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Lost Tracks EP

Label: True To Form Recordings

Style: Techno:
Minimal

CODE TTF006

RLS 08.07.08

12"

Label info: Visiting Tokyo's Shibuya district is like stepping into a scene from Bladerunner. Towering neon billboards blast advertising messages in indecipherable script (to the western visitor) while underneath a seedy world of clubs, bars, stalls and shops selling dubious wares forms an exhilarating network of the unknown. Pan Pot's lead track from their next release on Berlin's True To Form label captures the mood of a visit to Tokyo's decadent district perfectly. It begins with an ominous rolling bassline spliced into sections by an oriental percussive instrument soaked in reverb. Sinister pitched down vocal stabs and subtle percussion nudge on the urgent beats before erupting into a climactic breakdown built around off kilter synths and rasping snares that submerge into a cavern of reverb before diving back into the beats. Like Shibuya it's tense and thrilling in equal parts and a sci-fi vision of techno's next step. 'Zero Hour' is more minimal in its approach but no less insistently funk fuelled. Machine stabs of white noise and pitched down vocals interrupt a cacophony of rolling bass that develop into a tense assault course of breakdowns and beats. Both tracks are a welcome return from the duo, Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix....