Darksidevinyl skips the extended mix because he doesn't need one — cover art

REVIEW · VANESSA NGUYEN · 10 SEP 2026 · 3 MIN

Darksidevinyl skips the extended mix because he doesn't need one

Two full-length tracks with no extended mix and no edit, and Yoshitoshi's third look at Darksidevinyl says more about the label's own judgement than the reach numbers on this one ever will.

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