Review: Reactions to the news that Marcel Fengler was going to mix Berghain 05 focused on the fact that he is the club's most overlooked resident. This is to do Fengler a disservice and to understand the club in the narrowest context possible. If anything, the trajectory Fengler follows here defines the broad brush strokes played out in the Berlin club. There's the eerie intro which moves from Dettmann's vocal version of Emika's "Count Backwards" into Peter Van Hoesen's spacey, bleeping "Axis Mundi". Classic sounds always form an integral part of Fengler's approach and this is evident on Octogen's widescreen yet menacing electro reshape of Terrence Dixon, the wiry 90s minimalism of Ratio and in the alternate version of Secret Cinema's chord-heavy early 90s classic "Timeless Altitude". In between these sounds, Fengler proves his technical prowess, moving effortlessly from the drones and broken beats of Dr Walker's take on Byteone and the Regis version of Tommy Four Seven's "G" into straighter, albeit bass-heavy techno and house from Duplex - remixing Gerd- and LB Dub Corp, who delivers a new, multi-layered take on Fengler's own "Thwack". Put simply, Fengler has that rare talent that most DJs lack - he can put together seemingly disparate tracks without losing the flow. The club he resides at provides Fengler with a blank canvas and this mix is his masterpiece.
Review: Prime wielder of the wobbliest, nastiest techno known to mankind Neil Landstrumm is never short of some fresh ideas to freak us out with, but now Don't have seen fit to remind us of some of the most floor rocking of his madcap ideas from the pinnacle of his 4/4 powers in the late 90s. Lifting tracks from Bedrooms & Cities and Scandinavia Sessions, this EP provides a neat snapshot of just why he's such a celebrated producer. There is simply no arguing with the swinging gutter funk of "Tension In New York", which comes boosted with a fraught "Tension Unreleased" version. "Scandinavia Sessions" meanwhile jacks like Chicago's bastard son, and "Minneapolis Bass Treatment" comes on all grinding electro techno, but not in the catchy sense.
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