The Sensor club has the feel of a classic techno club and tonight its 2 chambers reverberated to the clicks and bleeps of the Traum crew.
Dusseldorf's Oliver Hacke, the first to play in the back room, began with an intelligent mix of experimental house, before the ephermal chords gave way to some chunkier deep techno pieces. Next on were live disco-house band Scott, recently signed to MBF, playing as a duo with electronic drum kit and keyboard alongside the ubiquitous laptop. Apparently their line up is completed by a London based singer, unfortunately absent from this gig. Their set was relatively down tempo but with the funk laid on thick no momentum was lost. The performed and programmed elements of the set were perfectly integrated and it was refreshing to hear such musicianship in a techno club. Look out for these hi-tech soul men in the months ahead.
DJ Pierce followed, playing till the end in the back room. His glitchy minimal techno selection was stylish, and a bit more involved than you normally hear at such a late hour. I did get the impression he was getting a big helping hand from his copy of Serato Scratch.
In the main room, Renato Figoli played the nights first live set and really got things going. This guy has some infectious grooves in his boxes, fine minimal beats that his compatriot Marco Carola would be proud of - his future releases could be worth watching out for. Dominik Eulberg had a mix next, assisted by some chap with a torch to light his way around the decks and mixer. His confident DJ style got the crowd worked up more than anyone else managed to, with big tunes from the likes of Perc and Adam Beyer doing the business.
Thomas Brinkmann played many of the big tunes he's released on his Ernst label, as well as more recent stonkers he's put out in his Nate Fisher guise. I might have been pretty much alone in franticly jumping around to this set, not really sure but the rest of them seemed to be taking the chin stroke/head nod approach, quite reasonably considering Brinkmann's music is as artful as it can be rocking.
Trapez artist and Colonge resident Roland M Dill finished the front room off with some dirty, plus 130 bpm techno, something I'd not often heard in my time in Germany. The crowd that had packed in earlier was emptying out by then, but it was a good climax to a night clearly intended to showcase the diversity as well as the quality of the artists involved.
Michael Curtis
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