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Martin Schacke recordedin Russia two summers ago. Back then, he was a rising star at the forefront of Copenhagen's techno scene , and he was spending a couple weeks in St. Petersburg for a residency at Клуб (pronounced "club"), a 7- or 800-person venue in the Leningradsky Metal Factory thatonce called "the wildest club in Russia." Schacke and Клуб had a special relationship. According to RA contributor Nikita Velichko , Клуб was inspired by Mayhem, the Copenhagen spot where Schacke was a resident. As we see on, the inspiration ran both ways: the EP samples Russian pop songs and, taking its unofficial slogan as its title, exists as a kind of love letter to Клуб.Of these four tracks, one became an anthem, and that's "Kisloty People," an acid-flecked, Italo-flavored, fast techno reimagining of Акула's 2001 Europop hit " Кислотный DJ " ("acid DJ"). The chipmunk vocal over the locomotive beat might have been enough to make it a hit. The rushing Moroder synths that arrive two minutes in push it over the edge. "Kisloty People" is demonically catchy and charged with the crazed energy that makes so much Copenhagen techno great. It is addictive and deliriously fun, that rare pleasure of a techno track with a monster hook.It's also kind of bittersweet. Released two months after Клуб shut down, "Kisloty People" is an artifact of a particular time and place and the music that soundtracked it, a heady moment that, like all things, was only temporary. Watching this clip —"the official nostalgic video based on Kisloty footage," in the words of Клуб cofounder Sasha Tsereteli—you can feel that even if you weren't there.