Informa Schallplatten & CDs

Review: The majority of Deepbass' output has come on the Informa imprint, and while he's usually taken care of things on his own, this time he's got Reggy Van Oers alongside him to share the tenebrous techno offering these dudes usually push. Deepbass is on the A-side with the juggernaut and title track "Symbosis", a cut where the 4/4 beat pushes the vast range of sonics into outer into hyperspace, a world made of grey-scaled echoes and mind-bending pads. Van Oers features on the flip with the mean lean of "Tunnel Dweller", another stripped back affair, but this time featuring a heavy, booming bunch of kicks and airy background atmospherics. Techno tools for the Berghain aficionados.

Review: Informa makes itself clear with their first release that label's modus operandi is: techno. Four European acts offer the label an "Informa Experiment" each, with Ness and Deepbass looking to droning textures and gloomy soundscapes for their inspiration. Dutchman Jeroen Search's bleeping version mirrors a soothing Jeff Mills production, while Spanish producer NX1 weaves some Deepbass bottom-end and Ness-like pads into his own pummeling remake.