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 Teledubgnosis certainly has a masterpiece on their hands with the release of Magnetic Learning Center, a trip-hop album full of unavoidable atmospherics, trippy percussive compositions and deeply humming bass...  Teledubgnosis certainly has a masterpiece on their hands with the release of Magnetic Learning Center, a trip-hop album full of unavoidable atmospherics, trippy percussive compositions and deeply humming bass lines that are simply stunning unto themselves, much less contributing to the mass quality of the whole, it is a masterpiece only partly because it sounds magnificent. In part, the gorgeously lurking melodies of “80 Creeps” (and the concluding drum’n’bass mix of that track,) “Close to the Fire,” “In Heaven, A Devil” and “Heading West” contribute to that status with rich, ripe textures of ethnic flavor, cinematic sweep and urban griminess. Yet, Magnetic Learning Center is damn near a perfect experience for more than the mere reason that each of the ten tracks sounds great. In essence, Teledubgnosis have crafted an ultimate “realist” album, one where the mind moans under the violent love of these beats and the memory is in where the mind will wander to under the beat guidance. All alone, the music gives off beauty, pain, murky menace and more than a touch of rousing mystery. However, under the proper experience, perhaps, Teledubgnosis’ work is an absolutely definitive, evocative and unforgettable journey. It is a gorgeously worrisome experience, as powered by the energy of adrenaline creativity as by, whether they meant it or not, the epic, murderous wars on humanity of our time. Perhaps that’s the main point of Magnetic Learning Center and certainly most will not have such an intensely accentuating experience, either! Yet, the power is undeniable, undiluted by circumstance but certainly accentuated with a grim knowledge of the real world. A knowledge that terrorizes, wages war against one’s own psyche and gives rise to dark, conflicted and hungry works of art – in this case, a tragic masterpiece of unforgettable proportions.