One

'one' is the debut album of ben klock. with its forward thinking appeal, it smoothly follows on from shed's debut this year. controlling his output over the last decade with care and accuracy, ben has only released a dozen eps, rather than falling for an inflationary release policy. working with ostgut ton, bpitch ctrl, memo and his own platform klockworks only, he chose trust and longevity over quick visibility. stylistically, klock draws on plentiful resources. there's the dirty techno in 'grip', the sexy intermittent 'check your pulse', alongside ambient like tracks like 'init one' and 'init two', as well as the dubstep inspired 'goldrush'. and then there are the outstanding cuts 'goodly sin' and 'ok' featuring elif bier's vocals. in comparison to her records with prosumer and murat tepeli, here her voice has been reduced to the bare essentials. with its rugged bassline and crafty claps 'ok' is even reminiscent of a contemporary version of nicolette's early work with shut up and dance, but first and foremost it expands the berghain sound to include a notion of pop.