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Artist:	FAKI W/ ROHR & XAVIER
Title:	Marriot Acid
Label:	PODIUM (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	POD 003EP

"Following the appearance of Brooklyn's Afternoon Coffee Boys (Tony Rohr and Tim Xavier) at Len Faki's Berghain-based Podium night, here comes Podium 3: another stab at techno's electronic side, as sparse as it is smashing. The three adventurers ride on a space ship, drop some acid and save a brave sheep. On 'Marriot Acid,' the banging punctuated bass meets tonal elements with a mysteriously hypnotic melody. All leads into a noise-inflicted break where groovy hi-hats take it to the starkly contrasted funky second part. Tony doesn't talk 303 but shows here how to exploit the feeling. 'Astral Plane' is a consistent voluminous effort from the very start. The contrast here is between the bulging underlying soundscape, fidgety beats and threatening noises. Like a massive space ship attacked by the equivalent of sharks. No place for cheap effects but ingenious and sinister arrangements. Sci-fi for the 21st century. Then Len Faki rages on. His bass sounds like an insane butcher cutting chops by the dozen. A psychedelic fanfare announces the first break where all implodes. Monstrous but groovy."

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