FIRST PRESSING WITH LIMITED COLORED SLEEVE!!! The devil is in the details. Three years after their successful Minus “Vs” release, “Square One” marks a return to a long standing collaboration between Troy Pierce and label mate Jesse Siminski aka “Heartthrob". The release is inspired by the duo’s new performance moniker of the same name, which combines DJ-ing along with live performance elements. The three detail oriented tracks wind their way through tense, angular synths, solid drum programing, dusty droning sound spheres and swinging dissonant cords. Humorous, upfront, and chaotic at times, these productions are not afraid to stand apart and cause a full on freak out. The title track “Square One” (A1) is a beast that utilizes stomping rock inspired drums that are tweaked and played off of a boiling hot synthesizer line to the tracks apex. Throughout, the focus is on dance floor pressure, as sharp high hats and sleazy drum rolls dodge analog noise bursts. Driven by tight sub bass, it is a unique take on Troy’s intricate grooves, fused with Jesse’s penchant for over the top melody and composition. This track is not for the timid dance floor. While B1 “Puka Haole” (which means white devil’s hole in Hawaiian) is another sinister builder. A funky growling Moog bass melody who’s filters open and close suggestively around broken beats carries the loose arrangement. Heavy snare rolls cut through and give order to polyphonic synth blasts. The atmosphere is electric and tense with delay lines and a soaring banshee choir. Ultimately a swinging melody brings even more energy to the anxious air of the track until it disintegrates. Building from the first two cuts is “Island Rumors” (B2), another stormer that shares the same cutting percussion and tough sub bass foundation as the other tracks but has a lighter disposition. “Island Rumors” dives headlong into tight jacking house beats, but pairs them with alternating ominous and uplifting synth chords. It pushes forward s