Obsession (The Possession)

Dropping his first solo 12 for the label since 2010s The Boxer, label head honcho Pinch returns to home turf for our next release, backed with a dark rolling techno remix from Berlin legend, Shed.Some words from Pinch on the release:"I've never spent so long on a single track before. I spent hours and hours trying to get the particular sonic I wanted - layering microscopic sounds in the background textures, processing sounds and so on. In the end it became something of an obsession in me to get it right - hence my changing the title from 'The Possession' to 'Obsession (The Possession)'."'Obsession (The Possession)' begins with a weighty pounding 4/4 kick pummelling forward, re-pitching every other 8 bars and building percussion along the route. 32 bars in and an eerie demonic mist starts to form, cloudy and hypnotising before a series of psychotic bass stabs cut in, unleashing a barrage of unhinged percussive hits and terrifying sonics. On remix duties is none other than one of the most talented figures in contemporary techno - a man who goes by many different guises but is still best known as Shed. Here the version is more rolling yet still dark and totally unique sounding - paranoid techno at the hands of a true master.