Today’s mp3s are all four-minute excerpts from 12”’s from this week’s Rubber Room column, as it seemed a bit unfair to the artists to give you ½ of their product for free. Complaints about specific tracks only being available as excerpts? E-mail me.

Golden Red- Falling Sickness

“Falling Sickness” gets the sound it’s looking for about two minutes in when it enters its second portion and the bottom falls out, only to reveal another more massive layer. I wasn’t entirely sold on how the original track is grafted back on top, until the off-beat anchors locked into place and the bass started to get even heavier. It’s not quite electro-house, but it’s damn close.

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Jeff Samuel- Endpoint

Let’s get straight to the point: Jeff Samuel gets straight to the emotional point with “Endpoint.” A rotating rhythmic sample and a bass drum are merely pedestrians amid the stunningly simple and stunningly evocative melody that unfolds throughout. It’s destined to be a low-key classic.

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Undo and Vicknoise- Sonambula

“Falling Sickness” gets the sound it’s looking for about two minutes in when it enters its second portion and the bottom falls out, only to reveal another more massive layer. I wasn’t entirely sold on how the original track is grafted back on top, until the off-beat anchors locked into place and the bass started to get even heavier. It’s not quite electro-house, but it’s damn close.

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