The Berghain is the downstairs part of Berghain/Panoramabar complex, the Berlin club for the clubber who never sleeps. While the Panoramabar upstairs plays host to a softer spectrum of techno and house, the Berghain caters to the fiends of the city: the kind of clubbers who stay locked into the groove until the lights come on, which in Berlin is more likely to be Sunday evening than Sunday morning.
It's a job perfect for Klock, who cut his teeth spinning the hard stuff at venues such as Cookies, Tresor and WMF in the nineties. These days he continues to satiate those with a thirst for pumping fist techno, but he’s also prone to breaking up the loops with older house, techno and minimal. "I like to combine old tracks - whether it be Chicago, Detroit or European dance music - with new ones," says Klock.
As a producer, Klock also has an ear for afterhours dancefloors. He's shown a flair for a darker, more hypnotic blend of techno with 12"s on Bpitch Control and Berghain’s in-house stable Ostgut Ton: 'Dawning/Dead Man Watches the Clock' was even a hit with DJs such as Michael Mayer and James Holden. Since then, Klock has notched up another release on Ostgut, 'Czeslawa', as well as several cuts on his own label Klockworks, all of which straddle the line between more workmanlike techno and minimal.
Taken from RA.This is a remix of his track Subzero by Function Regis (aka Sandwell District) that I'm into right now.
- Ben Klock - Subzero (Function-Regis aka Sandwell District remix)
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