Gautham Garg, a young and upcoming producer in North Texas, brings some serious minimal 90s high energy Midwestern techno heat with his first vinyl release under his @cratan alias. 

Gautham already has many loop techno releases under his @iamdecoder including a recent release on @axis-jeff-mills Axis Records. He's earned accolades from @matrixxman, @luke-slater, and the like. He's part of the new wave of young DJs and producers taking techno to its next no-bullshit crest. He runs @espcollective alongside @maxwatts, throwing curated events that no one else in the southern US are throwing and tastefully curating their releases...fast, hard, anxiously hypnotic. 

On "Boulder" you'll find two sides of minimal techno at its most delightful. On the A side you have "Secondary" and the title track "Boulder". These two cuts of up-tempo, minimal hyphy techno a la 90s @axis-jeff-mills, @joey-beltram, and @roberthood will really bring the stomp out. Switch to the B side, and "Paragon" brings the techno 4/4 speed with a cranked up reggaeton undercurrent. Then "Memo" closes out the EP with a hypnotic techno banger that would definitely fit snug in a @ben-klock Berghain set. 

This is techno, and it's moving fast. Keep up!

Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl worldwide.

Written, produced, and mixed by Gautham Garg. 
Mastered by Dietrich Schoenemann.
Design by Nick Owen.

Cratan "Boulder" FRS012 *Snippets*

House/Techno/Trance
Los Angeles


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Akumen (he/him) is an LA  producer, DJ, and co-founder of Made to Move, a monthly event and live stream radio show, featuring DJs from Southern California and abroad. Working out of his home studio,  Akumen produces "atmospheric, breaky and lush cuts...to high octane, full-on-rave" tracks that can be found on his Bandcamp. He has released music on local labels, Low Recordings, Juke Bounce WERK, Gyration Stations as well as international label La Bonne Musique. As a DJ, Akumen mostly spins house, breaks, and rhythmic techno for a high energy set.. You can catch him DJing at bars, clubs, warehouses or streaming monthly on dublab.com.

Cratan "Boulder" FRS012 Snippets

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