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-Ascion (REPITCH Recordings, OAKS / Berlin, DE)

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Ascion is the musical project of Pasquale Ascione, an Italian from Naples based in Berlin. What makes Ascion’s music to stand out from the contemporary techno context, is its immediacy and intensity delivered in a genuine and open-hearted manner. Pasquale maintains the subtle tension in his tracks. There are constant upsurges of energy and unrest in these acidic formations calming down just to reappear with an even stronger punch. His music is sometimes build-up to the intensity of hardcore or echoes the golden age of rave as well as contemporaneous monolith tech-vibes.
Even though the majority of its output bursts with the utmost vigor of the heated-up climaxes of warehouse raves, there is also a place for the moments of icy lushness, downtempo, or profound and drifting tunes. Ascion’s various musical guises are nicely manifested in the sole full-length “Joy Dexon Club” on his Repitch Recordings, where airy and vivid techno compositions are infused with electriﬁed pulses and traces classic IDM nostalgia hinting at legendary Warp output of the ’90s. Despite these references, Pasquale’s tracks and mixes are best described neither by retro of futurist discourses, but rather a sprawling and overwhelming moment of the now, this hypnotic physicality still experienced in underground raves.
The curatorial activity as label manager, visual artist, and creative behind Repitch Recordings, Cosmo Rhythmatic, and 3TH Records showcases his vast musical taste and in a way reﬂects his sonic endeavors.