SENSO SOUNDS

It’s time for the end of year Senso Sounds round-up once more, and it goes without saying that the label
that has defined a certain brand of techno and tech-oriented house has had another vintage year. Going
from strength to strength seems to be standard operating procedure, and 2022’s offering is packed full of an embarrassment of riches. Over 10 tracks Oliver Huntemann picks out some gems from the likes of Dubfire (in collaboration with the label boss himself), alongside heavy-hitters like ANDATA, Maksim Dark, Carlo Ruetz ,Roman Adam and Aio. There are also standout tracks from relative newcomers such as Soul Alt Delete and Eme Kulhnek. Each track demonstrates that Senso's muscular and euphoric techno sound is still leading the way into 2023.

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Best Of 2022

Techno statesmen Dubfire and Oliver Huntemann reunite to continue their Elements series with the fifth and final part of the quintuplet - Amor. Beginning back in 2010 with the 1st element Fuego, the series ran until 2014 with a seminal string of genre-defining releases - Terra, Aire and Agua. This release presents three different versions of the track. Amor (Devoción Mix) is tough and tight, but with a spacey and expansive atmosphere. Amor (Pasión Mix) leans towards a more stripped down, jacking aesthetic, with layers of dubbed out vocal snippets and tricky drum programming. Amor (Rechazo Mix) is a lean, muscular techno workout, with some melodic flourishes that suggest a middle eastern influence - adding new dynamics to the track.

Tracklist:
01. Amor (Devoción Mix)
02. Amor (Pasión Mix)
03. Amor (Rechazo Mix)

Releasedate: 17.06.2022
Label: Senso Sounds
Cat. Nr. : senso090
Contact: kontakt@senso-sounds.net

Elements Series V: Amor

Amor (Devoción Mix)

Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann - Amor (Devoción Mix)

The highly prolific Maksim Dark returns to Senso with a slamming 4 track EP of hard-hitting techno. The opener and EP title Music Train sets the tone - thick, snarling synths and a driving, powerful groove punctuated with precise percussion and fills. Razor is just as effective - a rolling bassline carries the groove before Dark’s trademark tight drums add to the sense of propulsion. Layered on top come a familiar detuned vocal and slices of metallic synth stabs. Magento is even more urgent, employing a simpler sound palette but upping the ante with a wobbling bass and drums that hit hard. Last up is Atomizer, which completed this late night quartet of techno rollers.
Dark turns the screw, dropping a tightly-wound cut of high tension and restrained euphoria.

Tracklist:
01. Music Train
02. Razor
03. Magneto
04. Atomizer

Releasedate: 15.07.2022
Label: Senso Sounds
Cat. Nr. : senso091
Contact: kontakt@senso-sounds.net

Music Train

Razor

Maksim Dark - Razor

Carlo Ruetz, the Rostock bred DJ and producer whose career exploded around a decade ago, returns to Senso with a four-tracker of blistering, impactful techno. Title track Proton, leads the charge - a high octane cut built around an unhinged bassline and ferocious percussion. It’s a sure
fire party starter, as is the rest of the EP. X1 starts as a chugging groover, before slowly unfurling into a gnarly example of contemporary techno. Next up is the aptly titled Twisted, which grows
into a monster cut through acidic basslines and an insistent, hypnotic groove. Last but not least is The Edge, another example of Ruetz’s skills in expertly leading a dancefloor. Taking the signature
sound design he has become celebrated for, the track finds a tension and release that will go over big with DJs of many persuasions this year.

Proton

Carlo Ruetz - X1

The ever dependable Senso Sounds returns with a four-track sampler of new music from four artists you really need on your radar.

Senso Sounds Level 10 showcases some of the essentials sounds that make up techno right now, kicking off with the irrepressible ANDATA - otherwise known as Dennis and Max from Hamburg. The pair cook up
a heady mix of snarling beats and bass for Backroom, layered with a vocal sample summing up the late night vibe. As they describe it;  “The idea for the track came during a long night of partying with a completely overcrowded backstage. 

