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"Ronald Gonko stops in again with wheels smoking and an unidentifiable smell on him, bringing us a second installment of his titillating tunes. The star track covers a song from a little known band of yesteryear, Plus Instruments. Nora Below blows her horn about bodies, pairing the word with many descriptors to illustrate the corporal concept. A winsome groove of melodic pops and bouncing bass makes it a nice contrast to much of Mafia's tense body of work. Parisian Krikor (Tigersushi, Karat) realizes the body does not necessarily have to be human and rides a demented pony of a remix into town. Only artifacts of Nora's vocals remain interspersed with his jackin' rhythm directly designed to make bodies dance. Stop Disco Mafia returns to his Russian cartoon roots with the tracks Dayfilter and Crunchbone. Thick plots with high stress levels make these action packed pieces hard to put down. Electric mandolins and singing saws help the bright sounds color mustached characters making mellifluous follies while sound effects animate imaginary words; a process opposite of onomatopoeia."
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"'Luckily, when the gang came in and shot up the restaurant, they done it with just water pistols. Otherwise, I would've been dead meat rather than a soaked ham.' Ronald Gonko rolls out Stop Disco Mafia, his debut electronic release. Here is a record that is sometimes mistaken for a soundtrack from a demented Russian cartoon, which you cannot tell who's on whose side. Action lines are illustrated with rubbery melodies and a flurry of truncated funk. Each track is an animated scene with parts and counterparts chasing each other through obstacle courses while lobbing exchanges of practical jokes; bouncing around on an absurd dance floor with repetitive slapstick. Nora Below (BPitch Control) puts in a few words on 'A Quarrel' and a whole gang of other henchman Ronald has employed, armed with synthesizers and singing saws, are accomplices on the other numbers. You may have seen Ronald before, accompanying an orchestra of mandolins on bass. They are known as Kapaikos, a highly trained group of subversive string players. Or perhaps you have been subjected to his punk noise under the name Discounter. If not, just note that Mr. Gonko has been surfacing in different musical projects in the underground of Germany since an early age. The everlasting residents fan and survivor of the punk and new wave socialization in the early 80's presents a new invention of his history here. Stop the Disco Mafia or the Mafia will Stop Disco."
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