Merck Fragments

Heres a list of my top 10 techno tracks for the fall (though most of them are from earlier times). Perfect for windy and cold winter evenings, or curling up by the fire.

* Tinkertoy - I Understand Why You Want To Move To Montreal (Lautmaschine) : Beautiful and melancholy Canadian techno.
* Anders Ilar - Gramineous Glow (Echochord) : Typically awesome Anders combo of melody and deep clicky techno.
* Polmo Polpo - Acqua (Substractif) : More Canadianism, but this time its like Chain Reaction on PCP.
* Mathew Jonson - Marionette (Wagon Repair) : I heard this track in a mix at a Disc Union in Tokyo while digging through records and about shit myself at its beauty and depth.
* Insufficient Talk Auth - Have 10, Need 20 (Unreleased) : Twerk’s dub-techno noodlings.
* Krill.minima - Kronen Dab (Native State) : Admittedly more on the dub side than techno side, still great.
* Signer - Grosse Strasse (Involve) : One of the most underrated dark melodic techno artists, doing his sad, moody best.
* Dapayk - Songs Make Money (Orac) : Classic San Francisco type sound perfectly done (by a German!), with vocals to make you smile.
* Arovane - Plnt (FWD) : Uwe doing his thing over a nicely piercing techno beat, guaranteed to cause a head nod.
* Pub - Summer (Vertical Form) : I had to put this on here because it should be in every techno top 10, such a fantastic track. I’ve listened to it for hours on end on multiple days since it came out.

Since techno albums that are solid and listenable all the way through, are few are far between, I figure this is the best way to recommend some 4/4 gems gracing my ears (though I’m gonna have to review that Signer album at some point, cause its fucking amazing).

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