Two tracks of hardware techno from a Berlin duo working entirely with analog machines. Ential runs a tight, looping groove, kick, hi-hat, a single synth line that shifts in filter and accent but never abandons its starting point. Phase does much the same but trades the previous track's insistence for something looser in the low end, a bassline that drifts slightly off the grid. Both pieces stay sparse. No pads, no breakdowns, no vocal samples.
This came out in 2011 as the first release on their own label, mastered by Cem at Jamminmasters. The live-act approach shows: these are loops that change incrementally rather than arrangements with clear sections. If you want techno that sounds like someone twisting knobs in real time rather than drawing automation in a DAW, this delivers that. It will not surprise you, but it will not try to.
