The bassline on “Nutcase” is basically one note bullied into submission for four minutes, and it is hypnotic. DENIAL builds the original around repetition as a weapon: a tight dry kick, a rubbery low end that barely shifts, and little bursts of static that flicker across the top like a fault in the wiring. It is techno that trusts you to lock in rather than begging for attention, and about halfway through a warped vocal fragment surfaces just long enough to unsettle you before the groove swallows it again. The trick is in what DENIAL leaves out. There is no breakdown and no big obvious reset to wait for, just a slow tightening screw that never quite lets you off the hook. There is a Mark Eteson remix going around that plays bigger and colder, but this original is the leaner version, all forward motion and no fat on it. This is 3am music, headphones or a warehouse, nothing in between. I keep reaching for it when I want to disappear into something for a while.
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DENIAL - Nutcase
1 minute on this. That's longer than the bridge of any Coldplay song deserves.
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