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Earlier this year, Nikki Nair collaborated with the Avalanches on the single \u201cTogether.<\/a>\u201d Now he\u2019s back with new music of his own. Yesterday, he announced that he had joined George Daniel\u2019s dance-focused Dirty Hit sublabel, dh2, and said he attempted to make house music but failed. Still, he \u201cended up with four mistakes that I will package as an EP,\u201d he deadpanned<\/a> in a funny social post.<\/p>\n Today, Nair shared the first single from the forthcoming EP The Sick Dimension<\/em>. It\u2019s called \u201cDefault Mode,\u201d and it sounds like a cartoon alien trying to write a gripping love song. The words \u201cI\u2019m always thinking about you\u201d repeat in a squeaky, plasticky voice. As the song rumbles on, it circles a romantic sentiment, eventually settling into something robotic yet feral. It\u2019s cool.<\/p>\n \u201cThis record was me using all of the weird gear that I have, and getting back into digging for old house music,\u201d Nair said in a press release about the forthcoming EP. \u201cIn my mind, I\u2019m making normal house music, but when I get feedback, I guess it does not sound like normal house music to most people.\u201d<\/p>\n Listen to “Default Mode” below. <\/p>\n