{"product_id":"vicious-circles-1","title":"Vicious Circles","description":"\u003cp\u003ePlanet Mu release \u003ci\u003eVicious Circles\u003c\/i\u003e, the debut 7 Track EP by Sinjin Hawke and Zora Jones, who aside from producing music also run the audio-visual production unit 'Fractal Fantasy'. Zora released several collaborations on last year's \u003ci\u003eVisceral Minds 2\u003c\/i\u003e including \u003ci\u003eDark Matter \u003c\/i\u003ewith Planet Mu's Jlin, while Sinjin has collaborated with DJ Rashad, Just Blaze and MikeQ, and also produced music for monoliths like Kanye West and Frank Ocean. Remarkably, given the breadth of their work, \u003ci\u003eVicious Circles\u003c\/i\u003e is their first collaborative EP, and the first time either have released a vinyl record too. The EP is a great showcase for the duo's emotional, maximalist chimeras of abstract pounding beats. From the punchy, circular, grandiose build-ups of opener \u003ci\u003eVicious Circles\u003c\/i\u003e, to the unyielding melancholy of \u003ci\u003eGod\u003c\/i\u003e with its sinister Bulgarian choir sample against a peak Timbaland-era rhythm, the record's potent synths and manipulated vocals are both simultaneously fierce and friendly. \u003ci\u003eSource of Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e is a poised dance between pulsing ambient textures and drilling beats, while \u003ci\u003eLurk 101\u003c\/i\u003e pits a volley of abstracted juke toms up against a hammering drumline. \u003ci\u003eBabyboySosa\u003c\/i\u003e feels like drum-less drill, manipulating vocals into strange alien shapes over a bassline before spiraling toms and hi-hats start to form a forceful march. The EP concludes on the love anthem \u003ci\u003eAnd You Were One\u003c\/i\u003e with a chipmunked vocal running through its wonky chorus of bent notes and chords\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Planet Mu","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50490521223499,"sku":"1040055","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2d886560-490b-4a30-8867-8e745a312a01_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727665226","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/vicious-circles-1","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}