King Midas Sound is Kevin "The Bug" Martin and the angelically-voiced Roger Robinson, who first came together on The Bug’s 2003 Rephlex lP ‘Pressure~ With Martin taking a more blissed out, but equally deranged approach from that of his new epic Bug album ’london Zoo~ the King Midas Sound is 21st Century jilted lovers rock. First surfacing on Kode9’s Sonar mix from the summer of 2007, and heavily in demand ever since then, ‘Cool Out’ is finally getting the release we’ve all been holding our breath and turning purple for. If that wasn’t enough, this EP also features two previews from the forthcoming King Midas Sound album, in the form of remixes by two producers known for sending their off-beats into orbit. Graced and defined by Roger’s sweet, sweet vocals, ‘Cool Out’ is a hymn to the ever persistent ghosts and mutations of Jamaican sound system culture. The remixes of ‘lost’ and ‘One Ting’ on the flipside take that same spirit into hip hop peripheries. Dabyre’s rendition of ‘One Ting’ laces his funk with unexpected and shrill shards of early Detroit techno, while Flylo captures the essence of ‘lost’ with a suicidal Japanese monologue and dysfunctional bleeps and crunches. Another tale of the unexpected from Hyperdub and taster of the forthcoming KMS album due later in 2008.