Imog 182 Maria White Label Part 4 Instant

Unlisted on the white label, Part 4 hides a final track in the runout groove (or as a digital bonus, depending on the release). At 119 BPM, it’s the comedown cut. A broken beat pattern, a warm Rhodes chord that repeats every 6 bars (deliberately out of phase), and finally—the full, unprocessed “Maria” vocal. It’s a beautiful, bittersweet pay-off after the previous tracks’ abstraction. The last minute fades into just the vocal and room tone.

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Flip to the B-side, and the energy level recalibrates. Slower (123 BPM), weirder. The kick is now a muffled toms pattern, and the main rhythmic driver is a field recording of what sounds like a train passing over loose tracks, looped and side-chained to a ghost kick. There is no melodic hook for the first two minutes. Instead, a resonant filter sweeps over white noise, creating a wave of pressure that builds and releases. Unlisted on the white label, Part 4 hides

The A-side opens with a deceptive calm: a filtered, looping female vocal snippet (“Maria... Maria...”) that sounds like it was sampled from a forgotten 80s Italo disco record. At 127 BPM, the kick is punchy but round—no harsh click, just a thud that sits perfectly in the low-mid. A syncopated shaker and a rubbery bassline that breathes in and out of the mix enter at bar 17. It’s a beautiful, bittersweet pay-off after the previous