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MARZIPAN & MUSTARD
Playground
(MIL073) Millennium Records 1999
14 Tracks. 65mins21secs.
Marzipan & Mustard have been around for some time, releasing techno records, under different monikers, in the mid-nineties, before turning towards more ambient grounds. Sometimes reminiscent of the floating trance of L.S.G.’s Into The Deep, with whom they share the fact of coming from Germany, Marzipan & Mustard apply the same recipe for a similar result. Playground can be, in turn, fascinating or dull, atmospheric or soporific, mellow or shallow, according to the moment of the day, and the mood, or the state you’re in when listening to it. Perfect for early Sunday morning chill-out sessions, it has trouble to remain interesting passed the clubbing curfew. Some good tracks, such as Accident, Magoo or Fever II, one of the dancier moments, manage to salvage the whole album from sinking into total boredom, but unfortunately, it is not enough to make this record completely essential.
Yess and also KLF Chill Out, Biosphere-Substrata 1997, The Orb etc mentioned above

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