Marcel Dettmann – Test File
- Label:
- Ostgut Ton
- Art.No.:
- 09540707
- Cat.No.:
- o-ton114
- Released:
- 14.09.2018
- Cover:
- Picture
- Format:
- 2x12"
- Pressing:
- DE - Original
- Genre:
- Electronic + Techno / Tech-House
The 2x12” sees the renowned selector and longtime Berghain resident in explorative form, combining compact experimental techno vignettes with writhing, dubby and distorted long- form dancefloor portals – as well as a stoned and unexpected turn into house territory. At 22 minutes over 6 tracks, Test-File is a series of sonic contrasts united by Dettmann’s uncanny intuition for patiently shifting, improvisational dance music. 3-minute opener “Test-File” bangs in with rapid fire kicks and tape-delayed electric zaps, reversing midway into a kind of electronic palindrome. The momentum is sustained on standout single “Ascending”, where an overdriven basswave surges through a tunnel of industrial noise. The EP then emerges into the arch, squishy house of “Autumn77”, filled with sirens, pads and sampled vox/laughter. The second vinyl returns initially to rhythmic experimentation with the 3-minute “Torch” lurching forward rattling and machine-like, interspersed by passages of groan and hiss. “Error (1st Take)” bubbles along dub-wise, tripping atmospherically though a haze of out-of-synch synth bursts. Closer “Metalloid” wraps it all up with a hypnotic, rubber band acid line and smudged 808s clavs.
Title | Featuring | Producing | Time | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A1. | Test-File | ||||
A2. | Ascending | ||||
B1. | Autumn77 | ||||
C1. | Torch | ||||
C2. | Error (1st Take) | ||||
D1. | Metalloid |