The ghostly grooves of Zulu mark the majestic midpoint of the album which then continues to seduce with spiritual synths and more beautiful melodies on cuts like Odyssee as well as the albums standout title-track. Blue Giant Wir and IX all manage to be uplifting and thoughtful while simultaneously driven and groovy and Birth comes on with a hymnal high note long-tailed pads and subtly shifting beats. Kicking off with the spine-tingling chords and louche beats of Singularity cuts like Lila then continue to confirm that Stephan Bodzin has a classical understanding of melody that is way above average. All this shines through and makes the listening experience all the more engaging from start to finish. As such this album is hugely personal and is filled with cerebral messages and well-thought-out concepts. It is my wife my children my family my friends my passion my enemy my greatest fulfillment my fear my deepest peace my power all my love. It is a journey a philosophy of life a view of the world a vague perception. It is an homage to Bob Moog full of techno beats and sounds and space and party and ecstasy and dancing and listening and crying and feeling. The album is about harmonies melodies rhythms. Bodzin says Powers of Ten has been with me all my life and is named after a book that has been my background hiss its confusing truth is my only real faith and its infinity shows me its finiteness. German techno mainstay Stephan Bodzin unleashes his full-length musical vision on the world in the form of Powers of Ten providing another great insight into the melodically rich mind of this modern great. “Powers Of Ten” (Remixes) will be released on December 18th through Herzblut Recordings on triple vinyl and digital formats.Pressed on 180-gram vinyl includes download code. Stephan Bodzin – Birth (Super Flu’s Early Contractions) Stephan Bodzin – Singularity (Monoloc Edit 01)ġ6. Stephan Bodzin – Powers of Ten (Gabriel Ananda Remix)ġ5. Stephan Bodzin – Ix (Victor Ruiz Remix)ġ4. Stephan Bodzin – Birth (Marc Romboy’s Ode 2 The Children)ġ3. ![]() Stephan Bodzin – Lila (Nicolas Masseyeff Remix)ġ2. Stephan Bodzin – Zulu (Agents of Time Remix)ġ1. Stephan Bodzin – Sputnik (Dominik Eulberg Remix)ġ0. Stephan Bodzin – Wir (Max Cooper Remix)ĩ. Stephan Bodzin – Blue Giant (Extrawelt Remix)Ĩ. Stephan Bodzin – Odyssee (D-Nox & Beckers Remix)ħ. Stephan Bodzin – Ix (Marc Romboy Lost in Leploops)Ħ. Stephan Bodzin – Singularity (Fur Coat Remix)ĥ. Stephan Bodzin – Wir (Edu Imbernon & Coyu Remix)ģ. Stephan Bodzin – Powers of Ten (Maceo Plex & Shall Ocin Remix)Ģ. ![]() Stephan Bodzin – “Powers Of Ten” (Remixes)ġ. This collection plays out almost like a mix, taking you up and down and through many different styles of electronic music, each as absorbing and essential as the next, and that’s all thanks to the on point and informed A&R of label boss Stephan Bodzin. Next, long time Bodzin collaborator and companion Marc Romboy makes ‘Ix’ into a tense tech tool that balances on a knife-edge as menacing bass roams and rolls below.įrom there, Cocoon team and live specialists Extrawelt make ‘Blue Giant’ into a spooky minimal cut that is full of haunting atmosphere, festival headlining Second State pair Pan-Pot then offer lots of tense groove and sombre machine melodies on their version of ‘Zulu.’ In the second half there are dark remixes from Max Cooper, intense synth jams from Agents of Time, typically beautiful and musical offerings from Dominik Eulberg, tripped out techno rollers from Gabriel Ananda and two digital only remixes of ‘Birth’ that are deep and inviting from Super Flu and clean, reflective and soothing from Marc Romboy. Influential Crosstown Rebels act Fur Coat then tackle ‘Singularity’ and cook up a brooding, elongated main room track that locks you into its groove and never lets you go. Things kick off with Ellum Audio boss and Shall Ocin, who flip ‘Powers of Ten’ into a serene and slow burning track full of spiritual synth lines and heavenly pads. Now breathing fresh life and different perspectives into the original source material are the likes of big name stars Maceo Plex & Shall Ochin, Fur Coat, Extrawelt, long time musical sparring partner Marc Romboy, Pan-Pot, Max Cooper, Agents of Time, Dominik Eulberg and many more. The original album came in June on Bodzin’s own Herzblut Recordings and was a hugely personal affair that has been played far and wide by DJs and danced to by clubbers all over the world. ![]() This stunning collection will be released digitally as well as on vinyl on the 18th December 2015. News Previews Stephan Bodzin – Powers of Ten (Remixes)Īfter the success of Powers of Ten, Stephan Bodzin’s most profound full-length album, the German tastemaker has now invited a prolific group of artists to remix a selection of the LP’s signature tracks.
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