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Southern California's Kid 606 seems quite happy with his persona of iconoclast and audio terrorist but not so much so that he's going to get stuck doing the same thing for the rest of his life. P.S. I Love You is his deepest foray into the realm of melody to date, although he hasn't exactly gotten mellow. Untempted by the metronomic 4/4 grooves that often characterize even the most radically experimental techno, for the first five tracks Kid 606 prefers jagged syncopation and crackly digital textures. Track 5, "Sometimes," heads out for territory that could almost be called ambient--a beatless cloud of sound like a massive electronic Aeolian harp. Following that is the Porter Ricks-flavored "Now I Wanna Be Cowboy" and then it's back to the abstract extra crunchy style for "Sonqizzover," cognate in sound and nomenclature to "Sonqizzmaster" from the Clicks and Cuts compilation. His existing fans are certainly going to want to keep in step with this phase of his evolution, and those who consider much of his output the equivalent of having someone shout in your ear may be pleasantly surprised. -Bob Bannister