Just two years after the release of his album Eargoggle Fodder, Sean Fairchild, better known as his stage moniker Combinator, has returned with a new EP that expands on his unique prog-meets-industrial-meets-EDM sound. As a producer, songwriter, composer, and vocalist, Fairchild keeps bass at the core of everything he does, as is proven with the seven tracks on this EP that each feature tapping, slapping, lightning-fast riffs, and all of the tonal range that his MTD 6-strings provide him. Masterly produced with an intensely hi-fi sound, re//combinator explodes through your headphones illuminating every panned note, industrial beat, ethereal sweep, and vocoder-coated vocal on an album that takes you on an emotive ride. From the adept tapping and slapping of album openers “Guest In Your Own” and “Things that Should” to the mellower vibes of “Hide and Seek,” “Respira,” and “Cartoon Character Child,” Fairchild laces arcs and elaborate themes into his bigger picture, whi