In a flurry of dreamy electronica driven by peak time dance pressure, Kiritchenko bursts onto PM+ with a sound entirely his own. Andrey Kiritchenko has been an active musician in Ukraine since the early 90s, more commonly found working in electro-acoustic and other such experimental music zones. Of course, this means he approaches techno with a welcome dose of irreverence that leads to some truly original results. 

'Black Heat' has plenty of uptempo thrust to keep the floor on lock, but it's the hyphy stabs zipping across the front of the mix that bring a hysterical party dimension to the track. Meanwhile, the middle distance is shaped out by undulating, wistful pads more commonly found gliding through downtempo headphone fodder. The contrast gives the track a zest strong enough to inject colour into the most monochrome of situations.

'More Vows Untold' continues the maverick delights with a strong line in pitch-bending vocodered stabs and demonic spectres. It's the kind of track that gleefully pokes at the fabric of reality by bending human elements to very mechanical tasks and giving everything a dose of disorientation. Stripped-back enough to be layered in the mix but striking enough to carry itself independently, it's exactly the kind of outsider selection that leaves a trail of shocked ravers scrambling to make sense of the situation. 

Mastered by: Isle Audio
Artwork by: Håkan Ullberg

Kiritchenko - Black Heat / More Vows Untold

Kiritchenko - More Vows Untold

Kiritchenko - Black Heat

Peder Mannerfelt splits the difference between playful immediacy and daring experimentation. You’re as likely to find him premiering a live show at Berlin’s Atonal festival as pulling apart fabled techno meccas from Berghain to Fabric with synapse-frying precision. One minute he’s being asked to remix Björk, and the next he’s dropping EPs of non-conformist techno for Karenn’s Voam label. 

As a prolific collaborator throughout his career, Mannerfelt has veered from the orchestral tension of Roll The Dice (with Malcolm Pardon) to the anything-goes maximalism of Aasthma (with Pär Grindvik). As a producer, he’s worked on every one of Fever Ray’s acclaimed albums and live shows, as well as projects from alt music heavyweights such as Smerz, Blonde Redhead and Glasser. His Peder Mannerfelt Produktions label has become another outlet for his singular approach, presenting his work alongside similarly experimental operators like Sissel Wincent, Machine Woman, Klara Lewis and Hodge. 

More recently, his PM+ series celebrates the immediacy of club-focused tracks, and Mannerfelt thrives on the energy and community of contemporary club music. What makes him different is his response to that energy, as he pushes the music’s possibilities in wild, unpredictable directions.

Kiritchenko - Black Heat / More Vows Untold

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