Circuit Diagram “Amanar”

23 Apr 2013 — Henning Lahmann

Hamburg-based duo Circuit Diagram are about to drop a 12" via the city's famed Pudel Produkte imprint; it's an encounter that obviously makes sense, no place on earth could possibly be more suited for the project's deranged post-oriental dub alienations than Hamburg's unsurpassable and most cherished spot for the otherness in contemporary dance music. 10 and a half minute "Amanar" is a tour de force through elusive realms of neglected kraut afterthoughts, very likely one of the strangest yet most stupefying tracks I've come across all year. That vocal sample is as catchy as it is impossible to pigeonhole, the groove plainly seductive, while the virtuoso, unexpected middle section somehow pushes all the right buttons. Truly superb.