#102 | Stefan Goldmann (DE)

@stefangoldmann runs the @macrorec label and is closely associated with Berlin's @berghain club. Though nominally techno, his music is distinguished by an ever-imaginative take on the form. It's definitely club music but of a rather distinctive kind produced by a creator who's exceptionally imaginative, endlessly curious, and, one presumes, never happier than when bringing a project to fruition. Several of his tracks have served as genre-shifting blueprints – from his early reductionist works for the Classic and Perlon labels to Sleepy Hollow, Lunatic Fringe or The Maze. Yet he has ventured into a line of projects hacking away at the core features of techno, with systematic forays into, for example, irregular rhythms, microtonal tunings and the recontextualisation of industrial sound design. Apart from DJing in clubs around the globe, his projects have also brought him to locations as distinctive as the Berlin Philharmonic, Los Angeles's LACMA museum and Kyoto's Honen-in Temple. His mix for @recorder-13 sees him build a highly focused arc, originating from amorphous tones by Grischa Lichtenberger and Mika Vainio, projecting through intricate structural experiments by Donato Dozzy, Stanislav Tolkachev and Aleksi Perälä and culminating in high pressure tracks by the likes of Schacke, L'estasi Dell'oro and Peter van Hoesen. The landing point is an excerpt from Stefan Goldmann's 'Live At Philharmonie Berlin' album, which was just released on Macro. Tracklist: 1. Grischa Lichtenberger - 0910_29_re_0910_08 (Semantica) 2. Mika Vainio - Set The Controls To The Heart Of The Sun (Sähkö) 3. Dold - 46-1 (Arsenik) 4. Demdike Stare: Repository of Light (Modern Love) 5. Dold: Velocity (Arsenik) 6. Aleksi Perälä - GBBVT1337142 (AP) 7. Zemi17 - Rangda – Patrick Russell remix (The Bunker New York) 8. Steevio - Syzygy (Wisdom Teeth) 9. Dettmann Klock - World Tonight (Ostgut Ton) SG edit 10. Robert Hood - A Time To Rebuild (Music Man) 11. Rote - Rote 3 (BleeD) 12. Stanislav Tolkachev - Blue Mood (Intergalactic Research Institute) 13. Dorisburg - Rhythm Paint (Phonica) 14. Nine Inch Nails - Me I’m Not – Olof Dreijer remix (Interscope) 15. Donato Dozzy - A. Ritmica (Spazio Disponibile) 16. Somewhen - Veidt (Sana) 17. Patrick Siech - Sektor 214 (Parabel) 18. Conrad Van Orton & VSK - Angular Momentum (Modularz) 19. Stefan Goldmann - Partitions (Macro) 20. Matrix - Mute’98 (Prototype) SG edit 21. Jeff Mills - Mercury (Axis) 22. Marc Romboy & Chelonis R. Jones - The Beat – Robert Hood remix (Systematic) 23. LDS - Grain Rain (Monnom Black) 24. TWR72 - Dusty White 25. Xhin - Asymmetrical Four (Token) 26. KUF - Untitled (Arsenik) 27. L’estasi Dell’oro - Twyhyndeman (Macro) 28. Blue Hour - Falling Lines – Pangaea remix (Blue Hour) 29. Schacke - Role Modeling (Intrepid Skin) 30. Peter van Hoesen - Kres (Center 91) 31. L'estasi Dell'oro: Experienced (Macro) 32. Claudio PRC - Ostinato (Semantica) 33. Stefan Goldmann - Neodym (Macro)