For those who remember the first time they downloaded an illegal MP3, the bitrate of “check my pulse.mp3” by the mysterious egofriendly will feel like a warm blanket on a chilly night. It conjures up memories of 128 kbps DJ Assault MP3s and Sasha and Digweed mixes listened to on RealPlayer with a shaky connection. It also features Suzy Sheer, who is no stranger to conjuring the ghosts of 2000s technology to creative ends. Are the aesthetics of bad-bitrate MP3s going to fill the role that tape hiss filled for a previous generation of bedroom producers? Only time will tell.