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The Editor, 7 months ago via zero-inch.com |
The Berghain resident adds to his steadily growing output with this latest EP, demonstrating his intricate crafting of quality techno tools. 'Frantic' is far from its title, more menacing in its uncanny calmness and tiny shifting details, alongside '6 In A Row's pulsating machinery and 'Mosaique's hypnotising bell-like melody.
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The Editor, 7 months ago via zero-inch.com |
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The Editor, 7 months ago via zero-inch.com |
This artist is featured in Update #084:
Michael Mayer, Anstam, Daphni, Prins Thomas
Right in time for the Northern Hemisphere's inevitable cool-down, some of our favourite artists are injecting human warmth into their music: Daphni, Juju & Jordash, Prins Thomas, Anstam, Elektro Guzzi - all rely on hand-played drums or unquantised synths to more...
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This artist is featured in Update #073:
The Best Albums of 2011
As the old year draws to a close, we recap the finest musical moments of 2011. For this update we have selected our favourite full-lengths of the year, and we are making all of these indispensable albums available to you for a special price until January 15, more...
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The Editor, 1 year ago via zero-inch.com |
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The Editor, 1 year ago via zero-inch.com |
While some of his fellow Berghain resident DJs have made a name for themselves as visionary purists and uncompromising innovators, Marcel Fengler has regularly opted for a more differentiated approach - by balancing grungy techno, stumbling dub loops and Actress-like electro in his production for instance and of course through his varied and entertaining DJ sets.
On 'Berghain 05' Fengler finally gets his shot at showing off this diversity in a full 1:16h long mix, including many previously unreleased exclusives by a stellar line-up of contributors.
Emika and Marcel Dettmann provide the chorale-like intro for the mix, which leads on to Peter van Hoesen's exclusive, 'Axis Mundi'. It's a dramatic opening that is followed by an electro-inspired section featuring Byetone, Octogen and Regis, and it is with two unearthed techno classic - the 'Minneapolis' mix of Secret Cinema's 'Timeless Altitude' and Ratio's 'Doublefeature' - that Fengler returns to straight techno beats.
Dissolving Seiji's funky shuffles into Claude Young & Takasi Nakajima's drifting piano chords is only one of the many inspired moments that Marcel Fengler's mix provides, and with its second half almost exclusively comprised of unreleased tracks - by Convextion/E.R.P., Ben Sims, Reagenz, Vril, and Marcel Fengler himself - its flow is never short of variations and surprises. Highly recommended.
On 'Berghain 05' Fengler finally gets his shot at showing off this diversity in a full 1:16h long mix, including many previously unreleased exclusives by a stellar line-up of contributors.
Emika and Marcel Dettmann provide the chorale-like intro for the mix, which leads on to Peter van Hoesen's exclusive, 'Axis Mundi'. It's a dramatic opening that is followed by an electro-inspired section featuring Byetone, Octogen and Regis, and it is with two unearthed techno classic - the 'Minneapolis' mix of Secret Cinema's 'Timeless Altitude' and Ratio's 'Doublefeature' - that Fengler returns to straight techno beats.
Dissolving Seiji's funky shuffles into Claude Young & Takasi Nakajima's drifting piano chords is only one of the many inspired moments that Marcel Fengler's mix provides, and with its second half almost exclusively comprised of unreleased tracks - by Convextion/E.R.P., Ben Sims, Reagenz, Vril, and Marcel Fengler himself - its flow is never short of variations and surprises. Highly recommended.
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The Editor, 1 year ago via zero-inch.com |
This artist is featured in Update #071:
Martyn, Axel Boman, Sandwell District, Alva Noto
This October has provided us with an abundance of outstanding albums, and it's been harder than ever to pick our release of the month. In the end the accolades had to go to Martyn's brilliant 'Ghost People' full-length, which evolves his sound far beyond the more...
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The Editor, 1 year ago via zero-inch.com |
Razkaz
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satyros, 2 years ago via zero-inch.com |
This artist is featured in Update #068:
Berghain 05, Total 12, Balam Acab, Stereo MC's
You could literally hear the jolts and jostles of the music industry's shifting into gear last week: From a quiet holiday mode to the bustle and hustle of what should be an intensely busy autumn season.
If you're still in a tranquil summer mindset you might more...
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The Editor, 1 year ago via zero-inch.com |
This artist is featured in Update #039:
Anniversary Compilation + Special Album Prices
As Berlin's Berghain club has become nearly synonymous with the German capital's night-life scene over the past five years, its label, Ostgut Ton, has done an exquisite job of bringing the club's distinguished sounds of underground techno and house to the more...
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The Editor, 2 years ago via zero-inch.com |
An excellent EP by Marcel Fengler, which starts out with the titular minimalistic chord-jacker, followed by the deeper and dubbier 'Gridlock'. For electro fans it's all about closer 'Chi Twine' however, which was one of the finest electro tracks of 2009!
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This artist is featured in Update #033:
Ninja Tune XX, Flying Lotus, Radio Slave
September has come and gone and left us with more great releases than there's pebbles on a beach. First and foremost this has been the month of Ninja Tune. The legendary label celebrates its 20th anniversary with two massive compilations of exclusive material, more...
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NovaFuture, 2 years ago via zero-inch.com |
Berghain resident Marcel Fengler debuts on Luke Slater's Mote-Evolver label with a fine two tracker. Following the tradition of wide, spacious sounds designed for the cavernous spaces with massive sound-systems, 'Thwack' is a powerful tool for close combat situations.
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The Editor, 3 years ago via zero-inch.com |
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NovaFuture, 2 years ago via zero-inch.com |
Playground
(Track 01 on this Maxi-Single)
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Marcel Dettmann: "One of my definite Ostgut favourites. I always have this in my box as a secret weapon. 'Playground' is perfectly timeless techno - great track."|
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The Editor, 3 years ago via zero-inch.com |
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plasticbag, 5 years ago via zero-inch.com |
This artist is featured in Update #019:
Redshape, Actress, Trentemøller
One of the most significant months in many labels' release schedule, the month of May has blessed us with a vast amount of excellent releases.
Flying Lotus' 'Cosmogramma' and Actress' 'Splazsh' weigh in as strong contenders for an Album Of The Year title, more...
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The Editor, 2 years ago via zero-inch.com |
This artist is featured in Feature #077:
Sparse, industrial, underground techno - Berlin's Berghain superclub has meticulously shaped its image around this particular style of music, and few artists represent the sound better than one of the club's best known resident DJs, Marcel Dettmann. more...
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The Editor, 3 years ago via zero-inch.com |
This artist is featured in Edition #004:
An Audience with Ostgut Ton
Charged with the aura of one of the world's finest clubs, Ostgut Ton has been capturing the magic of Berlin's underground techno and house scene for over two years now. We talk to label manager Nick Höppner for an inside view. more...
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The Editor, 4 years ago via zero-inch.com |
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