Mojuba sub label a.r.t.less welcomes another addition to the label roster, dutch Techno boss Darko Esser. In more recent time he showcased his talents under the acclaimed Tripeo moniker, but now it’s time to unleash a powerful and very emotional EP under his original name. He turns in two tracks for his label debut that will catch your attention right away, being capable to maintain any crowd from sunny festival ravers to lost in a moment underground clubbers.
Since adopting the Tripeo alias back in late 2012, Dutch techno producer Darko Esser has been in inspired form with the project showcasing his more direct approach to the medium across a succession of 12″ releases. First announced earlier this year, this debut Tripeo album Anipintiros allows Esser the chance to explore the project in more extensive fashion, and listening to the album demonstrates the Dutchman clearly enjoyed the process. Consisting of eight tracks of purist techno executed with both software and hardware, Anipintiros bristles with dancefloor intent at times sounding alien (“Anipintiros #3” & “Anipintiros #5”), others stripped back and hypnotic (“Anipintiros #4”). It’s hard to pick out highlights, but the busted, bleep laden “Anipintiros #6” and the subsequent acid bathtub that is “#7” have been causing the Juno office turntable some damage.
Darko Esser’s Tripeo alias is really starting to take off and this will likely be the final 12″ before the Dutch producer’s debut album as Tripeo, Anipintiros. It’s hard not to think Frozen Border, Sandwell District, or even Prologue when listening the A-side on this record, “Untitled #9”, while on the flip there’s “Untitled #10”, a Detroit inspired jumble of strung-out leads, confused computer bleeps and flexed 909 drums.
First release in a brand-new series of heavily textured, hypnotic and puristic techno by one of Holland’s veteran’s in this area of expertise. This twelve marks the official launch of the second alter ego from Nijmegen’s Darko Esser. You might call Tripeo the nemesis of his other project Onionboy. Where Onionboy is as eclectic as he can get, Tripeo is all about niches and purism. All trips are inward journeys through explicit sounddesigns, textures and rhythms.
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