various: berghain 08

Ostgut Ton's Berghain mix series returns with volume eight curated by Fiedel. Electric Indigo starts with "Registers", employing her trademark dubby and sample-heavy rhythmic constructions, minor chords, and distorted hats. Stefan Rein's "Panther" transcends techno-tool status with entrancing siren melodies and psychedelic builds and releases. rRoxymore takes a sonic left turn on "Tropicalcore", where bleepy, distorted, and complex drum patterns recall both classic DMZ and later post-dubstep funk. Fiedel teams up with Berlin techno stalwart Boris on "Div'hain". The track teems with bubbling bass-lines, cowbells, and claps shaped by modular synths, as well as elements of electro and boogie.