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Brazil\u2019s Tropical Twista recently released the compilation Quintessence<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a substantial selection of the bespoke global grooves the label trades in. Absent, however, was any advance notice of the efforts of production partners Nadav Dagon and Ben Landesman. It would have been nice, but we\u2019re happy enough to discover them now. Two tracks tie for first place among the four with which the Haifa duo introduce themselves. The title track starts the EP off right, indicating that percussion is priority one for the pair. An eerie, warbling synth riff juxtaposes effectively with the marvelously nonsensical ramblings, half sung and half spoken, of guest vocalist Shaman Shaman. \u201cCubia\u201d closes the record, a growling mechanical cumbia supplemented with a macro-sample of Black Power oratory, and some noodling on a Bedouin lyre, adding a dusty gust of dry desert heat. A remix for each track brings some extra perspective \u2013 Carla Valenti breaks \u201cContraa\u201d into smaller, less certain fragments, and fits it all into a gentle house groove, for instance, while Feller\u2019s remix of \u201cKibutz Jungle\u201d fortifies the track\u2019s low end. There\u2019s a lot to digest in Dos Kanye\u2019s debut, and now we\u2019re curious what they\u2019ll come up with next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n