Source : Resident Advisor
Description
Published / 31 May 2010
Filesize / 95.98 MB
Length / 01:19:57
For this week’s podcast, we tap one of Ostgut-Ton’s most skilled techno mavens: Berghain resident Marcel Fengler.
Though he tends to keep a pretty low profile, Marcel Fengler is rightly considered as one of the finest techno DJs currently in operation. At Berlin venues Berghain and Arena, and at underground parties around Europe, his sets have a refined, atmospheric quality that betrays impeccable taste and years spent behind the decks. Indeed, his credentials are pretty hard to argue with: he got his start in the early ’90s spinning at a youth club alongside future Ostgut-Ton mate Marcel Dettmann. Over the next decade and a half, he honed his craft at E-Werk, Tresor and finally Berghain, where he currently pummels the shadows on a monthly basis.
Every Berghain resident has his strong suit: Dettmann’s got a knack for keeping it grim, DJ Pete has his command of dub, and Ben Klock’s got a way of weaving between Chicago house and punishing techno. With Marcel Fengler, it’s the overall range that impresses most. Like all good DJs, he’s a master of building a vibe, but also knows how to let it taper off while maintaining tension, pulling the audience into deeper territory while preparing for another assault. Fengler puts it best himself: “[The set] has to be varied and it has to snake through the night in waves.” On this week’s podcast, he shows us exactly what he means by that, deftly moving through nautical dub, moody broken-beat and, of course, throbbing peak-time techno.
Elsewhere on the web
- http://www.myspace.com/marcelfengler
- http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/marcelfengler
- http://www.discogs.com/artist/marcel+fengler
