As this track has been one of my most successful, and also one of my favourites, I decided to have it remastered. Thank you to Fat As Funk Mastering who did an awesome job on it 🙂

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik was a study in discipline and distilled a lot of my clubbing memories into one track. The original is quite gritty and underground, but the remaster really gives it that punch and clarity giving it more mainstream techno appeal.

The new artwork is another stunning piece by Kuehlung

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/5SDyWxLXrS1HLVTkX9JWRA...
Other platforms
https://songwhip.com/.../eine-kleine-nachtmusik-remastered

A Berlin techno underground sound.

This track, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, was inspired by a summer in Berlin observing and enjoying the techno scene. The track is influenced by my experiences there, and also reflects what I wanted, but felt was lacking. The beat pushes the pace, with level changes and sounds to stimulate and energize, whilst creating an industrial feel and encompassing atmosphere. It is track one of twelve singles in the Light album.

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (Remastered)

“It’s your first time in the space shuttle. As you pass through the Kármán Line (agreed by some to be the partition between the Earth's atmosphere and outer space), the vibrations become more and more intense. The flexing of the shuttle’s frame as it absorbs the pressures from passing through these various high altitude atmospheric layers consumes all of your senses.”

Kármán Line is the first track in the Space album, which depicts a journey from earth, through our solar system, its elements, out of our galaxy and on to the next, with a few dramatic events and encounters along the way. The soundscape features various driving kicks and beats to mimic hurtling through space at speed, combined with cold, hard, dark, metallic percussion and synths that conjure up the harshness of the environment, and re-imagine tales of sci-fi lore.

Space

Kármán Line

“As you navigate the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, a sense of apprehension enters your consciousness. The shuttle is dwarfed by the mass of some of these carbon, silicate, metal-rich objects, and you imagine the violent, shattering, tearing collisions that must have occurred to render this torus-shaped region.”

Asteroid Belt is the second track in the Space album, which depicts a journey from earth, through our solar system, its elements, out of our galaxy and on to the next, with a few dramatic events and encounters along the way. The soundscape features various driving kicks and beats to mimic hurtling through space at speed, combined with cold, hard, dark, metallic percussion and synths that conjure up the harshness of the environment, and re-imagine tales of sci-fi lore.

Asteroid Belt

Space: The Radio Edits

Asteroid Belt - Radio Edit

“Following in the footsteps of ‘New Horizons', we venture through the cold, dark, lifeless Kuiper Belt. Much more massive than the Asteroid Belt, it will take time to navigate through the hundreds of thousands of icy bodies (KBOs). The Active Thermal Control System (ATCS) is currently working well providing a constant 24°C. We’re looking forward to catching sight of Pluto soon.”

Kuiper Belt is the fourth track in the Space album, which depicts a journey from earth, through our solar system, its elements, out of our galaxy and on to the next, with a few dramatic events and encounters along the way. The soundscape features various driving kicks and beats to mimic hurtling through space at speed, combined with cold, hard, dark, metallic percussion and synths that conjure up the harshness of the environment, and re-imagine tales of sci-fi lore.

Kuiper Belt

“Reaching the outer limits of this magnetosphere, it’s not lost on us that we’re coming to the end of the area under the influence of the sun. The solar winds that have accompanied us for the voyage so far begin to recede as we enter the Heliosheath and encounter termination shock. We prepare to enter the Heliopause boundary, where the interstellar medium and solar wind pressures balance.”

Heliosphere is the fifth track in the Space album, which depicts a journey from earth, through our solar system, its elements, out of our galaxy and on to the next, with a few dramatic events and encounters along the way. The soundscape features various driving kicks and beats to mimic hurtling through space at speed, combined with cold, hard, dark, metallic percussion and synths that conjure up the harshness of the environment, and re-imagine tales of sci-fi lore.

Heliosphere

This is the second track in The Minimal Series, focusing on dance floor minimal techno, and giving space to highlight the sound aesthetic. The artwork series is a tribute to Mondrian, combining sound with minimalism, neo-plasticism, and abstractionism.

Lozenge Composition: The Minimal Series

“As we approach the edge of the Öpik–Oort cloud, we celebrate the confirmation that it exists, having long been only a theoretical concept, with no confirmed direct observations until now. Beginning at 2000 AU from the Sun, this spherical layer of icy objects is the source of many long-period comets; a cometary reservoir containing more than a trillion icy objects, some as big as mountains. Elements found here may well have formed before the Sun was born.”

Oort Cloud is the sixth track in the Space album, which depicts a journey from earth, through our solar system, its elements, out of our galaxy and on to the next, with a few dramatic events and encounters along the way. The soundscape features various driving kicks and beats to mimic hurtling through space at speed, combined with cold, hard, dark, metallic percussion and synths that conjure up the harshness of the environment, and re-imagine tales of sci-fi lore.

