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$12.00
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1-2 Weeks
ARTIST
TITLE
Confronted Remixes
FORMAT
12"

LABEL
CATALOG #
SNDST 070EP SNDST 070EP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/13/2019

Ten years ago, Berlin's Pan-Pot put out the Confronted EP on Mobilee (MOBILEE 054EP, 2009), a landmark release centered around the title track, eleven-and-a-half minutes of slow-burning techno. A decade later, the Second State Audio dons have decided to celebrate their classic track with a reissue that reflects their evolution. Featuring two remixes from Pan-Pot themselves, Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix have also recruited four of the scene's hottest talents for a diverse, comprehensive remix package that reimagines the source material for today's dancefloors. Opening up the remix package, the "Basement" remix by Pan-Pot adds barking synths and snatches of vocal FX in a murky, offbeat edit of the classic. Glaswegian rising star Frazi.er delivers a "Raw", lean techno tool with subtle tweaks like the crystalline synths piping through the mix and aggressive, springy bass that charges in mid-way through. Farrago, a Lenske favorite from Belgium, takes the listener on a weirder journey built around bounces, bleeps and discombobulation -- it's by far the most foreign departure on the EP and it lives up to the "Welcome To Goa" title. Up-and-comer Anfisa Letyago, from Naples by way of Siberia, sends a rippling acid synth through the mix like lightning in a hi-NRG alternative perfect for trancier sets in her "Stranger" remix. The word "crazy" is set on an electrifying loop, commanding ravers to give in and let go. Closing the remix EP, the "Paradise" remix by Pan-Pot goes in the opposite direction, opening with bird calls and idyllic chiming synths before moving into breaks-y territory. Surprising and strangely dreamy, it completes a richly varied remix package that breathes new life into a beloved classic.