Borngraber & Struver

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 12 May, 2011.

Side A of this 12" is the epic sixteen and a half minute 'Reise' beginning with drones and a distant kick drum which then emerges to the fore and is the foundation for haunting keys and than big dramatic sweeping synthesizer swoop across the soundfield. A very nice gloomy and eerie techno track, then midway the track moves up a gear and things really get going and more late night dancefloor friendly. Definitely recalling some of Carl Craig's work as is mentioned in the press release. Once you get sucked into the groove it simply wont let go. The percussion gets some heavier industrial sounds clanking away... What a trip! 'Berlin Tribal Music' on the flipside is not as dodgy as the title suggests. It is a slowbuilding exercise in minimalism, repetition and tension. 'Dancing Queen' is the most floor friendly of the tracks. A slow syrupy stomp with slight disco flavour. Not too sure about this track but the A-side is well good.

*After the very well-received work "in g" borngräber & strüver have not been resting on their laurels but made “Reise”
(journey). They extended the concept of "21th century electro motoric kraut" on the new album "Urlaub" and added their
preference for disco music. Like a friend of the label said: "Reise – sounds like a composition for the 20th birthday of Carl
Craig's Planet E".
*Borngräber & Strüver have consistently worked on developing their minimalist compositions without taking into
consideration conventions. The nearly 17-minute "Reise" that starts extremely held back, grows into a groovy trip you can
hardly escape. "berlin tribal music" has a radically minimalist approach and a surprising break like a portal to a parallel
dimension.
*The last part of the album "dancing queen" has nothing to do with ABBA. The piece is a missing link between electronic h-
pop and groovy club sounds.