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Tresor.215LP
| Juan Atkins |
The Berlin Sessions |
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When Juan Atkins enters a studio, he isn't just bringing his ideas and energy -- he's bringing an embodiment of techno itself. It's only fitting that he once again return to Berlin — Detroit's eternal sister city — to record his next project. Picking up where 3MB and his Basic Channel collaborations left off, Juan joined Tresor's Pacou in a completely rewired studio in the summer of 2004. The resulting marathon sessions shine both as an examples of modern, streamlined techno and as some of the best material from our man in Berlin.
- Dan Sicko December 14, 2004 “The Berlin Sessions” is the first full-length album from Detroit techno originator Juan Atkins since 1998. When talking about the foundations of electronic music, or even techno music itself, mostly European names drop like Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, The Normal, Anne Clark, Eno… and Cybotron aka Model 500 aka Infiniti aka Juan Atkins. Mr. Atkins was unique in researching and experimenting with future electronics on American shores in Detroit long before the term “techno” had even been used. And long before he joined the roster of innovative Tresor artists in the very early 1990’s. During his last stay in Berlin, the techno originator booked studio time at the 5th Floor Studios and began work on what became a recherche to discover Berlin’s influence on his music today. This of course brought back many memories of the days while recording in Berlin for the 3MB series, one of Tresor’s earliest releases with Thomas Fehlmann and Moritz von Oswald in 1992 (Tresor.009). Over the years, Juan’s collaborations with Tresor have joined the roster of significant techno classics. The times have definitely changed as well as Berlin’s younger techno generation and their advanced, contemporary sounds. In his new collection of tracks, Juan Atkins evokes the machine-age technology of his roots with lucid melodies that deflect the pureness of Detroit to the complexity of Berlin production values. The result finds these new tracks absorbing in his special world of electronic music while never getting boring or repetitive. Many new artists are fully aware of these electronic roots, including Tresor recording artist Pacou who is responsible for the additional production on this album as well as for the bonus CD track. Razor-edge harder dynamics of Pacou with the austere electro-groove of Atkins. Old-school meets the new… In 1995 Detroit’s Metro Times awarded him a Lifetime Achievement Award as a tribute to his music and his own label Metroplex. Also coinciding with this album is a Record Release Tour (Coke DJ-Culture) in Germany from 10 –19 February, 2005, including stops in Leipzig, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt and Cologne. Juan Atkins once said that music is a sound painting. We are glad that the godfather of techno continues to keep his brushes ready. Coming soon on Tresor: 20 Years of Juan Atkins’ Metroplex. send a friend an email about this! || this 2x12" is not in stock || also available as: CD MP3 Download Tracks:
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