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Maara
Spiral 2 The Other Side

Spiral 2 The Other Side

Artists

Maara

Labels

X-Kalay

Catno

XK027

Formats

1x Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM

Country

UK

Release date

Jul 11, 2022

Maara makes seductively uninhibited, proggy dance music. In fact, she’s quickly becoming one of its foremost exponents. Barely pausing for breath between releases, ‘Spiral 2 the Other Side’ finds the Montreal artist summoning divine feminine frequencies with a hypnotic, ritual-ready 4-tracker.

Some Maara productions are shot through with an almost radiant optimism, but here, darkroom throb prevails. Big on the gated vocals, ‘Spiral 2 the Other Side’ achieves cybernetic sensuality through trippy,

moiré-d electro, while ‘Take the Wheel Miss Sweetie’, with its driving, fathoms-deep approach, provides a direct take on the blueprint.

The Canadian assumes the role of high priestess on the flip. ‘Forget the world’ is a ritual incantation for bridging seen and unseen worlds; prog house magick with shades of ‘90s trance utopia. Rounding things off with a tunnelling electro tripper, ‘Doom Quest’ references the vortex-dwelling atmospherics of early tribal modes to mind-altering effect.

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XK027 - UK - 2022

A1

Spiral 2 The Other Side

5:17

A2

Take The Wheel Miss Sweetie

5:57

B1

Forget The World

6:00

B2

Doom Quest

5:12

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