[Echocord Colour]

The latest Echocord Colour release sees a meeting of minds between two of Copenhagen’s better established names in techno. Resoe aka Dennis Bøg, head of Baum Records teams up with Echocord boss Kenneth Christiansen to form Pattern Repeat, their sound effortlessly resplendent in the deep and dubby techno their respective labels espouse. With Echocord in its eighth year of business it may come as a surprise that this marks Christiansen’s first foray into production, but with so many years experience as a DJ and running a label it is no surprise that his first effort out the blocks is on par with the high quality of releases Echocord produce. “Ofetriade” walks the line somewhere between the emotive chords and yearning tendencies of a Quantec release and the club-wise flex of their Berlin contemporaries. This is exemplified by the stadium filling reach of the bottom end and weighty kick drum, cut through by the close, plaintive melodies that reaffirm a sense of human-ness.

On the flip, Ben Klock gives “Ofetriade” a surgical makeover, removing any sense of imbued warmth, accentuating a wobbled groove from the reduced bass and kick combination and drying out all of the effects to give the track his trademark dry ice feel. Where the original had space to move about and breathe, Klock’s remix is claustrophobic and vacuum sealed by comparison, a perfect alternative for this release. “Synthese” marks an exploration into broken beat territory, forging into the deeper, contemplative side of dubstep. After the momentum of the first two tracks it feels like an odd choice to close out the release but that said, its thoughtful, studied groove does grow on you. With their next release Pattern Repeat will decamp to their own imprint and based on the strength of the Gauge Tension EP they’ll be sure to have a lot of ears following them.