transmitting from their mist-filled, strobe-lit lair, group niob join the ranks of pomelo with an ep of pure-bred, cavernous underground techno. founded by prolific cheap records alumni and long-standing pomelo contributor gerhard potuznik (aka g.d.luxxe, gdx, pin-ups in exile) and his hardware-obsessed partner martin sovinz (aka dibek), group niob follow up their previous releases on their jointly run phlox imprint with two tracks of techno perfection: nue starts the ep in high tension mode grumbling bass lines, endless echoes, and a punishing groove complement the tracks subarctic atmosphere. on the flip side, target turns the heat up a notch with a warm, rolling bass, hypnotic chords and dubbed out stabs, dubbed out and acidified by pomelos own daniel lodig for his ep-closing remix