October 17, 2000

The jam continues along a familiar trajectory until it breaks suddenly into a mid-tempo trance jam. It continues along at a modest pace for another four minutes, at which point it begins to quicken. The jam appears to be heading for a peak, but breaks down into an eerie minimal jam as the tempo decreases. This theme carries the jam forward until a keyboard flourish from Magner seems to signal an increase in the tempo. The jam maintains a similar eerie mood to the rest of the jam as it builds in intensity toward Boop. Magner’s work in the final two minutes of the jam is absolutely fantastic.

The jam out of Boop begins with a barrage of Magner’s acid synths, but settles down after a few minutes into a more regular theme as Sammy’s drumwork begins verging toward breakbeat. The jam settles into a strong dnb theme, notably more cheerful sounding than the earlier part of the jam, and Barber uses his muted distortion to great effect. The jam steadily builds to a massive crescendo. Barber seems to be heading to a massive Svenghali peak, before landing firmly in Aquatic Ape territory.

The jam manages to cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time before reaching its destination.