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With releases on Loxy’s Cylon and a track on the final Hardware LP, the enigmatic Shiken Hanzo goes all-in on the first vinyl release on his own label Hojo Clan - and it’s an absolute lesson in claustrophobic half-time futurism. The title track drapes the relentless velvety punch of 808s in a swirling landscape of spidery synth trails and mushrooming low-end radioactivity, reminding us of Clarity’s precision futurescapes on samurai. “Yari VIP” exhumes the bones of “Shadowboxing” in its melody and layers them hypnotically across another dark, interrupted creeper.