After more than 20 releases, Delsin sub label Ann Aimee is to release its first compilation, Inertia: Resisting Routine in January 2012.
Of course, rather than looking backwards, the Dutch label run by Marsel Delsin has instead complied and commissioned – together with close friend Delta Funktionen - sixteen brand new and exclusive tracks. They come from a new generation of label associates from the past half decade, all of them therefore sharing certain ideals when it comes to brooding, darkened techno, as is Ann Aimee’s mission.
Operating in the murky under-waters of the contemporary techno scene, each producer enlisted serves up their own idiosyncratic vision: some are acid tinged, some swing like a monkey and some lean on dub or house aesthetics for inspiration, but every single one will likely hypnotise dancefloors just as any good techno track should. So, then, bold drums, analogue aesthetics and meaty grooves are all present and correct throughout.
Taking in names like Delta Funktionen, Fachwerk trio Mike Dehnert, Roman Lindau and Sacha Rydell, 50Weapons and Hessle man Cosmin TRG , Time to Express chief Peter van Hoesen and techno innovators Redshape and Lucy alongside new school heavyweights like Skudge, the Inertia: Resisting Routine tracklist reads like a who’s who of modern underground techno. Naturally, then, what it sounds like is the most definitive techno compilation for years.
Released as 4x4 separate vinyl EPs, this is the CD version mixed by Ann Aimee and Delsin cohort, Delta Funktionen. Niels Luinenburg has been releasing music as Delta Funktionen since 2008. Content to go about his business quietly, the Detroit and Berlin techno; Chicago-licked house and distilled electro sounds he explores when DJing regularly get aired at clubs like fabric, The Bunker and Berghain/Panorama Bar… “My DJing is all about serious fun,” he says. “Depending on the night it might be more serious, or more fun.” Definitely more serious, though, is his music: it often has socio-political concepts attached to it and has so far found a welcome home on Delsin, its sub-label Ann Aimee and Field Records.
For this perhaps ‘more serious’ mix Niels draws on all the great source material provided by the artists above and weaves it together into something that speaks for itself; something which perfectly encapsulates the aims and aesthetics of Ann Aimee in Delta Funktionen’s typically deft way.
Of course, all physical releases will be adorned with the sharp graphic artwork of long time label collaborator Boris Tellegen aka Delta.
Motion ceases due to opposing forces... If there are no opposing forces; then motion will never cease…
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