This new track by Missqulater is quite a departure from his more acid-centric material and...I fucking love it! Really sick vintage space disco vibe going on with plenty of synthy goodness, a super funky bassline, throwback melodies galore and that bit of off-kilter wonkiness that makes it a characteristically Missqulater track. I could definitely do with a whole record of this kind of stuff!

This short and sassy split EP from Japan's Missqulater and Chicago's The Carrier Wave offers 1 original track from each artist and a remix of the other's original. Lush synth stabs float over playful choral chops, throbbing acid lines and those snappy 808 snares you crave on Missq's offering "Orion Busted". The Carrier Wave's "Gamma 9 Cruise" takes you to the depths of interstellar space with clap attacks, airy pads, a twisting 303 freak and some juicy analog warbles. The remixes, of course, twist and tweak the originals to wonderful new places. I'm especially digging the old school big-beat vibe on Missq's "Gamma" remix.

You can download the split in a myriad of formats from Karakasa's website and I highly recommend that you do so, so as not to appear behind the times when these dudes blow up massively, as they most certainly will. Then you'd just look foolish, wouldn't you?