techno

A segment of my 3 hour set that was recorded live during the 2013 Ostgut Ton resident's night at Berghain.

Ben Klock - Berghain 10th Aug 2013

Aus Sicherheitsgründen habe ich den 1ten Track rausgeschnitten...

#23 DUSTIN HOFFMANN @ NACHTSCHLEUSE // TREIBHAUS // LIVE CUT //

A ‘pan-pot’ is a simple, functional dial that governs the left and right axis of the stereo field, useful but unremarkable; mobilee’s Pan-Pot is an entirely different proposition, a duo whose mastery of audio principles allows them to turn conventions on their heads, casting functionality aside as they plumb the deep, uncharted depths of pitch-black techno.

Since their inception in 2005, Pan-Pot have become a dominant presence in modern techno, an ascent mirrored in the rise of their home label mobilee records to the top tier of electronic music. Tagging themselves as “the dark side of the force,” Pan-Pot have melted minds, warped perceptions and reinvigorated the dancefloor with their heady, unorthodox sound; within their work, subtle pitch manipulations square off with wall-of-sound distortion, the dark stomp of 4/4 is tamed by intricate sound design, and minimalistic frameworks duel with throbbing bass lines, epic builds, and murky, off-kilter melodies.

Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix met at Berlin’s SAE, and their studies in the production and manipulation of sound aided them in identifying Pan-Pot’s overarching sound aesthetic. The duo booked Anja Schneider for an ill-fated party in 2005, but the unfortunate circumstances helped forge a fortuitous connection with Schneider and her then-fledgling mobilee imprint. Within weeks, mobilee’s second ever release was Pan-Pot’s official debut, „Copy and Paste“. The steady stream of original tracks and remixes that followed on mobilee and Einmaleins, charted the duo’s unwavering commitment to precise, undulating and kinetic grooves.

The defining moment of Pan-Pot’s career came in 2007 with the release of their debut artist album, Pan-O-Rama. The aptly named long-player offered a 360-degree view of techno at its most twisted, balancing somber atmospherics with a lightness of touch, and spawning the overground hit “Charly”. More recently “Confronted” and “Captain My Captain” have demonstrated their classic, strong and timely production style, presenting them as the most consistent purveyors of techno around.

Pan-Pot are ceaselessly working and endlessly inventive. When not in the studio writing original material or remixing tracks by a myriad of artists, they can be found on the road, touring. Their DJ sets reveal a keen understanding of the dancefloor’s needs, and they are unconstrained by boundaries, traversing techno, house and everything in between.

Pan-Pot may have taken their name from an unexceptional element of studio equipment, but as with their music, they have rewritten notions of form and function through their own idiosyncratic language; once you’ve experienced Pan-Pot’s colossal, haunting soundscapes you will never forget them. Their vision, passion, and love of music continues to drive Pan-Pot — and the extended mobilee team —in all that they continue to do, and all that will come.

Pan-Pot - Charly (Original) - mobilee030

Former Ostgut Ton label manager, DJ and producer Nick Höppner releases his debut album ‘Folk’ on Ostgut Ton in March 2015. More info: http://ostgut.de/label/record/132

More info

Nick Höppner - Rising Overheads

HOLLÄNDER NEW MIX #1

https://pro.beatport.com/track/are-you-there-ben-klock-remix/5350240

Josh Wink - Are You There (Ben Klock Remix)

love crushed pulp, one of my favourite tracks ive ever made, never get bored re-mixing and fucking with it

Crushed Pulp (wocrush test)

gravel 4 v2 134 bpm

- Originally released in 1994 
- Re-mastered from the original DAT by Matt Colton
- Re-released Friday 16th December (Vinyl - Feb 2017)
https://randsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/meditation-will-manifest


Originally released on vinyl by R&S in 1994, ‘Meditation Will Manifest’ was re-earthed in 2016 by Nina Kraviz and Ricardo Villalobos, becoming a secret weapon on dancefloors 22 years after its original release. On December 16, ‘Meditation Will Manifest’ gets its first digital release on R&S.
 
Josh Wink has always been ahead of musical trends and walks his own path in dance music. From a young age Wink was exposed to different mysticism and consciousness philosophies. “It wasn’t a big, popular or trendy thing to do at the time, but I was 14 and just did what my mother did… Releasing tracks like ‘Meditation Will Manifest’ and ‘Higher States of Consciousness’, people looked at me as being this deeply profound spiritual guy, but I never really thought about it in that way, even though I’m really into repetitive, transcendental and meditative rhythms. I don’t do drugs, so I never really had another outlet to get into alternative states.” – Josh Wink (taken from recent Mixmag article).   

‘Meditation Will Manifest’ is pure Wink in its hypnotic and powerful force.  
 
“‘Meditation Will Manifest’ is quite rightly regarded as a classic track in the R&S catalogue. It’s one of the finest examples of acid house that we’ve released in our 30-year existence and it still sounds fresh today. We’re so glad that the original DAT tape has been found and that a whole new generation can experience it.” – R&S 
 
“It is exciting to see that a track that I made over 20 years ago is touching so many people once again. With DJs like Nina and Ricardo playing it recently, people have been wondering what it was… It makes me happy that the track still sounds relevant and still does its damage on the dance floor. We got in touch with the guys at R&S and decided to remaster the original and release it, as it has never been released digitally. Luckily I was able to my find the original DAT in the studio and we were able to make this happen." – Josh Wink

Matt Colton re-master

Josh Wink - Meditation Will Manifest (2016 re-master)

Doss-House Records 1993 France
http://www.discogs.com/Captive-Captive/release/238576

Captive - Captive

Initial release of this Steve Rachmad minimal workout

Music Man MM077

Ignacio - Virton (Original)

out of TRANSLATION EP  -  OstGut Ton OTON052


get it here:  http://www.beatport.com/release/translation-ep/676909

Marcel Dettmann - Planning

Tears and Walls

www.datapunk.de

"God" was originally released as 12" Vinyl Picture Disc in the year 2006.

Anthony Rother - God

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"Simon Say" was originally released as 12" Vinyl Picture Disc in the year 2005.


Anthony Rother - Simon Says

Classics of the years 2003 - 2011 ... Datapunk was founded by Anthony Rother

Anthony Rother - Simon Says

Datapunk (Official)

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