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. Word! From dubbed out techno to
noise funk,Tony Rohr has it all.
His buddy Tim Xavier also represents the easy Brooklyn
style. After bending towards a minimal approach two years
ago, he became notorious for his slow but massive
basslines, dark but groovy beats and twisted backing
arrangements. His work is best featured on his labels
LTD400 and Klickhaus,and the Dark Blend EP on Clink. 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… Sci-fi for the 21st century…