Las Vegas

Las Vegas (stylised as [Las Vegas] or [las vegas]) is the debut studio album by Burger/Ink, a German duo composed of Jorg Burger and Mike Ink. It was released in Europe in 1996 on Harvest Records and subsequently released in the United States in 1998 on Matador Records. Background and composition Jorg Burger and Wolfgang Voigt first met in the early 1980s and began producing electronic music in the late 1980s. In the early 1990s they co-founded the Trance Atlantic record label and opened the Delirium record store in Cologne, the latter also by Michael Mayer, Jürgen Paape, and Reinhard Voigt who would all co-found the minimal techno label Kompakt in 1998 alongside Burger and Voigt. Burger and Voigt discussed the direction of the album for three months before producing any material; in a 2007 interview Burger stated this was to "eliminate any unnecessary doubling of our ideas." Burger recorded loops using guitar and bass, which were passed on to Voigt for further work. Voigt has stated that the album is dedicated as a tribute to Avalon by Roxy Music. Critics have noted the album's song titles as referencing the group.