Mike Ink – Paradise City

Nice 3-tracker from the legend, Mike Ink.

A-side's got some quirky techno and hardcore acid. Neither are favorites in either genre for me, but they show Mike to be a quality producer even early on.

I would guess most people buying this are getting it for the B-side, a speedy, meandering, headswirl of an acid track that just won't quit. It's a classic, so it stands the test of time, albeit sounding a bit dated by this point. Also might need to slow it down some if the tempo gets to ya.

Here we've another comparatively overlooked djungle release, primarily due to Paradise City, an astringent acid-techno tune that, from the beginning till the very end, simply does not subside! An ebullient effusion of squelchy acid with hard, pulsating drums. One of the better of its kind and decidedly one of the best I'd heard from W. Voigt. If this one doesn't stir you, you may very well be a stoic. Frankfurt - Nagasaki is involved in some agreeable hardcore acid business with some accompanying abstract sounds that may place you on tenterhooks. Something that comes as a slight surprise, considering most productions under Voigt's Mike Ink moniker. Accident In Paradise employs pretty much the same acidline as A1 and is more acidic and less hardcore than the latter, and not any the worse. One of Wolfgang Voigt's strongest releases, particularly where varied acid is concerned.