Kompakt luminaries Michael Mayer and Reinhard Voigt join forces and continue a conversation that, since the days of Cologne's legendary techno supergroup Forever Sweet, has delivered such iconic moments as Pride Is Weaker Than Love and Supertiel (Speicher 2 (KOM EX002EP)), Unter Null (Speicher 7 (KOM EX007EP)), and Sky Dumont (Speicher 28). Here, they present their own solo work: the straightforward thump of Mayer's hearty techno romp The Stickler comes with sizzling percussion, siren-like synth stabs, and throaty bass; The Buddy is a rock-solid floor jam from Voigt, enforcing the producer's madcap hypnotism with paranoid synth squelches and tenacious beats.