Bary Center – Endless High
4.28.15 by Mike Haley

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With the exception of winning a round of Plinko on The Price Is Right, the simplest way to get a free weekend stay in La La Land is a deep listening sesh with some MJMJ Records releases. MJMJ, or Michael Jordan Michael Jordan, or TWO Michael Jordans (which is equal to 7.3 Scottie Pippens if you were wondering about the math) is an imprint out of Minnesota that peppers the world with rascally, techno-tinged, sanguine musics. They just put out a new stinger, so pack your brain bags, let’s take a trip.

The latest MJMJ offering comes from Bary Center. Bary Center, or Mark Williams as it says on official government documents, cruises through canorous canals of crisp BPMs on “Endless High”. Three tracks are portioned out over the half hour listening affair, with time allotted for both energetic joy rides and murky meandering. Remember Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? Ferris was so gosh darn stoked to be skipping school, chilling with his best mates. He, Sloane, and Cameron killed it all day at baseball games and museums and shit, pretending to be Sausage Kings of Chicago and what not. The world was their oyster. But then things got sorta grim, and Cameron booted his pop’s ’61 Ferrari GT out a window. That high-high-low situation is depicted fairly well on Rung, Falling Down, and lastly Endless High. I wonder if Bary Center has any of Bueller’s sick gear? Brisk buoyancy and determined snap keeps the party going for 19 or so minutes of minimal techno jamage until the title track brings things down to reality. A sparse sampling of vibey sound clips and vocals make brief appearances. Not unlike the brief appearance original Sonic Youth member Richard Edson made in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off as the parking garage attendant. #FunFact.

The five panel artwork, executed by Nico Stephou, is a rainbow of hell yeah. Seriously beautiful work. A brightly lit field of bubbly totems pattern the front, with a single piece canvasing the inside.

“Endless High” is available for the devilishly low price of $6.66.