RODHAD Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Rodhad brings Inox Traxx into the fold for the 16th WSNWG release - the result of a concentrated week in the studio this past January 2025. The outcome, 'Silvene', is a selene four-tracker indicating the strengths of each producer that nonetheless doesn't dare blur the other's fingerprints. Dense, pressure-driven techno is the backbone here, but the record doesn't stay in one gear: there's a deliberate tension between function and experimentation running through 'Silvene', which is fed through a hard-numbered four-way splitter and results in drastically different outcomes; mission-impossible urgencies on '02', unbreathable rollicks on '04'.

Review: Flame haired techno talent Rodhad has been at the heart of the Berlin underground for more than a decade now. His sound is based in loops, darkness and melodic melancholy and that's exactly what he serves up here on his superb entry into the long running and legendary fabric mix series. As well as a couple of his own subtle mind melters, there are plenty of sci-fi sounds, masterfully minimal grooves and intergalactic techno offerings packed in to what is a compelling mix for both mind and body. It's a great statement of his sound and is sure to prove a timeless mix.

Review: Peaktime zoneouts from Rodhad and company; Crimson Rubeus is the first compilation on WSNWG to be curated by the techno titan, and hears eight rising bubblers of the scene contribute to a well-rounded octagonal sonic prism in double LP form. All circulating for months in demo form and as fixtures of Rodhad's sets across Europe, every track here - from the snappy synaptics of Nastia Reigel's 'Limit Y' to the non-duped beffudlery of O (phase)'s 'Exiting The Delusion' - drips with an aural crimson rouge; truly a hematophage's dream. Rodhad does the almost impossible here; squeezes blood from the stony style that is hypnotic techno.