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JaMile's 2011 beat tape: more of that postindustrial, filthed-out greatness. In one sense it's a tightly controlled range of (mostly) harsher sounds, pounding out some raw, serious beats amid washes of texture, using samples of his own music, others' music, and synth melodies from some cybernetic overbrain. In another sense it's a solid, diverse set of instrumentals, putting itself in conversation with psychy L.A. hip-hop, steppy UK beats, and German electronics. But in the truest tradition of American techno, this music is about the relationship between something organic and chaotic (sex) and something powerfully manipulated, like the codes that machines use to commune with one another.