Following the huge success of Marcel Dettmann, OstGut Ton brings you ‘Berghain 03′ by Len Faki at the end of april 2009. Before the CD hits the shop, the label releases two 12″s featuring the exclusive material of Len’s mix, which, of course, is too good to keep it from DJs all over. In Detail, ‘Berghain 03 – Part I (o-ton 22) contains tracks by Tony Lionni and Radio Slave, ‘Berghain 03 – Part II’ (o-ton 23) contains tracks by Edit-Select and Len Faki himself.
Edit-Select is both label and music project of Scottish DJ Tony Scott, who might also be known for his releases as Percy X on Soma since the mid 90s. Two years ago, he
spectacularly managed to reinvent himself as Edit-Select. Nearly all of his new minimal techno tracks have been played and charted by respected Djs such as Luciano, Ben Klock and Richie Hawtin. His exclusive contribution ‘Bauer’ to ‘Berghain 03′ features a stoic rhythm, sparse, but very effective sci-fi tricks and a stretched, standing pad turning the track into a hypnotic monster tool for the wee hours.
Of course Len Faki himself would not miss the chance to contribute an exclusive track to his own mix CD. ‘BX 3′ is one of those typical Faki productions, which, after a tension building prelude, draws on an abundance of resources: alarm sirens, white noise, a massive kick drum. One can literally feel Faki’s awe-inspiring, baroque joy of exploiting what’s possible.

Minimaland Feedback: Massive Techno Anthems with Two Real Gems

A: Edit-Select – Bauer

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B: Len Faki – BX 3

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O-Ton#023
Release Date: 20.04.2009

Read more about Len’s Faki mix here

Nick Höppner, influent part in My My trio, releases this solo “Makeover/Foundling” after the last “Who Needs Action” on berghain, now on another division, Ostgut Tontraeger, the visible echoed part. Ostgut was considered one of the best (and the best by a few) labels of the year, so these two names simply seemed to make a great bond.

Needle down on the vinyl, appears “Makeover”, a stripped down, detailed track more sided to the static rythm and some additional increases on the melody to a introspective progressive construction. Fliping back, on the b side, Foundling takes the control into a more ethereal vibe, as it transmits a great sense of order and detail.  Will not put your emotion or thrill up on the peak, however, as listened carefully, denotes great quality, reminding us of older times and good memories with a fresh sense. Ostgut starting, since the last ep on february, to appear again this new year betting on stability and quality.

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Tracklisting

a - Makeover

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b - Foundling

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Release Date:23/03/2009 | Cat: OSTGUTTON 21 .

There aren’t many DJs who embody euphoric raving, moments fraught with happiness and electric discharges onto the dancefloor, as Len Faki does. What has been reserved for dancers at Berghain and other international clubs, is now available on CD for the first time ever. ‘Berghain 03′ is a display of Faki’s mastery at its most compact and intense. Unlike a recording from a clubnight, this CD concentrates all aspects and tonalities of Len’s extensive sets at Berghain on 77 minutes. Len takes the listener on a journey, or rather an odyssey: At the beginning one is sucked into a hypnotic techno sound gradually developing a more and more intoxicating, electrifying and dramatic dynamic. Len Faki’s exclusive contribution ‘BX 3′ marks a first euphoric highlight being absorbed by Radioslave’s dubby undertones of ‘Neverending’, another exclusive track on this mix, followed by Basement Jaxx’ disco house transporting the euphoric atmosphere to a new frisky level. Towards the end Jerome Sydenham’s and Dennis Ferrer’s ‘Timbuktu’ adds a spiritual depth underlined by Burial’s remix of Bloc Party’s ‘Where Is Home?’ as a perfect closing track.

Having moved to Berlin in 2002 Len Faki took a creative break in order to restart as a DJ and musician. He became a resident at Berghain and launched his new labels Figure and Podium on which he released a series of excellent 12“s. The highlights of his own output were ‘Mekong Delta’ on Ostgut Ton and ‘My Black Sheep’ on Podium.

For anyone who experienced Len Faki internationally as a peaktime DJ or who only know him for his productions, the second, more house-y part of ‘Berghain 03′ might come as a surprise, as this aspect of his DJing has so far been reserved to his marathons at Berghain. But Faki rises to the special challenge of presenting such a set during the length of a CD, without suffering the loss of the broad stylistic range of such a night. Being able to show that it’s still possible to bring oppositional tracks into a coherent context on this mix has been a task close to Len’s heart. As a matter of fact, this is the main theme of ‘Berghain 03′. Techno and house don’t appear as antagonists here, but rather are the manifestations of the same emotive erruptions. By changing styles Len Faki reveals connections you can feel. By layering the tracks for very long periods they all appear in a new light.

In spite of the stylistic openness, ‘Berghain 03′ is still a techno mix. For Len Faki, techno is the music of happiness. The energy of the dancefloor feeds back to the turntables and creates a loop driving dancers into ecstasy, bedazzling listeners during the course of 20 tracks; from John Beltran’s orchestral sounds to Burial’s fey Dubstep.

Minimaland Feedback: Another brilliant release by Ostgut Ton with Len Faki delivering a real massive techno mix, no fails, no flaws, clean mixes, great tracklist… If you like the underground movement you’ll surely like this, dark as hell with non stopping rhythm, techno is back people, it’s time to rave! A must have.. btw: Len Faxi – Bx3 is the best techno track i listened for a long time.