Our friends and family were all there and we partied to dark techno until the early morning. Afterwards we went straight into the studio and formed the track Backroom out of a moogy bassline and driving grooves. The vocal describes our experience perfectly and rounds off the energetic Techno track”.

Next up is Hiago Pauli from Krakow, Poland, with Acidente - a tough, driving piece of electronic machine music that will hit hard at peak time. It’s no wonder the track fits the label so well, as Hiago explains; “This track was created thinking about the Senso sound, studying and focusing on what would be ideal for the label. I tested the track on the dance floor, at my residency at Prozak 2.0 in Krakow, checking the response and tweaking the track over time as necessary”.

Leipzig’s Aio also contributes a track here - Farang - which dails into the celebrated producer’s signature tense and euphoric techno. Aio’s releases on labels like Stil vor Talent, Parquet Recordings, Dense Audio and KE//ER gave a hint of his versatility, and this release here bears all his trademarks.

Completing the release is Mike Clark aka LEKTRK, the Melbourne-based DJ and producer with a string of fine releases to his name. His contribution is Bump, “a chuggy club banger. This track has a pulsating baseline, an infectious thud guaranteed to cause your toes to tap and head to nod. This baseline is complemented with an assortment of grinding acid notes that are sprinkled throughout the track, laid in such a way as to give it a futuristic air. It's complex and dark enough to keep its edges sharp, yet versatile and groovy enough that it
will get a run on any good Techno playlist."

Tracklist 
01. ANDATA: Backroom
02. Hiago Pauli: Acidente
03. Aio: Farang
04. LEKTRK: Bump

Senso Sounds Level 10

Backroom

ANDATA - Backroom

SENSO SOUNDS SESSION Mixed by Hiago Pauli
Session 17 is mixed and curated by no less than Hiago Pauli. Who's ready to debut on Senso Sounds with the upcoming LEVEL 10 Compilation!

His track 'Acidente' will be out on the 21st of October! 
Hiago Pauli from Krakow, Poland, with Acidente - a tough, driving piece of electronic machine music that will hit hard at peak time. It’s no wonder the track fits the label so well, as Hiago explains; “This
track was created thinking about the Senso sound, studying and focusing on what would be ideal for the
label. I tested the track on the dance floor, at my residency at Prozak 2.0 in Krakow, checking the response and tweaking the track over time as necessary”.

LEVEL 10

Senso Sounds Session // 017 / Hiago Pauli

Roman Adam returns to Senso Sounds after dropping his debut EP
"Elevate" in May. The two tracks here are perfectly primed for Oliver
Huntemann´s label - displaying an edgy, muscular techno that sits snugly
with the Senso aesthetic. Title track She Said is an energetic journey
from start to finish, made up of a driving bassline, powerful synth stabs,
and hypnotic vocals - resulting in a certified peaktime techno weapon.
BTW is cut from the same cloth - razor sharp sounds and an interlocked
groove built around driving percs and bubbling, pressurized synths that
make it a sure fire dance-floor winner.
01. She Said
02. BTW
Releasedate: 25.11.2022
Label: Senso Sounds
Cat. Nr. : senso094
Contact: kontakt@senso-sounds.net

She Said

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Roman Adam - She Said

Senso boss Oliver Huntemann first released the original version of Magnet in 2011 as a part of his Paranoia LP on Ideal Audio. A few years later, Brazil’s leading underground techno light Victor Ruiz reworked the track into an unofficial bootleg, which since had been rinsed by Ruiz, Huntemann and a slew of top DJs around the world. Such was its effect on the dance-floor, it’s now finally receiving an official release via Senso in a slightly updated version. The track itself is a lesson in tough, driving techno - unrelenting in its mission, yet infused with layers of subtlety and deeply funky beeps, squelches and effects. It’s a machine-funk monster, and it’s easy to see why the bootleg clocked up over 225,000 listens on Soundcloud.

