If
Aksel Schaufler
's contribution to
Kompakt
's
Total 2
compilation wasn't promising enough, his 2001 debut 12",
Heroin
, became one of
's finest upon its release. Each of these three tracks clocks in at just over seven minutes and features completely different sounds.
"Don't Think Too Much"
is a giddy dance track full of blooping and squirting noises.
"Heroin"
could be a theme lifted from an early-'80s undercover cop drama.
"Tomorrow"
is a downcast but uplifting song with a hypnotic guitar lick played over a shuffling rhythm, in which
Schaufler
repeats the phrase, "Tomorrow will not be like today" as a down-but-not-out mantra. ~ Andy Kellman