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Skilled Mechanics
Electronic · 2016 · 13 tracks · 34m

Skilled Mechanics

Tricky

Gritty, collaborative sketches that trade lush production for skeletal beats and raw, whispered intimacy. A restless tour through the shadows of the city.

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It's like eavesdropping on a conversation in a dark Bristol alleyway.

A restless, paranoid energy that feels both claustrophobic and strangely intimate.

Skilled Mechanics · vs · Tricky
Lo Fi+1.4σ

The production is pushed notably harder into lo fi than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 34m
01
I’m Not Going
2:55
02
Hero
2:24
03
Don’t Go
3:14
04
Beijing to Berlin
2:53
05
Diving Away
2:11
06
Boy
2:56
07
Bother
2:25
08
How’s Your Life
3:01
09
Here My Dear
2:40
10
We Begin
1:37
11
Well
2:52
12
Necessary
3:37
13
Unreal
1:51
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring shift into Mandarin rap on Beijing to Berlin that breaks the typical trip-hop mold.
The vulnerable, biographical storytelling on Boy where the beat strips back to almost nothing.
The way the bassline on Hero feels like it is physically vibrating the floorboards of a basement.
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