This EP is described as a tribute to Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and each song has links to that (most of the time through spoken samples at the very least). The notes to this set demonstrate a problem with a lot of modern music. A quote from those notes says “All 4 tracks are written at 115BPM.” Well, that’s a huge mistake. Doing two songs in a row at the same tempo is never a good idea. It’s one of the cardinal rules for creating an album that’s interesting, vary your tempos. If you don’t, no matter how much the melodies are changed, everything will feel the same and it will be boring. For that reason, it’s a great thing that this is only an EP. A full album all at the same tempo would be mind-numbingly boring to the point of inducing sleep. This one definitely suffers from that, but it’s pretty impressive that it’s not more redundant than it is. Each track taken by itself, though, is better than it is taken in the context of the set. This stuff is far better as background music than it is as something to listen to intently.

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Rhythmic, chirping, techno electronica is the backdrop here. There are samples including JFK campaigning and more. This has enough melody to keep it interesting and would be great in a dance club. It’s a bit too repetitive for intense listening, though.