Missionary On Mars

Missionary On Mars

Bangkok Impact [Clone Records]

10 August, 2007 | 8.55AM

• Written by: Richard Brophy
• Filed under: Music Recommendations: bangkok impact, clone records

Finnish producer Sami Liuski aka Bangkok Impact’s latest release for Clone sounds like it’s based on the hook from an obscure Italo record that I-F dropped the last few times we heard him play out.

It’s a vague description, but the track’s name isn’t as important as the ethos – Liuski is holding true to a tradition of sampling and then recycling that spans decades. 

Apart from the infectious hook, ‘Missionary’ is powered by the contemporary tendency to combine Chicago and Rimini influences - a squelchy bass and tight, almost claustrophobic claps.

Raiders of the Lost Arp’s remix is a competent if anonymous 303-focused track, but anyone who has been following electro and techno closely for the past decade will be fascinated by the inclusion of the ‘Red Planet Reprise’.

Assuming that it takes influence from the Detroit label that released landmark records like ‘Stardancer’ and ‘Sex In Zero Gravity’ by the enigmatic Martian, Liuski’s nagging acid lines and housey rhythms fall short of the mysterious one’s great powers - but it’s an impossibly high standard for 99.9% of producers to be measured against.

Maybe The Martian will re-appear some day to raise the bar once again.

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