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Skrillex Fell in Wub Again
The producer’s dubstep return is close to sensory overload.
“Fuck Skrillex,” its lunatic narrator shouts in a frothy reimagining of Quest highlight “Tears,” “This is Sonny Moore!” The former From First to Last singer quickly reverts to his original pop-punk form in the booming “Things I Promised,” as abrasive noises buffet the ear at breakneck speed. A Jay-Z line spliced into the Brandy cut gives off Girl Talk airs, but the sustained muchness is very Skrillex, astutely mapping the divergent interests of a maestro whose clientele includes Justin Bieber, Bladee, Hikaru Utada, and Korn. Another jarringly rewarding sequence taps Sigur Rós’s Jónsi for “Look at You,” a thumper pulling off breathtaking tricks with reverb and space; Indian singer Naisha Bhargabi for the cluttered, disquieting “Gulab XX”; and R&B stars Starrah and Zacari for the windswept, soulful “Momentum.” Here, you see how genre crumbles into breading in the hands of a once-in-a-generation chop wizard.
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