Articles
2009 Top 10s and 20s
King Midas Sound
Starke
Albums
36
Aardvarck
Matias Aguayo
Anaphoria
Anduin
Arbol + Fibla
Aufgang
Beneva vs. Clark Nova
Black to Comm
Bvdub
Cornstar
Dinky
Enola
Fieldhead
FOURM / Shinkei / Turra
Billy Gomberg
The Green Kingdom
Chihei Hatakeyama
Ian Hawgood
Marek Hemmann
Khate
King Midas Sound
Marcel Knopf
Robot Koch
Lambent
Shinobu Nemoto
Olekranon
Laurent Perrier
Piano Magic
Porzellan
Pylône
Ryonkt
Shadyzane
Slow
Small Color
Solomun
The Sound of Lucrecia
Stray Ghost
The Use of Ashes
Sylvie Walder
Compilations / Mixes
Sebo K
Will Saul
Tama Sumo
VOLTT Amsterdam Vol. 1
EPs
Blindhæð
Roberto Bosco
Franco Cangelli
Dieb
dub KULT
Abe Duque/Blake Baxter
Gemmy
Christopher Hobbs
Duncan Ó Ceallaigh
Christopher Roberts
The Sight Below
Two Fourteen
Van Der Papen
Andy Vaz
Vetrix
Eddie Zarook
DVD
Optofonica
Dieb:
Modules EP
False Industries
Though he's been making music for many years (doing mainly music for movies and polishing his production skills), Berlin-based Til Kerlin (aka Dieb) has kept a rather low profile until now (his sole vinyl release appeared in 2004 on the Italian label citymorb). But that will likely change with the release of his Modules EP, the inaugural release on False Industries, a new label based in Tel Aviv, Israel and run by Interval Recordings founder Yair Etziony.
The first of two originals, “Module 0” is a pure deep techno workout, heavy on ambient atmosphere and texture and generally soothing in its reliance on a restrained rhythmic push—think Thomas Koner-meets-Robert Hood, if you will. “Module 4” hits harder on account of a heavier and more insistent bottom end, and the clubbier feel is strengthened by a low-riding bass pulse that keeps the tune moving from start to finish; it also goes deeper in the textural department by draping waves of particles across the rhythm bed. Complementing Kerlin's cuts are remixes by Etziony and Maps and Diagrams. In his “Das man Selbst Remix” of “Module 0,” Etziony (executed while under the strong influence of Heidegger's Being and Time) opts for a slow-motion electronic dub treatment that's even heavier on textural atmosphere than Dieb's own version, while Tim Martin's Maps and Diagrams rendering transforms “Module 4” into an immense, vaporous cloud that would do Wolfgang Voigt proud.December 2009