Beta Sampler // Perc, Chevel, Frank Martiniq, Sasse

Beta Sampler // Perc, Chevel, Frank Martiniq, Sasse

19 February, 2010 | 11.53AM

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A sample is a small part of the whole, selected because it’s a premier example of its class. Stroboscopic Artefacts present the Beta Sampler, showcasing four startling fresh cuts. Perc, Chevel, Frank Martiniq and Sasse all fine purveyors of techno, create tracks that fuse together their own visions with the label’s identity.

A sample is a small part of the whole, selected because it’s a premier example of its class. Stroboscopic Artefacts present the Beta Sampler, showcasing four startling fresh cuts. Perc, Chevel, Frank Martiniq and Sasse all fine purveyors of techno, create tracks that fuse together their own visions with the label’s identity.

It was Perc’s unique blend of big dub rumbles and percussive drive on his Ovum releases that caught Stroboscopic Artefacts’ attention. From this exacting mind comes the brilliant “Wooden Art”. Over a bed of bubbling dub, dystopian pads slice through a gnashing wall of beat patterns. Next comes “Trevisun”, with its Detroit minimalistic approach. Chevel brings us a perfectly dizzying 10am track, replete with lopsided beats, viscous synths and definite nods towards imprint like Klockworks and M-Plant. Then Frank Martiniq transports us to an enchanted afterhours land with “My Visor”, hinting also to the mood of his forthcoming Stroboscopic Artefacts solo release. This dubtechno masterpiece takes us back to a time where the elegance of synthesis and dubbing was of paramount importance. The baton is lastly handed to Berlin house giant Sasse who proudly pushes his sound in a totally new direction on “Face2Face With Reality”. Here Sasse collides his house instincts with dub know-how, creating an inspirational hybrid. The vocal announces a self assured “Yes!” and it has to be agreed with, this is killer dance floor stuff.

The Beta Sampler was craftily mastered in-house at Artefacts Mastering Studio, Berlin.

Words: Clare Molloy

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