 Previous outings on Bpitch’s excellent ‘Boogybytes’ series have given label mates Kiki, Sasha Funke and Modeselektor an opportunity to show off their record collections, whilst keeping in line with the Berlin label’s techno roots and ideology. It was only a matter of time before founder and label boss, Ellen Allien stepped up to the hair dryer for the obligatory wonky headshot cover art, to showcase what’s hot in Berlin right now. Anyone familiar with Allien’s DJ sets will see no great surprises in the tracklisting, which features well-knowns from the BPitch roster, a couple of newcomers and also minimal regulars AGF, Villalobos and Damien Schwartz. Subtly mixed as always and dropping everything from sub-aquatic rhythms to organic melodic bleeps with highlights being the inclusion of newer artists’ Melon and Lucio Aquilina. As you would expect, Villalobos, Sasha Funke and AGF all deliver, and Allien shows her touch rounding off the mix with Little Dragon’s beatless ‘Twice,’ fitting the mood perfectly. Definitely one for the ‘deeper listener’ amongst us, and also an interesting insight into what’s actually good in minimal these days. RC |