Oort Cloud

You can find all of these tracks on Bad Haz Techno's main playlist:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sAnYAOTGftaUFbD2ZGSaD?si=e6630011a7424b7b

1. Airlock - Hegstraction
2. Dancing With Chimeras - Vilko (7:30)
3. Strong - Pulsenoizer (12:20)
4. Maximum - Peter Harich (16:30)
5. Arts of Living - Stevan Mandic (21:30)
6. Explorers - Many Elephants (26:20)
7. Pangea - Techflex (29:30)
8. Pearl - I A N (33:40)
9. Bunker - BULLDOOZR (39:10)
10. The Awakening - Gerard H (43:00)
11. Fault Line - Sam Kitt (49:10)
12. Omega - Max Foley (54:00)

Bad Haz Techno Mix 1

Pumped to find out this track was played by Joris Voorn on New Year's Eve 22/23 at Awakenings, Gashouder, Amsterdam.

Check out the live set on YouTube
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTsPIszW8wg

"An acid techno track with fun gritty filter vocals (by my good friend Jason Vincent) & dark dirty booming kick & bass." BPM 135

https://open.spotify.com/track/44vL4TB1fO80loqQ3OxTO5?si=34f4e5f3290c4ce1
https://songwhip.com/hegstraction/dark-and-dirty-beats

Dark &amp; Dirty Beats

Dark & Dirty Beats

MIXCLOUD CHART POSITIONS:
This show was 9th in the global berlin chart, 18th in the global minimal techno chart, 23rd in the global dark techno chart and 29th in the global deep techno chart.
https://www.mixcloud.com/Hegstraction/hegstractions-space-album-techno-mix/

This techno set is a mix of all 12 tracks on the recently released Space album by Hegstraction (Minimal & Techno producer, Beatport Top 100 & BBC Introducing Artist).

The Space album depicts a journey from earth, through our solar system, its elements, out of our galaxy and on to the next, with a few dramatic events and encounters along the way. The soundscape features various driving kicks and beats to mimic hurtling through space at speed, combined with cold, hard, dark, metallic percussion and synths that conjure up the harshness of the environment, and re-imagine tales of sci-fi lore.

https://open.spotify.com/album/5kY6YWW8eSJ1Q1ufsg4wH6?si=b08H4kM9SP-AmACSIF_T9A

Other platforms 
https://songwhip.com/hegstraction/space
https://hegstraction.bandcamp.com/album/space

Track list:
1. Kármán Line
2. Asteroid Belt
3. Airlock
4. Kuiper Belt
5. Heliosphere
6. Oort Cloud
7. Interstella Space
8. Alien Encounter
9. Black Hole
10. Galaxías Kýklos
11. Space Warp
12. Andromeda

Space Album Techno Mix

https://songwhip.com/hegstraction/optimus-subprime
https://www.beatport.com/release/dark-matter/3951002
https://www.lgtwo.org/post/dark-matter-various-artists-bass-controllism-records

"... so this is how I think transformers talk, haha, bundled up with suspenseful long builds reaching a complex groove."

"This is the first massive VA under the name of Bass Controllism Records
The release contains 45 stunning tracks that are laid out in order of BPM range so that you will go harder and harder, in the end, it's a nice ride into the madhouse

Enjoy BCR"

Optimus Sub-Prime

Dark Minimal Constructs is an artistic techno piece. All 12 tracks have exactly the same length, kick, percussion, & FX. This showcases & highlights the long 16 bar bass synths, which are the only differences in each track. With 12 tracks each 5 mins in duration, this creates a one hour hypnotic journey into dark turbulent frequencies that act to stimulate the mind & body. The tracks are named after the 12 darkest shades of black in the Hexadecimal color system (Hex).

Dark Minimal Constructs

Onyx #484848

The first track in The Melodic Series; complex grooves with subtle builds & celestial vocals.

Seraphim: The Melodic Series

The third release in Hegstraction's Hypnotic Series, which will spell out the word, Somnambulism. Hypnotic techno with old school Detroit-style groove, combined with modern synth work.

M: The Hypnotic Series

The fifth release in Hegstraction's Hypnotic Series, which will spell out the word, Somnambulism. Hypnotic techno with retro 80s 'steamy' synths and distorted basslines.

The Hypnotic Series

AM: The Hypnotic Series

The sixth release in Hegstraction's Hypnotic Series, which will spell out the word, Somnambulism. Hypnotic techno with thick basslines, 'flutter' melodies, and pitched synths.

B: The Hypnotic Series

Inspired by the Gravity Drive sound system at the Ghent club, Chinastraat, in Belgium, this peak time driving techno track delivers a sci-fi-infused narrative with spoken word vocals voiced by the spaceship's onboard computer, guiding the listener through a high-intensity journey across space and sound.

Lyrics:

1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Gravity Drive initiated.
Gravity Drive engaged.

1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Gravity Drive initiated.
Gravity Drive engaged.

1, 2, 3, 4 ...
Gravity Drive at maximum power.
Gravity Drive exceeded.

Gravity Drive

The ninth and penultimate release in Hegstraction's Hypnotic Series, which will spell out the word, Somnambulism. Hypnotic techno with minimal percussion stabs, deep bass grooves, rounded out with modern classical strings.

