05-Mark Broom - James Ruskin - Hostage

VICE CITY

1000 lives

innuendo

After recent records by Kobosil, ∑ (Summe), Etapp Kyle and Nitam, Unterton continues its path of presenting young faces with a new EP by Somewhen. With his Null EP the Berlin-born and -grown producer expands his musical repertoire, connecting to the tonal range of his live and DJ sets in and out of Berghain.
The four tracks on the Null EP all share a certain sabulosity: crackling, distorted and unpolished sounds are the EP’s ongoing motifs – sometimes in form of distinguishable effects for melodic or rhythmic elements, sometimes more subliminally arranged in the background. Yet, inbetween there’s much room for stylistic diversity.

Somewhen | Diskret

Digital: http://bit.ly/DivingFromTheVoidBeatport 
Stream: http://bit.ly/DivingFromTheVoidSpotify 
CD: http://bit.ly/DivingFromTheVoidCD 

@charlesfenckler | Diving From The Void 
[SOMACD112] 

1.	Voices In Your Head
2.	Immersion
3.	Stellar Acid
4.	Frozen Room
5.	Estrange
6.	Flirting With Disaster
7.	Subject X103
8.	District 2 (909 Drums)
9.	The Unknown
10.	Anxiety
11.	Raven

Soma are proud to present the debut album from one of the most exiting Techno artists to spring out of the French scene in recent years, Charles Fenckler. A chance happening across his Soundcloud heralded some fine results for the Soma camp as back in 2014, the 20 year old Fenckler, exploded onto the label with the finely produced ‘Anklam’. Sporting such a mature sound for someone so young, his profile has been creeping up over the past 2 years, quickly gaining fans throughout the Techno community such as Jeff Mills, Marcel Dettmann, Josh Wink & Alan Fitzpatrick. His latest release in early 2016, Frozen Room saw him return to form after a short hiatus with the title track taking the scene by storm. With his debut album, Diving From The Void, Fenckler looks to continue his meteoric rise through electronic music.

Fenckler takes a heady dive straight into things as opener Voices In Your Head, with it’s droning yet uplifting quality, seeps eerily through before Immersion starts to up the pace of the album, it’s pounding kicks and percussive workouts sitting atop a glistening, acidic melody. Charles continues on an old school tip as the wild Stellar Acid comes hard and fast, complete with powerful breakdown moment. The rave inspired Frozen Room, already a massive hit from the youngster, clatters in once again as Charles then give a nod to UK-breakbeat with the contemplative Estrange. Things get back to techno business quickly as Flirting with Disaster & Subject X103 come thundering through but still, Charles brings an emotive element with both tracks laden with polished, ethereal pads. Originally released in 2015, District Two makes an appearance with its straight up, driven 909 percussive workout. The Unknown brings an air of minimalism with its sparse synths and groove laden drums whilst Anxiety’s sweeping drones and foreboding atmospheres follow before
the galloping Raven closes out the album at a ferocious pace

Charles has certainly explored all facets of Techno throughout this album and for someone still with much ahead of him, the future is certainly looking bright for this talented young Frenchman.

Mastered by Conor Dalton @ Glowcast Mastering

Diving From The Void

Flirting With Disaster

Charles Fenckler - Flirting With Disaster (SomaCD112)

Wolfskuil boss Tripeo remixes Shlømo - Avadon Part 1 as part of the Shlømo Remixed EP.

Shlømo Remixed

MNMT Premiere: Shlømo – Avadon Part 1 (Tripeo Remix)

Everything Connected

Everything Connected (Stephan Hinz Remix)

Out September 14, 2018 the 2x12" EP ‘Test-File’ sees @MarcelDettmann in explorative form, combining compact experimental techno vignettes with writhing, dubby and distorted long- form dancefloor portals – as well as a stoned and unexpected turn into house territory. At 22 minutes over 6 tracks, ‘Test-File’ is a series of sonic contrasts united by the longtime Berghain resident's uncanny intuition for patiently shifting, improvisational dance music.

