Quite distanced from the legion of echo-chamber drumkick records in
Mike Ink's catalog,
Las Vegas presents a series of languid trance numbers that reprise the deep-sea dub of his Studio 1 recordings but without the straight-ahead four-four beats. Obviously, Jörg Burger must deserve much of the credit for
Las Vegas, from highlight tracks "Flesh & Bleed," "Milk & Honey," and "Elvism" to the entire
Roxy Music connections inherent in just about every song title on the record. If you buy just one
Mike Ink record (alternately: if you can find just one
Mike Ink record...), it had better be this one. ~ John Bush