Cabaret Voltaire’s Three Mantras might be the least known, most influential record of all time. An outlier within an outlier’s 16 year catalog, the mysterious slab is composed of two side-long tracks stretching over 20 min each with confusing track titles and a third track either completely missing(?) or intentionally omitted(??). Who really knows or cares. What matters is the reversed sampling techniques (a vibrant bouquet of dub & eastern musical influences) and a minimal drum machine beat resulting in a collage of crunchiness that repeats ad infinitum until the hypnotic grooves feel permanently imprinted into your brain. MANTRAS by N1_SOUND is an homage to this incredible piece of music while actually sounding very little like its obscure and largely uncelebrated reference.