91

Berlin's Kobosil made his debut on the Ostgut Ton off-shoot, Unterton, back in 2013 and the 12" was received with mighty praise both within our headquarters, and from the techno community as a whole. After dropping some more bombs on Marcel Dettman's imprint and the RK label, respectively, the youngster has now earned a spot on Ostgut's main catalogue with the 91 EP - surely named after his year of birth. On the A-side, "Avernian" grumbles and punches its way through heavy kick drums and a sea of distortion, but "Athtar" ditches the beats and heads down the inevitable ambient-drone wormhole. Flip onto the B-side and you'll find the alien-like sounds of "Konvergent", alongside the more straight-laced slice-and-dice techno of "Per". Bring on the Kobosil album!

Resident Advisor, Locked Groove