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No bass drum sounds like the other on this record, no snare repeats itself in a different track. Each hi-hat is tailor-made, no synth sound recycled on another occasion. This isn’t one of those predictable techno records, and that’s what makes it such an effort: the endless search for new sounds while always bearing in mind that less is more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Else\u003c\/i\u003e represents the sound of Berlin in all its ambivalence. It features lead single \u003ci\u003eWealth\u003c\/i\u003e, a hip hop track featuring London Grime artist Flohio. \u003ci\u003eWMF Love Song\u003c\/i\u003e pays tribute to the long-gone formative Berlin club, but who could call these relentless UK vibes nostalgic? Estonian rapper Tommy Cash parties on the crunchy and playful \u003ci\u003eWho\u003c\/i\u003e, Otto von Schirach lends his screams to the dark industrial techno of \u003ci\u003eI Am Your God\u003c\/i\u003e. 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