Release : Ben Klock - One
Artist : Ben Klock
Album : One
Genre : Techno
Source : Vinyl
Label : Ostgut Tontrager
URL : http://www.ostgut.de/ton
Date : 02-23-2009
Encoder : LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Quality : 190kbps 44100 kHz Joint Stereo
Tracks : 9
Time : 51:03 min
Size : 70.16 MB
A1 Ben Klock Feat. Elif Bicer - Goodly Sin 7:42
A2 Ben Klock - Gloaming 5:08
B1 Ben Klock - Check For Pulse 6:21
B2 Ben Klock - Underneath 4:57
C1 Ben Klock Feat. Elif Bicer - OK 5:58
C2 Ben Klock - Gold Rush 6:44
D1 Ben Klock - Cargo 5:01
D2 Ben Klock - Grip 4:54
D3 Ben Klock - In A While 4:18
The first of the Berghain residents to produce a full length album, Ben Klock
was always the likely choice to come up with something a bit special. "One" is
definitively a techno album, with the focus on a club friendly sound which Klock
excels in every weekend with his extended DJ sets at Berghain and across the
world. I was initially wary when I clocked vocalists listed on the tracklisting,
but Elif Bicer (who previously contributed to the ace Prosumer & Murat Tepeli
LP) provides a restrained and entirely welcome layer of drifting abstracted soul
to tracks "Goodly Sin" and "OK", to balance out the house side of Klock's innate
fusion of house sensuality with techno sensibilities. The rest of the album is
made up of focussed technohouse tracks in his dancer-toned and efficiently
trimmed style, minimising any drag on tracks like the aerodynamic "Check For
Pulse", or "In A While" with delicate melodies and spacious application of
reverb. Tracks like "Underneath" or "Gloaming" are the real gems in the set,
steadily building an opulently darkside vibe perfectly suited to the cavernous
space he plays in with a refined approach to stealthily introducing streamlined
rhythms and concentrating on a few well thought sounds, but managing to avoid
the pitfalls of bland minimal with ease. When he allows himself to indulge in
his experimental side on tracks with futuristic Chain Reaction style dubtech
textures or skipping Monolake/T++ alike rhythms on "Gold Rush" the results are
simply outstanding. If you haven't gathered by now, this is an essential listen
for any followers of the Berlin techno sound and comes with our highest
recommendations.
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