Benjamin Fehr

The Truth is Not Outthere

★★★

This Nervmusic label has been pretty great so far, with some hard hitting Russian techno bangers. Exactly what you would expect, also their artwork is great. This release is a bit different however, a couple of the tracks are a bit more experimental and unclubfriendly. 

That being said, I do think they're the weaker tracks on this EP for sure. While I appreciate the effort, it's been done before and done a lot better. But starting off with the self-titled song was a great choice. You know it's going to be crushing right from the start. And at a never-exhaustive ten minutes long, this would be beautiful for keeping the groove going. Sometimes in the background this sort of metronome or stopwatch ensemble comes through, giving you this sense of urgency. That Berlin Dark.

The next track, "What Do You My Track?", is a bit more collage oriented. There seems to be samples of bloops and bleeps, all from an aircraft getting ready to lose control of one of its engines. But that cuts in and out too fast for you to make sense of it. The remix of that same song adds these nonsense, almost a bit obnoxious, vocals but lightens it up. It becomes an instant crowd mover. 

For the past decade or so it's been quite hard to get through so much Euro techno. There's too much coming out at such a fast rate, but I appreciate the effort and uniqueness of a release such as this. From this label in general actually.

Favorite Song: The Truth Is Not Outthere