Effective forward thinking Berlin techno stompers on Mike Dehnerts Fachwerk label.
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Roberto ft. Envoy – Rings Of Smoke [FW031]
Proper Fachwerk style techno from Roberto with vocals by Envoy. Comes with remixes by Mike Dehnert and Roman Lindau.
Reno Wurzbacher – The Love You Got [COLOMBAGE003]
The house leaning off shoot of Fachwerk Records hits release number three here with a two track release from Reno Wurzbacher, the ‘housemate cousin’ of the crew who has already turned up on the label a couple of times. First up is the coy melancholia and pillow-y deep house of ‘The Love You Got’. It’s a grainy cut with grey scale textures and sultry voices contained with in the sparse groove. It strikes a nice late night mood before German master of the deep Sven Weisemann turns in his own remix. This version is more upright and weighty, with bulbous synth lines dropping into the mix, which is already awash with rippling pad puddles. Early in the evening, late in the night, either way both tracks here hit their intended mark perfectly….
VA – Fachwerk 30 [FW030]
The end of summer 2013 the Berlin based Fachwerk label clock up its 30th release. The EP features solo productions by all key members of the label family (boss Mike Dehnert and pals Sascha Rydell and Roman Lindau) as well one collaborative effort that also features vocals from Sophia. Vocals are not something normally associated with the dub-wise techno label but listen in to ‘Fachwerk 30’ and you will see how well this crew have made them work within their usual concrete funk template. Above rugged, frayed synths and mutant, mutating melodies, Sophia’s echoing, shadowy voice lurks and imbues the thing with an uneasy sense of paranoia as the machines gurgle all around. Elsewhere, Mike Dehnert turns in the hiccupping techno loops of ‘FK’ complete with searching wide screen and super grainy and grimy synths, whilst Roman Lindau’s ‘The Yeah Thing’ is a cantering techno number with pinging kick drums and gallivanting metallic synths that melt your mind into a molten mess. Finally, Sascha Rydell’s ‘Palinka Girl’ is a heads down groove run through with icy hi hat ringlets and a raw, chunky drum funk plus all the usual shadowy dub textures we have come to love from this most focused and excellent label.
Mike Dehnert – 60 Min Boiler Room Berlin Mix 22.05.2013
Mike Dehnert – Placide EP [FW029]
Mike Dehnert with a new 4 tracker, including a massive live version of Drehimpuls. The rest is slightly lighter with Eigenzeit as serious contender for winning the election of favorite tracks on this EP. A proper peak time techno monster. However b2 track Isolant is another one of Mike’s seductive grooving techno tracks in the known Dehnert style.
Hipodrome’s 2012 Review (Part III)
Finally we are at the last part of the 2012 review. In the first part of our review, the preferences of our followers are shown, according to the number of click and stars. Top 3 albums of the years, top 3 EPs, compilations and mixes loved by our followers can be seen here.
In the second part, I presented some of my favorite events and performances from last year. For more details go here.
Roman Lindau – Source d’Inspiration [FW027]
New release on Fachwerk by Roman Lindau, featuring one bare killer Berlin flavored techno track and a more house flavored track.
Sascha Rydell – Propose EP [FW026]
Fantastic new release by Sascha Rydell on Fachwerk, bringing melodic & dreamy but at the same time strong forward techno tracks, accompagnied with some ambient/drone interludes.
VA – Raw Mode EP [COLOMBAGE002]
Solid tech tracks by Reno Wurzbacher, Mike Dehnert and Roman Lindau on tyhe second Colombage release, the more house-oriented sub division of Fachwerk records.
Mike Dehnert – Fachwerk 25 [FW025LP01]
Mike Dehnert marks a quarter century of releases on his own label with Fachwerk 25, a full-length album comprised of 13 tracks. This new album sees Mike experimenting somewhat. Away from the dubbed out, functional and raw techno funk of his usual output, Fachwerk 25 shows some concession to the album format, with more mysterious tracks of ambient buried amongst bits of acid, rave and plenty of unhinged sound design. After the dystopian and scene-setting intro, there’s the chugging house and nagging synths of ‘Fraction’ that are both dark and beautiful at the same time. From there, there’s slowed, melancholic dub in the form of ‘Modulat” and the beat-less, underwater sounding ‘Courant’ with its icy pads and wide lateral spread. The title track is more what you’d expect of Dehnert, with well-swung kicks and grainy synth chords rolling along like basement techno should, before the squelchy industrial madness of ‘Grundform’ breaks the stride of the album once again, taking you off to a different place entirely. The second half is just as varied and unpredictable, ranging from raucous peak time stuff to more nuanced and cerebral fair that always manages to bares the hallmarks of Fachwerk: quality, invention and unpredictability.
VA – Fachwerk EP 3 [FW024]
Fachwerk with their 3rd Fachwerk ep with tracks by Sasha Rydell, Mike Dehnert and Roman Lindau. For this one Mike Dehnert gears up and drops some gritty and raw techno tracks. Sasha and Roman deliver great effective techno tracks aswell.
VA – Fachwerk EP 2 [FW023]
Fachwerk Ep No.2 with the FW posse doing what they do best! Mike Dehnert, Roman Lindau and Sasha Rydell dropping some solid techno tracks with irresistible grooves in their signature production style. On this Ep 2 all tracks are working around cut up vocal samples and a slightly more minimal techno-ish vibe.
VA – Fachwerk EP [FW022]
All three excellent Fachwerk bosses step up here with a beautiful red vinyl release of their latest EP entitled, erm, Fachwerk on their own label. Roman Lindau goes first with some scraping, cavernous and loopy sounds before teaming up with Mike Dehnert for a beautifully bouncy acid number. Mike appears on his own for track three, a stomping peak time banger before Sascha Rydell gets some great height into his fat assed percussive groove, ‘It Happened’.
Sascha Rydell interview
Roman Lindau – Contraste EP [FW017]
Mike Dehnert – Spreepool [FW015]
New release from Mike Dehnert on his Fachwerk. Two new striped killer Berlin flavoured techno, house club tracks.
Mike Dehnert – Part 2 [FW012-1]
‘Part 2’ is essentially a status report on the last 12 months or so in Mike Dehnert’s world. He re-evaluates and modifies tracks from three previous releases, together with a handful of new cuts in a set of tidy versions for the digital crew. Both ‘Umluft’ cuts hit heavy with that stern German/Detroit flavour while ‘WH1′ and WH2’ serve perpetual techno revisions from the ‘Poutres EP’ and elsewhere we get killers from the ‘Dico’ EP.
Roman Lindau & Mike Dehnert – MDRL2 [FW014]
New Fachwerk Records release, two striped down killer Berlin flavored techno from label boss Mike Dehnert and Roman Lindau.
Mike Dehnert – Dico EP [FW012]
Mike Dehnert delivers with this 12 on his own Fachwerk label. After the stir of his limited MD2 release another piece of black wax with some heavy deep bass driven techno tools. 3 powerfull overwhelming tracks that are still subtile and classy. 3 tracks that slowly push the bounderies of techno rooted in the Berlin traditions mixed with some Detroit flavor. Especially the b track is a true killer with 90’s style open off beat 909 hi-hats and great tension.
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