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"BiP_HOp is proud to unveil Sprung, the first album by Andrew Duke outside of his full lengths released on Cognition Audioworks. Sprung kicks off with Hell Yeah! which moves into almost- 80s-ish electro-beats that never pick up an 80s riff. There s a subtext of sadomasochism here--you can see the ice cream, but you can t have it. Dive next into the subtle and microbic Pharmakoi , before blossoming with the deviant throbs of Crablike , which has actually invoked a physical reaction at higher volumes. Duke s digital manipulations are involved and complex. Chromosome 20 , for instance, projects a well-articulated pop-scale (as in a click or a pop ) over a Lustmord-ish synth howl. It s like being up in the Arctic in that movie The Thing, but instead of one wolf running from the helicopter there are thousands and all you can hear are the ice crystals cracking. It s mind altering. There are some sorts of sounds, like those currently found in minimal electronic music and within the microsound genre, that are designed to warp the neurochemicals in the head into configurations not intended by the manufacturer. Indeed, the whole album gives the impression of the emergence of life with the change in seasons, where the microbes, insects, and slugs are the first to awaken. Some of the soundscapes seem to emulate the sounds of smaller animals and birds rustling through budding growth. Knot Rocket sounds like a group of frogs throwing a party at a pond. The amphibians are out! The heavy and muscular Ut Ut closes Sprung and signifies the awakening of the bears from hibernation, lumbering about en masse. Sprung is organic, wet sounding techno that skitters along a range of frequencies, from scurrying subtleties to low pulsing rumbles, each brushing different areas of the sonic spectrum."