Workshop dude Even Tuell enters the Hula Vortex on his belated return to the Musik Krause imprint, with three tracks of finely crafted house music. Opening track "Mental Marathon" is aptly titled, sprawling its way across the A Side and operating at a subaqueous level, drawing out scratchy metallic tones and bubbling analogue textures. "A Close Dancin" utilises clinical usage of robotic vocals amidst an impressive melange of Detroit influenced sound design. There's an indefinable scratchy sound present throughout that sounds like a gremlin trying (and failing) to escape the mainframe. The overarching sense of unease continues with "Planet Ape" (raw mix), all off kilter programming and dull bass lines over the constant hum and buzz of dystopian atmosphere that simmers back and forth into focus.
