As the likes of Matthewdavid and Mono/Poly have put out some of the most expansive music around on FlyLo’s Brainfeeder imprint, Los Angeles and its so-called “beat culture” have garnered talk of wresting the distinction of electronic music’s foremost experimentalists from England’s Warp Records. Though Warp spent most of the 90′s atop the electronic world, churning out the very best material of LFO, Autechre, and Aphex Twin, their reputation has dipped in recent years. Indeed, the two finest records to come out on the label these past two years have been Gonjasufi’s A Sufi and a Killer and Flying Lotus’s own Cosmogramma, two albums with deep roots in LA’s beat scene.

One of Warp’s brightest spots, though, is Hudson Mohawke, aka Ross Birchard. Since his 2009 debut, Butter, HudMo’s greatest strength has proven to be his ability to pool his disparate influences and ideas into a singularly stylized sound. Here, he continues in that vein, though very informed by music’s current goings-on. “Cbat”, the EP’s standout track, makes use of woozy 808s, while a simple earworm of a melody chirps along restlessly over top. Final track “Thank You” sees the producer nod to Southern hip-hop, pairing a hefty drum line with a heavily chopped-and-screwed synth line.

While many complained that Butter was, at 18 tracks, too long and drawn-out, you’d be hard-pressed to make the same argument here: Satin Panthers‘ five tracks total out to a meager 17 minutes. Hardly much of a complaint, at least in the realm of things. It is, after all, an EP. Ever the experimentalist, Mohawke doesn’t waste a single second of the listener’s time, bobbing and weaving through the unearthly analog glisten of “Octan” and the wild, phantom rhythms of “Thunder Bay”. Perhaps when it comes time for LP number two, he’ll be able to translate this newfound energy into his best effort yet.