Thursday, August 6, 2009

mnml ssgs mx35: mike dehnert live @ berghain 1.8.09


sometimes you'd be mistaken for thinking the only people from berlin currently putting out quality techno are dettmann, klock, shed and the rest of the ostgut gang. this is most certainly not the case, as mike dehnert clearly demonstrates in this week's ssg mix. dehnert has been very surely and steadily been building a name for himself over the last few years through a string of impressive records on his own fachwerk label. his productions are succinctly and accurately described by hardwax as 'raw techno', and are perfectly geared for injecting some real energy into the dancefloor. the recording mike has given us is a great showcase of his take on techno, treating us to 40 minutes from his liveact at the fachwerk label night held at berghain last week. it doesn't get much fresher than that... the set is a tightly programmed set of powerful techno that i am sure would have had berghain heaving.


mnml ssgs mx35: mike dehnert live @ berghain 1.8.09 (direct dl)
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mike is a busy man, with plenty of releases and gigs scheduled in the coming months. the next fachwerk 12" (FW010) coming out at the end of the month will be from dehnert, followed by EPs from roman lindau (FW011) and sascha rydell (FW012) later in the year. dehnert also has a new record out on clone bassment (001), "umlaut 2", with a levon vincent remix, and there is another release in this series (003) coming up. to see where/when he is playing, check mike's myspace - he has upcoming gigs in berlin, helsinki and the UK, so plenty of opportunities to see the man in action.

thanks to mike for sharing this recording from what must have been a very memorable night. next week's mix will be a special mix from falko brocksieper consisting of classics (remembered and forgotten) and other rarities. something to look forward to, for now enjoy this slice of dehnert doing his thing at berghain.

22 comments:

  1. yes, thats what i like at breakfast...

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  2. I drink your techno, I drink it up!

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  3. i understand its a live pa, but i could go for about another two hours of that.

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  4. this only a cut from a live set? its cool and such, but it could be atleast an hour

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  5. i think we need to respect that some producers are not fully comfortable with not all of their material being available for download within a live recording. mike's been very generous to give us 40 minutes - which is more than enough to get a good feel for what is doing - and has provided it at 320kbps to boot, so i think we are doing alright...

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  6. been waiting for this one! nice one ssgs, nice one mr D.

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  7. Top shelf all round...thanks to MD and the ssgs crew.

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  8. this is really good techno music! thanks.

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  9. Wow. Some serious shit from MD. One of the best things I've heard this year. Big, dirty, funky and kinda fucked.

    Love the hats. Love what he does with the vocals. Love that parts of it sound like they're about to collapse. The whole thing sounds fresh, exciting and genuinely different.

    Will definitely be checking out his stuff.

    Big thanks to MD and your good selves.

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  10. @ simon - heartily recommend checking out ALL of his releases this year. Some of the best pieces of vinyl i have had the pleasure of spinning for quite some time. i agree with the idea of some 'funk' inside these dark techno sounds.

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  11. @ simon - heartily recommend checking out ALL of his releases this year. Some of the best pieces of vinyl i have had the pleasure of spinning for quite some time. i agree with the idea of some 'funk' inside these dark techno sounds.

    jonnyp

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  12. Yes! This has got me in the mood for when he visits Leeds in October. Also his new 12" with Levon Vincent is sounding great.

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  13. That 2nd track is killing me it's so good! ID?

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  14. @Architexture: You could try and identify it via hardwax...they got fw01-06 at the moment, so maybe it´s from one of those issues...

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  15. this does not disappoint! here's hoping he does a full ssg mix somewhen soon.

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  16. For those wanting "more" Mike will be playing a 2 hour live/dj set for us at Detatched in Leeds on October 10th.

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  17. Electrifying mix. Better mixes that are too short than too long too - at least you might come back to them then...

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  18. Holy crap! This mix jut completely liquified my senses! It's so raw, yet at the same time so refined. Def echo the sentiment that I need more, a LOT more, of Mr. Dehnert! :-)

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  19. Mike has done a killer remix of Samuli Kemppi's 'Metal Space' for the second Komisch release. Out in September...

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