————Tracklisting————

01. John Beltran – Vienna
02. Edit-Select – Bauer (Exclusive Track)
03. Roman Lindau – Raumgestaltung
04. Collabs feat. Speedy J & Chris Liebing – Magnit Express
05. Gez Varley pres. Tony Montana – The World Is Yours
06. Someone Else – Lowdown Brittle (Wink’s Profound Sound Interpretation)
07. Pfirter – Mi Chica
08. Eric Johnston – Waiting For Weird
09. JP Montesino – Viaje Numero Uno
10. Planetary Assault Systems – Surface Noise
11. Len Faki – BX 3 (Exclusive Track)
12. Radio Slave – Neverending (Exclusive Track)
13. Radio Slave w/ Dennis Ferrer – Neverending w/ Jero A capella
14. Koljah & Oliver Deutschmann – Eaten Back To Life (Ed Davenport’s Stripped Mix)
15. Tony Lionni – Found A Place (Exclusive Track)
16. Basement Jaxx – Fly Life (Xtra Mix)
17. Nick Holder & Kaje pres. Trackheadz – Feel (Instrumental Mix)
18. Laurent Garnier – The Man With The Red Face
19. Ferrer & Sydenham Inc. – Timbuktu
20. Bloc Party – Where is Home? (Burial Remix)

OSTGUTCD#008
Release date: 20. 04. 09

Having just been voted label of the year by Resident Advisor, Ostgut Ton looks set to continue that run with more superb releases in 2009.

‘One’ is the debut album of Ben Klock. With its forward thinking appeal, it smoothly follows on from Shed’s debut this year. Controlling his output over the last decade with care and accuracy, Ben has only released a dozen EPs, rather than falling for an inflationary release policy. Working with Ostgut Ton, Bpitch Ctrl, Memo and his own platform Klockworks only, he chose trust and longevity over quick visibility.

So how does a producer whose 12”s have always been dedicated 100% to the dancefloor, approach his first album? “I haven’t had a prefab concept really. All I wanted was it to work on it as an album. The piece’s atmospheres in itself and in relation to each other were of greater concern than thoughts like ‘do I need another ambient track, or do I need a kick drum to make this work in a club?’ In principle, all of it’s techno, but I don’t see ‘One’ as a pure club album.”

Stylistically, Klock draws on plentiful resources. There’s the dirty techno in ‘Grip’, the sexy intermittent ‘Check Your Pulse’, alongside ambient like tracks like ‘Init One’ and ‘Init Two’, as well as the dubstep inspired ‘Goldrush’. And then there are the outstanding cuts ‘Goodly Sin’ and ‘Ok’ featuring Elif Biçer’s vocals. In comparison to her records with Prosumer & Murat Tepeli, here her voice has been reduced to the bare essentials.

With its rugged bassline and crafty claps ‘Ok’ is even reminiscent of a contemporary version of Nicolette’s early work with Shut Up And Dance, but first and foremost it expands the Berghain sound to include a notion of pop.

‘One’ displays a depth and maturity of sound rarely found in this compactness. In all its stylistic variety, this album oozes with Klock’s traditional understanding of techno. The special sound at Berghain, the low bass, the hiss and the rumble, the economically used melodic fragments and the eerie atmospheres are present at any moment of this recording. The album creates a sealed off space reflecting Berghain as an actual place. Ben Klock defines techno as visonary music knowing about its past, yet appearing completely up to date without ever coming close to Detroit and minimal clichés.

‘One’ is a powerful techno album marking an early highlight in 2009 and it raises the bar both for techno and Ostgut Ton. Not a small feat at all!
Ben Klock’s record release party takes place at Berghain/ Panorama Bar on 21 February 09.

Usefull links: www.berghain.de
http://www.myspace.com/benklock

CD tracklisting:
1. Coney Island
2. Goodly Sin (feat. Elif Biçer)
3. Check For Pulse
4. Underneath
5. Gloaming
6. Init One
7. Cargo
8. OK (feat. Elif Biçer)
9. In A While
10. Init Two
11. Gold Rush
12. Grip
13. Thirteen Rounds

catalog: OSTGUTCD#07/ LP03
date: 23.02.09 (physical) | 9.03.09 (digital)

 ”Before One” is an Ep preceding Ben Klock’s debut album “One”, which will be released at the end of February on Ostgut Ton, who were already named label of the year by Beatport. To start the year in the best way they will be launching this Ep that features four tracks, of which only one, “Init Two”, will be included on the album. These tracks already give a great impression of where “One” is heading: Classic techno with heart and soul, remembering the better days. On an equal footing with each other, all tracks display an even more complex quality than we already came to expect from Ben. Here, Ben matches his original, bass heavy Berghain sound with almost tender Acid sequences (”Subzero”), the shuffling monster groove of “Napoleon Hill”, a melody in „Before One“ that seeps into brains with no fail and an hommage to Berlin/Detroit inspired ambient on “Init Two”. This is a perfect record; for us, for self-respecting Techno Djs, for everyone.

a1 - Napoleon Hill
a2 - Subzero
b1 - Before One
b2 - Init Two

O-Ton#019
Rls Date: 26.01.2009