Killian Fox 

Pantha du Prince & the Bell Laboratory: Elements of Light – review

Hendrik Weber's finely crafted techno is as icy as a winter dip in the Baltic, writes Killian Fox
  
  


Hamburg's Hendrik Weber is one of the most imaginative techno producers currently working, but you wouldn't want to play one of his albums (2010's Black Noise is a standout) if you were trying to beat a nasty winter cold: his finely crafted electronics are as icy as a Baltic dip in January. The centrepiece of his latest record, a three-tonne carillon comprised of 50 bronze bells, does little to raise the temperature. The instrument affords Weber a chance to expand his hibernal sound in various interesting ways, but ultimately this feels more like a scholarly exercise than a fully realised album.

 

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