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Earlier this year, Todd Sines inaugurated Yore with the slamming techno-funk of the .xtrak release Back_Up EP and now returns for round two with Dont Stop. Without losing the stripped-down, minimal tech-house funk essence of the .xtrak sound, Sines ups the acid-house ante considerably in the new material. The old-school title cut makes an immediately vivid impression by repeating the insistent vocal hook >Dont Stop<-both command and mantra-over a towering backbeat. >Cut to the Chase< does exactly that with funky handclaps and syncopated swing, while the B-sides low-riding >Unreflect< pairs dropouts and bass-crawling boogie. Slightly different in character, the squiggly acid-techno track >Quantum Mechanics< is as precision-tooled as its title suggests. Despite the subtle shift in stylistic emphasis, Dont Stop offers a splendid complement to the earlier release