We have no clue who the person behind Gobby might be, all we know is that he (oh, we do know that, too) hails from Harlem, so far not notorious for being a hotbed for deep and dark yet immensely playful techno. For what it's worth, with the menacing 4/4 assault that is "Seagate", he could just as well be a citizen of Neukölln, but it is here that we stop with our tiresome pre-internet age clichés. However, we've been told that Gobby's new EP New Hat, of which this track forms a part, is a direct result of the elusive producer's fresh Detroit/Berghain phase, which hints at a mind that is not satisfied with the exploration of a single genre - a good thing, we'd like to add. In fact, it has been suggested that this phase might be over again already. In any case, "Seagate" is here and now, in more than one sense indeed, as is New Hat, which is one of this year's truly challenging and worthwhile efforts in its genre with all its affinity towards noise and broken rhythms that firmly places it somewhere between Actress and Kassem Mosse. Highly recommended.
New Hat is out on 12 inch vinyl today on the stellar new(ish) imprint UNO. You may also get it digitally via Boomkat.
Also check out the EP's terrific opening monster "Viewing HRS (Zzz)", which recently found a new home on Dummy:
Update:
As a special treat, here's also the video for "Seagate", dropped last night on Dazed and Confused:
We have no clue who the person behind Gobby might be, all we know is that he (oh, we do know that, too) hails from Harlem, so far not notorious for being a hotbed for deep and dark yet immensely playful techno. For what it's worth, with the menacing 4/4 assault that is "Seagate", he could just as well be a citizen of Neukölln, but it is here that we stop with our tiresome pre-internet age clichés. However, we've been told that Gobby's new EP New Hat, of which this track forms a part, is a direct result of the elusive producer's fresh Detroit/Berghain phase, which hints at a mind that is not satisfied with the exploration of a single genre - a good thing, we'd like to add. In fact, it has been suggested that this phase might be over again already. In any case, "Seagate" is here and now, in more than one sense indeed, as is New Hat, which is one of this year's truly challenging and worthwhile efforts in its genre with all its affinity towards noise and broken rhythms that firmly places it somewhere between Actress and Kassem Mosse. Highly recommended.
New Hat is out on 12 inch vinyl today on the stellar new(ish) imprint UNO. You may also get it digitally via Boomkat.
Also check out the EP's terrific opening monster "Viewing HRS (Zzz)", which recently found a new home on Dummy:
Update:
As a special treat, here's also the video for "Seagate", dropped last night on Dazed and Confused: