Remember when you were seven years old, and mom would drag you up and down the aisles of K-Mart in some kind of bizarre weekly ritual that entailed endless searching for bargains? Well, on a number of occasions, I got let off the hook by simply asking mom, "Can I hang around in the Electronics department?" So, off I'd go, running as fast I could to reach my destination. Around me, a blur of blue and white. Ahead of me, the records.

Luckily for your parents, you don't realize the power of a dollar until you get to be about 14, so they can provide you with meager weekly allowances of like $3 that both makes your life complete and morale high. Couldn't wait to get to those 7" black vinyl discs on which lied the key to my afterschool happiness: Top 40 pop music. In 1983, you could pick up two records for $3. Looking back on it, the stuff I bought was pretty crappy, but the excitement of adding a whole four songs to my already gigantic singles collection was better than a sugar rush.

Now things are different. Due to the excessive amount of music I receive on a daily basis, it takes a lot more to get me going than it used to. To be honest, I wasn't sure if Super ESP was going to be all that solid of a release. But upon carelessly throwing the disc in the player, I was pleasantly surprised. This was cool, laidback electronic stuff. It reminded me of Amon Tobin without the integrated jazz stylings he's known for. Just a clanky, swanky groove with a sampler on top.

After I listened for a while, I went back to the press kit only to find that Super ESP is the superduo of Damon Locks and Casey Rice. If you need some filling in, Damon Locks fronted that rockin' outfit Trenchmouth and produced records by Lois and the Promise Ring, among others. Casey Rice is an all- around indie rock studio wiz, having worked with the likes of Liz Phair, Tortoise, Red Red Meat, Run On, Euphone, Lifter Puller, Joan Of Arc, Heroic Doses and 5ive Style.

These four tracks make for a nice introduction into Super ESP's trippy, slo-mo dance music. The two better tracks "Born With ESP" and the slippery- smooth "City Counsel" act as bookends to the less interesting pieces, "Everything Seems Prescribed" and "The Wisdom Tooth of the East," but even those tracks have their moments. Super ESP feel like they'd be at home on the DJ's turntables at one of Ken Kesey's legendary acid test parties. Maybe they'll work out at one of yours.

-Ryan Schreiber