Zehn / Eins vinyl

The first volume of Berlin institution Ostgut Ton's ten year anniversary release; and yes there'll indeed be ten of them! First up on the A side is S/D aka Luke Slater and Marcel Dettmann, what a combo this is. "The Launderette" is definitely the most peculiar track we've heard by either but of course it's still impressive. A tripped out, quite tunnelling and reductionist track with mysterious male vocals beneath a collage of sinister samples and textures. Berghain resident Norman Nodge gives us "Beastmode" which is exactly the kind of menacing yet restrained, industrial edged track you'd hear him play during his infamous warm up sets. Finally one more of their residents, Boris Dolinksi, steps up to deliver a rare recording in the form of "Lock". A dusty minimal techno tool with some of the most haunting pads you'll hear this year, carrying the track. Something you'd probably hear him play near the end of one of his 8+ hour marathon closing sets.