I: The Hypnotic Series

A peak time driving acid techno track featuring Korean spoken word vocals by Benjamin Lee. The narrative evokes a clandestine club scene set against a moody futuristic backdrop reminiscent of Blade Runner and Squid Game.

Lyrics
클럽 벤슨은 아랫층 입니다.
입장 시 비밀번호가 필요합니다.
모르면 입장 할 수 없습니다.
클럽 벤슨에 오신걸 환영합니다.

Club Benson is on the lower floor.
You need a password to enter.
If you don't know it, you can't enter.
Welcome to Club Benson.

Club Benson

The tenth and final release in Hegstraction's Hypnotic Series, which will spell out the word, Somnambulism. Hypnotic techno with complex percussion, and dreamy atmospheric synths, akin to slowly waking from a trance.

SM: The Hypnotic Series

Club Benson (Radio Edit)

The Mohs hardness scale is a qualitative scale that ranks minerals based on their ability to scratch or be scratched by another mineral. It ranges from 1 (softest) to 10 (hardest). As such, tracks get harder as the series progresses.

The Hard Series

Mohs 5 Apatite: The Hard Series

Mohs 6 Orthoclase: The Hard Series

The Dark Minimal EP presents two driving minimal techno tracks designed for late-night listening and long transitions.

Dark Minimal - 01 is a slow burner anchored by a restrained, weighty groove. Subtle modulation, spatial tension, and evolving percussive detail create a hypnotic forward motion. The track leaves space for the system to breathe while maintaining a steady, focused drive.

Dark Minimal - 02 moves into a deeper, more textural space. Repetitive rhythmic elements are layered with understated atmospheric movement, reinforcing a sense of depth and continuity. Minimal in structure yet rich in tone, the track encourages immersion before settling into a restrained melodic holding pattern.

Available on vinyl:
https://elasticstage.com/hegstraction/releases/the-dark-minimal-ep-singleep

The Dark Minimal EP

Dark Minimal - 01

Dark Minimal - 02

The Dark Minimal EP presents two driving minimal techno cuts designed for late-night listening and long transitions.

Dark Minimal - 01 is a slow burner anchored by a restrained, weighty groove. Subtle modulation, spatial tension, and evolving percussive detail create a hypnotic forward motion. The track leaves space for the system to breathe while maintaining a steady, focused drive.

Dark Minimal - 02 moves into a deeper, more textural space. Repetitive rhythmic elements are layered with understated atmospheric movement, reinforcing a sense of depth and continuity. Minimal in structure yet rich in tone, the track encourages immersion before settling into a restrained melodic holding pattern.

Mastered specifically for vinyl, both tracks prioritise dynamics, balance, and physical translation to the format. This pressing exists as a physical artefact of the digital release.
https://elasticstage.com/hegstraction/releases/the-dark-minimal-ep-singleep

12″ Vinyl Edition - Dark Minimal - 01

12″ Vinyl Edition - Dark Minimal - 02

Movement

Electric Popcorn

The pace & hardness of Berlin techno with that Hegstraction twist.

Light

Berghain Hard

This track was inspired by a visit to the historic airfield, Tempelhofer Feld (now a public space) in Berlin. It is an intense, industrial, warehouse track with a Viking techno beat, WWII era air raid sirens, and a Cold War nuclear era siren creating the atmosphere.

Tempelhofer Feld

An experimental techno track that combines vocals featuring the Latin phrase "Pie Jesu" (Pious Jesus) from the final couplet of the ancient hymn "Dies irae" with melodic techno beats interspersed with progressively harder kicks. It is the 12th and last Hegstraction techno single of 2020, which will make up the album, Light, to be re-released as an album in early 2021.

Church of Techno

Hegstraction is a UK Techno Producer, Multimedia & Abstract Artist. Spatial 3D galleries merging art, sound & narrative.  Featured on Beatport Top 100, BBC Music Introducing & Awakenings. He also runs the Bad Haz Techno record label.

hegstraction@gmail.com
badhaztechno@gmail.com

LATEST RELEASE The Dark Minimal EP

HIGHLIGHT Track, Dark & Dirty Beats, played by Joris Voorn live at Awakenings New Year's Eve 22/23, Gashouder, Amsterdam.

ALBUMS Movement (2019) Light (2020/21) Space (2021) Dark Minimal Constructs (2023)

Currently releasing tracks for The Minimal, Melodic, Hypnotic, Industrial & Hard Series.

BACKGROUND Hegstraction grew up in the 80s & 90s heavily influenced by the emergent electronic music in Amiga, Nintendo & PlayStation video games & the movie soundtracks by electronic music pioneers Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis & Kraftwerk. Recent influences from German techno DJ/producers Felix Krocher & Stephan Bodzin.

INSPIRATION His inspiration differs from most artists as it comes from the dance floor where he is most at home. From over 20 years experiencing DJ sets worldwide throughout Europe, Asia, South & North America, his ideas have been shaped.

METHODOLOGY He approaches each track as a mini set, building up slowly, using level changes, sounds that stimulate & energize, following Skeletalism (using closely related sounds) & Massification (layering sounds over time) methods.

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