TIM SCHLOCKERMANN Schallplatten & CDs

Review: ***B-STOCK: Product has light surface marks, but otherwise in perfect working condition***


Naming records after colours is nothing new; in fact, British tech-house pioneers Circulation spent much of their career delivering tracks named in honour of Pantone colours. Perhaps it was this that inspired Alex Falconer and Jean-Pierre Ahtuam to follow a similar pattern with releases on their 2X label. Circulation certainly would have been proud of 'Stray', the flipside cut on Tim Schlockermann's 2X Orange 12" (his first for the imprint). Featuring meditative ambient chords, pulsing and pleasing synthesizer melodies, chunky synth-bass and snappy, hypnotic machine drums, it sits somewhere between early 2000s tech-house and machine-made deep house. Over on side A, Schlockermann opts for a fuzzier, quirkier and more lo-fi sound on the analogue house sweetness that is 'Measuring Trips'.

Review: Naming records after colours is nothing new; in fact, British tech-house pioneers Circulation spent much of their career delivering tracks named in honour of Pantone colours. Perhaps it was this that inspired Alex Falconer and Jean-Pierre Ahtuam to follow a similar pattern with releases on their 2X label. Circulation certainly would have been proud of 'Stray', the flipside cut on Tim Schlockermann's 2X Orange 12" (his first for the imprint). Featuring meditative ambient chords, pulsing and pleasing synthesizer melodies, chunky synth-bass and snappy, hypnotic machine drums, it sits somewhere between early 2000s tech-house and machine-made deep house. Over on side A, Schlockermann opts for a fuzzier, quirkier and more lo-fi sound on the analogue house sweetness that is 'Measuring Trips'.

Review: Leipzig producer Tim Schlockermann has yet to really make a name for himself, though his previous outings - most notably a solid EP of house/techno fusions on Kaizenrecordsberlin - have suggested a breakthrough 12" might be just around the corner. Whether this four-tracker on Elephant Moon is that release remains to be seen, but there's certainly plenty here to set the pulse racing. Check for example title track "M Sync", a deliciously funk-fuelled deep techno roller that makes use of squelchy acid bass and some deliciously glassy-eyed melodic motifs, and the hazy, summery and warm deep electro shuffle of "Solidification Point". He adds classic deep house warmth to a bouncy tech-house beat on "High Purity", while closing cut "Holy Waters (Extended DJ Mix)" is deliciously sparse and spaced-out.