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From the first lush sonic textures and waves of synth on Ultra Sound<\/a><\/em>, the debut EP from Kult Kyss out November 12th via TMRW Music<\/a>, it’s hard not to envision a smoke-filled dancefloor. Vocalist Rromarin<\/a> (Claire Rayner) and producer Haxx (Jack Arentz<\/a>) have crafted a throwback to the big beat, anthemic dancefloor bangers of the ’90s; the Melbourne duo\u2019s music is a delicious, shameless montage of building beats, thrilling climaxes, snaky vocoder-edged vocals, boxy beats and dubby, trap sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “So Alive<\/a>” epitomises their paean to the Melbourne dancefloor of the late \u201890s and noughties. The clever two-step foundation is fleshed out with a soup of synth bleeps and bloops, and a catchy vocal mantra (“I feel so alive”). Rayner traces their sound back to a surprising source of influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFunnily enough, the closest thing to being my first formative dance banger experience was probably Savage Garden\u2019s \u2018I Want You<\/a>.\u2019 That track rocked my world,\u201d she says. \u201cI think there\u2019s still parallels today, with my vocal sound and processing. You can hear things harking all the way back to that song.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n