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Hi Scores
Electronic · 1996 · 3 tracks

Hi Scores

Six tracks of sun-bleached synths and crunchy hip-hop breaks. A bridge between the grit of 90s IDM and the hazy, pastoral nostalgia of their later masterpieces.

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It sounds like a half-remembered dream of an 80s arcade after the power went out.

A hazy, neon-tinted nostalgia that feels both comforting and slightly out of reach.

Hi Scores · vs · Boards of Canada
Late Night+3.0σ

Late Night saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 3 Tracks
01
Hi Scores
4:57
03
Nlogax
6:53
05
Seeya Later
4:12
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the title track's bassline locks into a heavy, head-nodding groove while the synths drift like smoke.
The sudden shift into a crisp, electro-funk rhythm on Nlogax that feels like a glitch in the dream.
The haunting, slowed-down vocal samples on Seeya Later that sound like a memory dissolving in real time.
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