Echocord 40 | Echocord CD 06 Album and 2x12"
This is the second album by Sven Schienhammer aka Quantec on Echocord. After releasing several 12" on labels like Styrax leaves, Meanwhile, Snapshot and Echocord Sven is back with another fulllenght album. This album contains older tracks from the year 2001 and some of his newer works from 2009. On this album you will hear many of Sven's personal favourite tracks and Echocord are really proud to release it. Its not really the typical Quantec sound, its absolutely different to his last album on Echocord, some of the tracks with vocals, but you can still hear the quality Quantec sound. Brooding dub techno laced with the remnants of dubstep permeate the album. A true accomplishment for one of today's most accomplished electronic dub producers out there.
This is the second album by Sven Schienhammer aka Quantec on Echocord. It’s not really the typical Quantec sound, its absolutely different to his last album on Echocord, some of the tracks with vocals, but you can still hear the quality Quantec sound. Brooding dub techno laced with remnants of dubstep permeate the album. Opening cut ‘Absolute Level’ combines a rolling crash cymbal with a tripp Detroit-ish melody (ala Kenny Larkin). The classic strings throughout Satisfied ripple with a rolling broken beat and strains of vocals throughout, shedding new light on the classic Chain Reaction sound of yesterday. Slo-mo dubstep crooner Transmitters glides and floats through a broken beat and smoky haze of dub infiltration.
Quantec is set to release his third album in just two years in October.
Sven Schienhammer has made his mark on the dub techno scene in a very short time, amassing a staggering amount of releases on labels such as Styrax Leaves, Meanwhile, Quietus and Shoreless since early-2007. His
Cauldron Subsidence album (named after the collapse of volcanic craters due to magma movements) will see him return to
Kenneth Christiansen's Echocord imprint, following on from the release of last year's
Unusual Signals LP.
The record sees Schienhammer continue in the tradition of his previous work, with the pulsing dubby chords that have become his hallmark appearing throughout. The forthcoming album seems to have a slightly more dance floor bent, however, with most tracks carrying a more propulsive sound than the work on
Unusual Signals. Mixing up the percussion throughout gives the album a little more depth, with Sven darting between tribalism ("Magic Potion," "Profound Experiences"), snare workouts ("Obstacles"), Rhythm & Sound-esque dub reggae ("Pandemonium"), and even a swinging steppy cut in the form of "Transmitters."
After a series of warmly recieved releases for Styrax, Shoreless and Piece Communications this year, Quantec's Sven Schienhammer arrives at his second full length album in fine form. Opener 'Absolute Level' shows an expansion of his sound with a swirling Detroit/Berlin mixture reminding us of a dubbier Urban Tribe, before 'Deep Rooted' pays dues to the classic 90's house structures of Chez Damier and Maurizio etc. 'Profound experiences' works out skanking conga patterns, while 'Obstacles' shapes metallic shimmering dub chord licks inna 2562 style and 'Magic Potion' will appeal to fans of Terre Thaemlitz's more broken-rolling house productions as DJ Sprinkles. The impressive 'Plateau' closes the set with a final piece of pulsing ambience to melt the heads of anyone who bought the Meanwhile releases last year.
Sven Schienhammer hat sich mit seinen Quantec-Releases in ziemlich kurzer Zeit einen festen Platz im Dubtechno-Universum erspielt und mit Veröffentlichungen auf Styrax, Quitus oder Meanwhile sein traditionsbewusstes Verständnis von Dubtechno ausdefiniert. Nach seinem Erstlingsalbum Unusual Signals folgt mit Cauldron Subsidence nun auf Echocord der Nachfolger, der mit wunderbar wattierten Chords und reduzierten Grooves ganz tief mit beiden Beinen im Dubtechno der Basic Channel-Ära steht, diesen aber auf seine ganz eigene Weise mit Prescription-artiger Deepness paart. Die Reise reicht von zeitlos verhallten Soundscapes („Plateau“) über Rhythm & Sound-esken Dub („Pandemonium“) bis hin zu kristallin rockenden Dubtechnotracks („Deep Rooted“, „Obstacles“) die häufig durch eingestreute Vocalsamples an Struktur gewinnen. Quantec’s Tracks sind dabei aber immer ganz weit weg vom sterilen Minimalfunktionalismus der letzten Jahre und atmen jeder für sich pure Technogeschichte. Cauldron Subsidence ist damit vielleicht das schönste Kompliment das man Maurizio und Chez Damier heute noch machen kann. SD
Über Quantec's Person lässt sich nicht viel sagen, ausser: Der Typ produziert Dub-Techno als wäre er im Hardwax gezeugt worden. Seit 2007 releast Sven Schienhammer auf Labels wie Styrax Leaves, Meanwhile und dem Copenhagener Label Echocord, auf dem nun auch sein zweites Album "Cauldron Subsidence" erscheint, welches in die Fußstapfen von Größen wie Basic Channel und Chain Reaction tritt. Quantec's Sound ist repetitiv, tief, verträumt, jedoch weniger düster wie der des Labelkollegen Luke Hess. Die Subbässe wobbern graziel, die Vocalfetzen fliegen durch den Raum, verebben wieder; die Chords klingen warm und haben ein Volumen wie frisch aufgeschüttelte Daunendecken, wodurch hörbar wird, dass hier mit analogen Gerätschaften hantiert wurde. So darf der Herbst beginnen, so muss der Herbst klingen!
Zweites Album von Sven Schienhammer aka Quantec auf Echochord. Nach etlichen 12” Veröffentlichungen für renommierte Labels u.a. Styrax Leaves, Meanwhile, Snapshot und natürlich Echochord erscheint am 16.10.2009 endlich sein brandneues Album. 10 fantastische Tracks irgendwo zwischen Dub Techno, Detroit Techno á la Kenny Larkin und Dubstep. Watch out!