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I’m Never Spinning Anything Else

I proclaim the dancefloor stormer of the winter season to be not “The Illness,” the proclaimed single off Kid606 latest Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You, but rather single B-side “Ecstasy Motherfucker.” The majority of the new album is the sort of crazed jungle-cum-gabber that the Kid treated us to on his last tour through Baltimore and this track is no exception. Dominated by a fierce, schizophrenic beat, knowingly hackneyed samples (a voice at the end proclaims, "I am a cliche), and 303 acid-style tweakings somehow made new and fun, it’s hard for any electronic music fan not to find something to smile about whilst shaking their head/ass/groove thang. I am elated that I’ve got a copy of this beast on vinyl. You suckas are never hearing anything else.