Travel broadens the mind, they say. Sender buddy and Areal front man Basteroid got waylaid by a Russian taxi driver's mysterious understanding of vodka, and let the Kremlin inspire him to write a Techno symphony, whose raw power shakes the foundations of sound as we know it. (I swear it has nothing to do with the vodka.) The Dome of Cologne couldn't have done it any better. The majestic surges of Techno reveal previously explored depths of Basteroid that just blow our hearts and minds away. On the B-side "Schicking data per post" bell chimes and the melancholy patter of "Dawaj dawaj" are melted down and worked round into Sender's trademark churlish whirls of Basteroid funk sounds. Smooth and cool on the palate like a sip of vodka from a water bottle. Irresistible! Nasdrowje!