some years ago i found the cdsingle for boxsaga's "positive sweat" and i don't remember on what strength i picked it up. probably because it was a four tracker ep and at the time i was quite into the concept of those releases, if it was specific songs for that release. also because the track duration was printed on the cardboard cover and out of the four track, the shortest track clocked in at 5:35 and that is the title track.
on the other end of that "robot blues" is the longest track of the release and it's also fastest and it seems a bit out of place compared to the other tracks. like the rest of the track it employs some of the buzzing saws and the warm synth sounds along with the use of drumbreaks and generated drum sounds. but the structure of the track and the tempo is different and you feel that nick phillips aka boxsaga just threw the rules out of the window for this track.
the buildup for it is one of those just goes to the extremities without ever launching into that moment or a drop. you hear it go on and there are even a few key breaks where it's expected for things to happen but you'll be hard pressed to hear it. the most substantial thing that happens during the break four minutes into the song is that the it changes from breakbeats to four on a floor. almost the same scenario happens six minutes in where it breakdown a bit, probably for mixing purposes.
regardless of stucture, it's an amazing rollercoaster of a track and it it much to the dj at hand how to use it. the logical thing is to have it as an ender as sounds like one but it can also be used as intro if you follow it up with something equally pacey and on the go. midset will be trickier but here the with good use the breaks well and you will have a quality transition tool. for me i like it most as a whole entity but i've used it mostly as an intro.
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