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"Spitting Cobra" kicks off like a wavy cyberspace ballad, packed with Okmalumkoolkat's loosely-spit mentions of mpegs, jpegs, twitter avatars, et al. The dripping synth clicks unassumingly build to a straight head nodder by the end, when London producers LV drop a deep bass groove. The Chris Saunders and Malcom Chen directed black-and-white music video for the track is a simple collage of Okmalulkoolkat spitting in front of backyard palm trees and brick walls. Watch above and lookout LV's Sebenza LP due early September from Hyperdub.
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