Machine Girl, not to be confused with the Russian techno artist Machine Woman, is an American duo composed of Matt Stephenson and drummer Sean Kelly. »Wlfgrl« was first released in 2014, when dropping vocals may have just about been considered hip, and marks the project’s début album. The third release of the maximalist début, on which quite a lot ends up together in one pot, is now being released on Orange Milk. Held loosely together conceptually by beautifully placed samples from the Japanese film »The Machine Girl«, rave sound, breakbeat, hardcore and footwork collide. Whether the result is breakcore or even metal is not that important. With their perfidiously manipulated breaks, tracks like »Krystle (URL Cyber Palace Mix)« or »Ginger Claps« work wonderfully without any categorisation. But Kelly by no means only wanted to attract attention with his breakneck capers in 2014. The dreamlike »Ghost« mixes deep house, post-dubstep Mount Kimbies and footwork into a coherent club track. »Out By 16, Dead On The Scene« sounds like the MPC beats from Onra and Gold Panda, »Hidden Power« seethes with ingenious hyperactivity. An album that has to be heard to be believed.
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