The techno luminary has set his sights on the full-length format
Nick Höppner has unveiled his debut album, Folk. The veteran Panorama Bar resident and former Ostgut Ton label manager will be releasing his debut solo album on the label in March. Speaking about the release, Höppner reflects on the DIY methodology of dance music.
“I decided to call my album Folk because I feel that we all work with a sonic vocabulary that was developed by a relatively small set of pioneers 20 or 30 years ago, that took their cues from disco which was influenced by R&B, Funk, Soul, etc, down to the most primal ritualism of tribal drums,” Höppner said of the title.
“This sort of traditionalism appears to have been passed on from generation to generation with everyone adding their own perspective to it, thus making it more difficult to trace it all back to a source. One can argue that a lot of it is passed through records but I feel the most important ways of experiencing, enjoying and learning about the music happens inside a club. I also call this ‘folk’ as the blueprint of this music was laid out on what were originally cheap instruments from a dusty thrift store—in 1985, the TB-303 was the equivalent of a worn out acoustic guitar. Today this is reflected by the immense and accessible power of creation found in a $500 laptop running a crack of Reason or Ableton.”
Nick Höppner releases Folk via Ostgut Ton on 30 March, with launch parties being held in Panorama Bar, Berlin on 22 March, London’s Corsica Studios 11 April and Le Sucre, Lyon on 19 April. (via RA)
Tracklist
A1 Come Closer
A2 Paws
B1 Mirror Image
B2 Rising Overheads
C1 Grind Show
C2 Out Of
C3 Airway Management
D1 Relate
D2 No Stealing
