Techno purists are insufferable about almost everything and correct about one thing: the room matters more than the lineup. A good system in a space with hard surfaces does something to a kick drum that no amount of production can fake, and a mediocre night in the right room beats a great lineup in the wrong one. This is a proper late one in a venue built for it, two acts who deal in the unglamorous end of the genre, nothing melodic to hide behind. If that sounds austere, it is, and that austerity is the appeal: there are no drops to wait for, no vocal hooks, nothing to do but let the thing accumulate. The people who show up for this are not there to be entertained so much as to be put somewhere. Afterwards you will not remember individual tracks, which is how you know it worked.
Techno purists are insufferable about almost everything and correct about one thing: the room matters more than the lineup. A good system in a space with hard surfaces does something to a kick drum that no amount of production can fake, and a mediocre night in the right room beats a great lineup in the wrong one. This is a proper late one in a venue built for it, two acts who deal in the unglamorous end of the genre, nothing melodic to hide behind. If that sounds austere, it is, and that austerity is the appeal: there are no drops to wait for, no vocal hooks, nothing to do but let the thing accumulate. The people who show up for this are not there to be entertained so much as to be put somewhere. Afterwards you will not remember individual tracks, which is how you know it worked.
Techno purists are insufferable about almost everything and correct about one thing: the room matters more than the lineup. A good system in a space with hard surfaces does something to a kick drum that no amount of production can fake, and a mediocre night in the right room beats a great lineup in the wrong one. This is a proper late one in a venue built for it, two acts who deal in the unglamorous end of the genre, nothing melodic to hide behind. If that sounds austere, it is, and that austerity is the appeal: there are no drops to wait for, no vocal hooks, nothing to do but let the thing accumulate. The people who show up for this are not there to be entertained so much as to be put somewhere. Afterwards you will not remember individual tracks, which is how you know it worked.