SKEE MASK - "Pool" 3xLPSkee Mask Pool 3xLP (Ilian Tape, 2021) "Particularly in the case of dance music, a style predicated upon sweaty bodies swapping aerosols in close quarters, its hard not to read any given new release as a response to the pandemic year. But despite the timing of its completion, Pool isn't a report on the doldrums of 2020. Its 18 tracks, totaling an hour and 45 minutes, are drawn from the past four or five years of his daily studio regimen. Combined with

by Kinji Hayashi

turns out to be a perverse play on the footwork convention with the use of 105BPM tempo

what's really amazing is how consistent the quality of the material is - also

extrapolated and pulled further out in the mix

drawing on both religious elements — “I was more or less force fed it when I was younger” — and his own experiences for much of its lyrical inspiration

during the first year of the global pandemic

and he's making more music than ever before

The busted 94 Thunderbirds exhaust leak bleeds into the leased hellcats sound system

and spends all his time suggesting and framing

)A3 - TONI MORALEZ - CAN YA REALLY FEEL ITB1 - DJ FRANKIE - BACK TO AQUABREAKSB2 - MCHY I POROSTY - LOW DOGS

and Darthouven Fish Men are left to the imagination

“I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve listened to Age of Exile in the past few weeks