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STREAM: Burger/Voigt - Wand Aus Klang

Overstating the impact of Wolfgang Voigt and Jörg Burger on electronic music would be nearly impossible as their music together and apart is still used as touchstones today. Voigt is most famous for founding Kompakt Records, an institution of German techno, but his ambient works as Gas, his bone dry Studio 1 project and acid tracks as Mike Ink are just as important. Burger hewed more to the melodic side of things, but his music as The Bionaut, The Modernist and Triola are no less enjoyable. And together they recorded one of the few purely electronic entries in Matador's catalog, the seminal [Las Vegas] album. One might imagine they're ready to take it easy, but reality is much more interesting.

Last year they started performing and recording music together again, starting with the aptly titled "Bring Back Trance." 2008 will see a new album from the pair, as well as the teaser single, "Roter Platz." Its three tracks streamline the electronic/rock hybrid they wove together on [Las Vegas]. The track explores the astral plane with a bouncing low end and blurry guitar leads, while the buzzing energy "Ebert Platz" sends tingles down listeners' spines. But "Wand Aus Klang" ("wall made of sound") is the real treat, drifting through fuzzy, shoegazing drones and strums before the pair cross axes and contemplative vocals. Burger and Voigt may be old hands, but those hands are still turning out great tunes.

Sounds like: My Bloody Valentine, Air, Stereolab

Stream: Burger/Voigt - Wand Aus Klang

Kompakt Records

Jörg Burger's website

Buy Burger & Voigt on Kompakt mp3

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