Listen at
Bandcamp: https://marceldettmann.bandcamp.com/album/test-file
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/album/test-file-ep/1424343332
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6kRjAMrEeZNFJPIb1PiGQs?si=UKQx6WtMS-2ipy3svbRD-g

Taken from the forthcoming Ostgut Ton 2xEP: Marcel Dettmann | Test-File [O-TON 114], out September 14, 2018.
Pre-order as 2x12" or in digital formats: https://marceldettmann.bandcamp.com/album/test-file

All info: http://ostgut.de/ton/record/223
Artwork:  6th Finger Studio, https://www.6thfinger.studio | Layout: Yusuf Etiman

Catch Marcel Dettmann on the road: http://ostgut.de/booking/artist/marcel-dettmann/dates

Test-File

Metalloid

Buy 2x12"

Marcel Dettmann | Metalloid

Aluminium

Shallow

The EP starts with Mikael Jonasson’s, ‘Benefit of the Doubt’ which uses dark, melodic bleeps to create tension before the epic chord stabs kick in that resonate over the throbbing bass line. Adam Beyer steps up with the second track ‘Never Really Left Home’ that uses a rhythmic synth-line to create a dark and moody piece of music. Ida Engberg then delivers her unique style of techno using old rave sounds and a huge hoover style synth to create a driving techno track that will keep any dancefloor moving. The Manic Brother’s supply another big track named ‘Different Directions’ using reverberated stabs to create an atmospheric, but still functional track with lots of rhythmic percussion thrown in. Patrick Siech then steps up with the next track, ‘Kill Room’ that also uses atmospheric percussion and stabs to build into a funky drum groove. Joel Mull presents the sixth track on the compilation; ‘Rimson’ that uses hypnotic drums to captures the listener’s attention to lead into a floaty synth and vocal line before the track introduces a pulsating bass line. ‘Second Coming’ is the next offering with Petter B using recurrent percussion to full effect to create a purposeful, heavy hitting techno track. The final track by Cari Lekebusch called ‘Xylopeggiator’, conveys a dark, pounding 5 AM rhythm that uses vocal samples and a melodic synth to create a hypnotic drum pattern. 

08 - DC107 - Cari Lekebusch - Xylopeggiator - Drumcode

Amsterdam based Keith Carnal has in recent years become seen as somewhat of a tastemaker in today’s world of techno. It might not then come as a big surprise to you that he has also become a favoured producer among many who are seen as “techno mainstay”, gaining support from numerous of his own musical inspirations and champions. Carnal, who grew up in a very musical home in the northern part of Holland, found techno at an early age when he began sourcing and selecting on his own. Techno was, and very much is, the first music that made a deep impression on Keith. This feeling only went on to become more cemented after a few years of composing on his own. It simply became clearer and clearer that Carnal is exactly where he belongs.

Keith’s own style of techno always has a strong emphasis on melodies and groove - it is made for dancing no doubt. Often the melody creates a rather ominous feeling for the listener, but with a certain melancholy to it. This is weighed up expertly with Keith focusing on the tracks being driven forward by strong percussion elements. His compositions contain a fresh vibe that immerses his audience as much as it does with his fellow producer and DJ colleagues. 

Carnal’s own productions very much goes hand in hand with the selections he makes as a DJ. A set of Keith’s always focuses on keeping the tempo and the groove up and going. Classic productions are mixed confidently with more current ones. His sets flourish with tracks that are atmospheric and contain strong melodic segments - tracks where percussion and bass play a major part in why being selected. For Keith Carnal creating the right groove is the main target. This year will see Keith releasing several strong productions as well as continuing his extensive international touring schedule, where he is headlining many of the major festivals and clubs. Keith Carnal is a fresh wind in today’s techno climate.

Shallow

Keith Carnal

Related tracks