the boundaries of this music, are now tearing down the walls to get even more left field, with us troopers, not hesitating, climbing through the gap too.

review: tadah

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