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7

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Slotek (pronounced “slow tech”) represented WordSound label founder Skiz Fernando’s mystical side; the album was constructed around themes of numerology and esoteric religion. The usual deep, dark bass tones and minimal, looping drum tracks are overlaid with philosophical monologues, movie dialogue, and spiritual lessons, talking about reincarnation and the eternal spirit and whatnot; when a mournful trombone breaks through the murk on “Jumbo,” or a bass clarinet tootles through on “Smoke & Mirrors,” or “Electric Soul Controller” conjures powerful zaps and explosions, it draws you even further into the music’s unsettling world, making you receptive to the sampled voices eager to tell you about mankind’s destiny and the unseen forces guiding us all.

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