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Of all of the Class A synth jams contained within James Holden’s monumental album proclamation ‘The Inheritors’, the tape-softened fuzziness of ‘Circle Of Fifths’ may not seem like the most obvious single candidate, but in these three not-on-the-album alternative interpretations we see the foreboding-filled interlude assume surprising new proportions.

The modestly titled lead ‘Tool’ version is more of a deep-and-dirty primal club freakout that brings the lunatic gibbering of the mysterious Shimble right to the forefront, to overwhelmingly disorientating effect.

The ‘Dub’, meanwhile, transposes the pagan aesthetic of the album for the communal ritual of the club dancefloor, whilst the final, bonus, ‘Gibbersolo’ lets Shimble’s Gollum-esque madness rip in a more than a little disturbing accapella form.