Adam Beyer's New EP 'Teach Me' Takes Techno To Skool

There's something so pure, and dare we say it purist, about the approach Adam Beyer takes to making techno. In an age when producers are scrambling to filter acid, industrial and even noise through their techno, the big Swede's clean, utilitarian productions hold fast against fickle trends. Steady as a rock, the Drumcode Records boss marches on unperturbed. In fact, you could say that Scandinavian principles of durability and fit-for-purpose build quality live on in Beyer. Okay, yeah, he's Swedish so we had to do an Ikea reference, Okay? It's practically the law.

The first thing you notice with "Teach Me", the techno heavyweight's brand new 4 track EP, is just how much thick atmosphere Beyer is able to generate from the bare minimum of emotional expression. All sharp lines and pristine joinery, despite the music's deliberate, almost languid pacing and Spartan structuring there's a brooding intensity to Beyer's programming that verges on sullen. When into this cold machinery goes a voluptuous diva sample, as is how the title track plays it, the juxtaposition between soul and science is completely striking. Chills up the spine time.

Beyer first came to prominence in 1995 with Drumcodes 1 on Planet Rhythm, the record Beyer says defined his sound which he describes (with typical Beyer directness) as simply "hard, percussive and loop oriented". Almost 20 years on he makes his debut on the Amnesia Terrace (Ibiza) this coming Monday August 25. Beyer in the Balearics, man. Now there's an image.

Teach Me is out Monday 25th Of August via Drumcode.

Visit Beyer's Soundcloud page here: https://soundcloud.com/adambeyer

You can follow Adam Beyer on Twitter here: @realAdamBeyer

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