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146. Underworld Born Slippy .NUXX (1995)
non-album single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTFrCbQGyvM

Key lyrics:
She smiled at you boy

Born Slippy .NUXX turns repetition into hypnosis. No matter the context, every short phrase Karl Hyde speaks in the first three minutes is punctuated by the word boy. This rambling performance suggests something like being commanded by a drunken stranger his meaning is hard to discern, but you are certain hes addressing you specifically. This uneasy, slimy feeling lingers across the full ten minutes, even as the vocals drop out and the song goes full trance. Born Slippy is a furious minimalist piece with the scale of a progressive epic. It is the sonic equivalent of meeting a new friend at a skeevy bar, only to have your arm unexpectedly stick to the leather as you reach up for a handshake.

The mesmerizing element is how stripped down this becomes while maintaining a distinct identity. By the time it reaches the back half, Born Slippy descends into extended segments consisting of nothing more than the beat. But like any techno great, the song dithers about with several stray elements, all made cohesive by their consistently disparate nature. This is a full musical odyssey, chained together by an insistent beat. Though little of it sounds pleasant in any traditional sense, the demanding opening and frenetic repetition always leave me hooked.

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