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01. MARCEL DETTMANN - Quasi (Intro)
02. MARCEL DETTMANN - Argon
03. MARCEL DETTMANN - Screen
04. MARCEL DETTMANN - Motive
05. MARCEL DETTMANN - Drawing
06. MARCEL DETTMANN - Reticle
07. MARCEL DETTMANN - Irritant
08. MARCEL DETTMANN - Captivate
09. MARCEL DETTMANN - Silex
10. MARCEL DETTMANN - Home
11. MARCEL DETTMANN - Viscous
12. MARCEL DETTMANN - Taris (Outro)
ARTIST
TITLE
Dettmann
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
OSTGUT 012CD OSTGUT 012CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/27/2010

This is the debut long-player by Berghain's resident DJ, producer and remixer Marcel Dettmann. Intrinsically tied to the myth that is Berghain by now, the attached label Ostgut Ton and at the same time with the regeneration of no-frill, cleansed and powerful electronic music, Marcel Dettmann managed a daring feat: the production of a truly absorbing and veritable techno album. Spread out over these tracks, Dettmann transports the raw energy, the rough aesthetics and the simple grace of techno. A Berliner-by-choice, the difficult format doesn't bog him down. Neither does he give in to exhausting finger exercises that try to supersede his learned trade, nor does he confront the listener with hasty or brutal tracks that would rather feel at home pressed on a 12" in a DJ-case. Tracks like "Reticle," "Drawing," "Captivate" or "Silex" seem like the convergence of his striking efforts and discography up until now. You get contemplative moments with almost-weightless layers of sound that get used like melodies or chords, rotating with condensed, intensified and sappy snatches. Rigour and austere beauty go hand-in-hand. Surprisingly enough, with a genre that is aware of its own history, Dettmann never falls prey to the dangerous and seductive nature of nostalgia. However, Dettmann sounds as fresh and self-contained as techno nowadays can be. And more so, it once and for all establishes its eponym as a genre mainstay. However described or classified, his music is a successful meditation about the art form we call techno.