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01. Tobias. - 1972
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02. Tobias. - Schism
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03. Tobias. - The Wisdom Of No Escape
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04. Tobias. - Electric Storm
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ARTIST
TOBIAS.
TITLE
1972
FORMAT
12"
LABEL
OSTGUT TON
CATALOG #
OSTGUT 125EP
OSTGUT 125EP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
3/6/2020
On
1972
, veteran producer and live musician
Tobias Freund
offers up four tracks of layered and meticulously-crafted techno using his extensive archives of tape recordings collected since childhood. Referencing a mix of profound political events in German history and esoteric meditation guides, the Berghain resident's warm, detailed sound edges beyond the floor toward brain-tingling home listening and wanderlust autobahn escapism. The EP begins with the titles track's buzzing synths panning rhythmically across the stereo field like a hypnotist's pocket watch, while a somber, sampled string melody pushes further into cosmic territory before concluding with a bi-lingual eulogy. "Schism" soars with a never-ending snare roll and sparse kicks -- an entire track floating on a break that never lands. On "The Wisdom Of No Escape", Freund combines soft, polyrhythmic bleeps with esoteric vocal samples on an inward path of hallucinogenic internal discovery. EP closer "Electric Storm" makes a turn for the ultra-stoned, with hats and writhing vocals disintegrating and reforming over a soft, round steady pulse. Overall,
1972
features a sound that
Tobias.
has honed for over 30 years, having initially made a name for himself mixing various pop hits in the '80s and '90s while simultaneously producing experimental electronics under various pseudonyms including
Metazone
,
Phobia
,
Pink Elln
, and
Zoon
. On his own Non Standard Productions imprint he has regularly collaborated with the likes of
Max Loderbauer
and
Ricardo Villalobos
and most recently with visual artist
Valentina Berthelon
as
Recent Arts
. His releases and lengthy live techno sets with
AtomTM
continue to set the bar high for improvised electronics.
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