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This mix takes a bit to get going. I must admit I was expecting things to be a bit more banging, but confounding expectations is always good. The tracklisting here I'm about 75% unfamiliar with. The selection varies from deeper house vibes through dubby techno from the likes of DVS1, STL, Kevin Gorman, Rolando, Ben Klock, Brendon Moeller, DVS1, Act, James Ruskin, Levon Vincent, Martyn and more. It pretty much sticks to 4/4 with very little shift in tempo. It's a solid mix as you'd expect from this Berghain resident and apparently very representative of his DJ style at the club. Most entertaining.
* After releasing his critically acclaimed debut album „One“ last year, Ben Klock now presents his first ever mix CD.
* With just a few exceptions, Berghain 04 consists of unreleased and exclusive material only.
* When it comes to Berlin's Berghain and its myth, we all know the deal by now: techno, concrete, marathon dances. Fact or fiction, Berghain 04 comes in the nick of time. It is impossible to reduce Ben Klock's musical vision and especially his work as a DJ. Stereotypes and close-minded genre definitions have never been wished-for by the protagonists
(Berghain and Klock) anyway and they won't help you here.
* After contributions by André Galluzi, Marcel Dettmann and Len Faki, Berghain 04 avoids any hints of a one- dimensional attitude. Ben Klock seems not to care about classifications, about the limits and differences of techno and house, if something fits into the dubstep formula or if a record is in line with the scheme of an almighty and dominating
bass drum. The Berghain resident is just doing what always separated a brilliant DJ from a good one: Klock adopts the music as his own.
* Literally, Ben Klock's debut mixed CD is a cornucopia of new, unreleased and exclusive pieces. Bass music hero Martyn delivers one of his clunky hybrids, Berlin's best kept secret Roman Lindau presents breathtaking, chrome-plated dub techno and a new player by the name of ACT surprises and amazes all at the same time. You will hear fantastic novelties by Rolando, New York's very own Levon Vincent, Klockworks artist and Minneapolis genius DVS1 and of
course by Ben Klock himself.
01. 154 - Apricot 02. DVS1 – Pressure previously unreleased03. Junior Boys - Work(Marcel Dettmann
Remix) previously unreleased 04. Martyn – Miniluv exclusive 05. STL - Loop 04 06. Levon Vincent - The Long Life07.
Jonas Kopp - Michigan Lake exclusive 08. ACT – RoHd previously unreleased09. Mikhail Breen – Veracity previously
unreleased 10. D. – Confused previously unreleased 11. Rolando - De Cagpreviously unreleased 12. Kevin Gorman -
7am Stepper exclusive 13. Ben Klock - Compression Session 1 14. Roman Lindau – Keppra exclusive 15. Tyree - Nuthin
Wrong 16. The Echologist - Dirt (Ben Klock Edit) exclusive 17. James Ruskin – Graphic exclusive18. Ben Klock feat. Elif
Biçer - Elfin Flight previously unreleased 19. Rolando – Junie previously unreleased
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