How busy has the past month been for 2025 San Diego Music Awards Lifetime Achievement honoree Nathan East, whose 2,000-plus recording credits include albums with such varied artists as B.B. King, ...

Masking is his latest EP and the title cut opens with dirty, swampy bass and percolating drum funk. 'Ziggurat' slows down but has real creepiness in the gurgling low end and insistent loops up top.