Tracklist: 01. Magnet (Victor Ruiz Remix)
Releasedate: 13.05.2016 
Label: Senso Sounds 
Cat. Nr. : senso016 

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Oliver Huntemann - Magnet (Victor Ruiz Remix)

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The true techno dream team of Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann revisit their Elements project from a few years ago with a new series of killer remixes. Terra - originally released in 2011, did all sorts of damage to dance-floors across the globe. Now, it’s all set to do it again thanks to this Joseph Capriati Remix. The Italian techno headliner has grown into a major force on the scene in recent years, and here delivers a signature slice of muscular, driving techno - taut, dramatic and devastating. Paired with a remix of the now seminal Feugo Julien Jeweil’s remix also hits the spot - the track received a 2016 overhaul with some of Jeweil’s signature flair. The Frenchman has been a constant figure on the top of various charts and line ups for some time, and its easy to see why - Fuego is stripped back machine funk primed for big systems and even bigger moments.
Tracklist: A. Terra (Joseph Capriati Remix) B. Fuego (Julian Jeweil Remix)
Out on Vinyl & digital Releasedate: 15.07.2016 Label: Senso Sounds Cat. Nr. : senso017

Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann - Fuego (Julian Jeweil Remix)

OUT NOW / Get it here: sensosounds.lnk.to/Humano

Senso Sounds drop a major release from techno heavyweight Dubfire and label boss Oliver Huntemann. Reuniting the partnership that has seen a string of seminal releases over the years in the form of their 'Elements' series, 'Humano' is the 2nd part of a continuation of this series - more weapons of grade dance-floor material from the high profile duo. Later on this year their partnership will be summarized in their 'Restrospec- tivo' album.
Former Deep Dish man Dubfire’s uncanny knowledge of how to create epic dance- floor moments is in full effect, combined with Huntemann’s precision tool production techniques on the original version of the title track. The result is a super tough, tight and incalculably driving slice of techno goodness that will ignite floors worldwide. The rest of the EP manages to maintain the pressure - with a set of sick remixes from Victor Ruiz, Hatzler and Shaded.
Ruiz, the Brazilian techno pioneer adds another level of fire to the original, tweaking and refining the track into a damager that pushes everything to 11 and hits home with every play. Hatzler, the Hamburg based German DJ/producer chooses a different direction - emphasizing more of the space in the original. Rinsing the tension to the next level, look out for the epic middle section break down. The whole package is primed to destroy clubs far and wide - techno at its most effective. Shaded’s Summer Skin remix also delivers a tightly wound interpretation, with a bubbling bass line and nervous, excited groove providing the fuel for an extended dancefloor excursion.

Tracklist:
A1. Humano
A2. Humano (Victor Ruiz Remix)
B1. Humano (Hatzler Remix)
B2. Humano (Shaded’s Summer Skin Remix)

Out on Vinyl picture disc & digital Releasedate: 02.09.2016
Label: Senso Sounds
Cat. Nr. : senso018

Dubfire & Oliver Huntemann - Humano (Victor Ruiz Remix)

Oliver Huntemann - Rotlicht 
Releasedate: 14.07.2017
Label: Senso Sounds
Cat. Nr.: senso027
From the upcoming Album „Propaganda“ (Release 13.10.2017)
Buylink: https://SensoSounds.lnk.to/Rotlicht

Oliver Huntemann remains one of the most recognized names in techno, having pursued his singular vision for quality electronic music for over 20 years. The producer and DJ calls Hamburg home, and exhibits all of the city’s best traits -valuing directness and quality over style or artifice. One of the undoubted highlights of Huntemann’s upcoming 'Propaganda' long player is 'Rotlicht - an epic exploration of tension and release, primed for maximum dancefloor impact. Here it’s presented in its full glory and joined by a tough-as-nails remix by Raxon. The Egyptian DJ and producer, born and raised in the United Arab Emirates, locks deep into the groove and adds his own delicious spin to what might just be one of the big tracks of the year.

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Oliver Huntemann - Rotlicht

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