DeepChord co-founder Von Schommer re-floats his coveted 2002 debut album with a first ever vinyl pressing on the label he co-founded with Rod Modell - double deep dub techno mana from Detroit,
Active as a solo artist since the mid ‘90s, Mike Schommer would initiate the Deepchord label with Rod Modell by the end of that decade to issue a slew of Basic Channel-debted gems that have become part of the broader dub techno canon. Surprised by its own success, the DeepChord label wound down operations in the mid-late ‘00s, whilst Modell picked up the name for his own productions. Von Schommer left the game entirely until returning to the dub techno sound circa 2017, releasing on the likes of Mosaic and other labels ever since.
Von Schommer’s debut album ‘dc15’ was left to marinade on shelves and make 2nd hand buyers weep at the escalating prices, until now. Granted its fully fledged maiden vinyl edition on the original DeepChord label, it represents something of a sore thumb in the catalogue, unusual for its depressed pacing and grogginess, in contrast to the more buoyant house and techno tempos and radiant textures that have come to be expected of the DeepChord sound.
Represented in its original, 11-part, CD-length entirety, the album is notable for its emphasis on mid-tempo thrum and half-stepping motion, recalling Mark & Moritz’s Rhythm & Sound more than the M-Series or BC, and perhaps best compared with mutant ends of the Chain Reaction catalogue such as its final # number from Hallucinator or the most brooding Vladislav Delay bits. More acutely it feels like a drier precedent of the classic Echospace album ‘Coldest Season’ for Modern Love, and surely deserves to be filed alongside all the above.
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DeepChord co-founder Von Schommer re-floats his coveted 2002 debut album with a first ever vinyl pressing on the label he co-founded with Rod Modell - double deep dub techno mana from Detroit,
Active as a solo artist since the mid ‘90s, Mike Schommer would initiate the Deepchord label with Rod Modell by the end of that decade to issue a slew of Basic Channel-debted gems that have become part of the broader dub techno canon. Surprised by its own success, the DeepChord label wound down operations in the mid-late ‘00s, whilst Modell picked up the name for his own productions. Von Schommer left the game entirely until returning to the dub techno sound circa 2017, releasing on the likes of Mosaic and other labels ever since.
Von Schommer’s debut album ‘dc15’ was left to marinade on shelves and make 2nd hand buyers weep at the escalating prices, until now. Granted its fully fledged maiden vinyl edition on the original DeepChord label, it represents something of a sore thumb in the catalogue, unusual for its depressed pacing and grogginess, in contrast to the more buoyant house and techno tempos and radiant textures that have come to be expected of the DeepChord sound.
Represented in its original, 11-part, CD-length entirety, the album is notable for its emphasis on mid-tempo thrum and half-stepping motion, recalling Mark & Moritz’s Rhythm & Sound more than the M-Series or BC, and perhaps best compared with mutant ends of the Chain Reaction catalogue such as its final # number from Hallucinator or the most brooding Vladislav Delay bits. More acutely it feels like a drier precedent of the classic Echospace album ‘Coldest Season’ for Modern Love, and surely deserves to be filed alongside all the above.
DeepChord co-founder Von Schommer re-floats his coveted 2002 debut album with a first ever vinyl pressing on the label he co-founded with Rod Modell - double deep dub techno mana from Detroit,
Active as a solo artist since the mid ‘90s, Mike Schommer would initiate the Deepchord label with Rod Modell by the end of that decade to issue a slew of Basic Channel-debted gems that have become part of the broader dub techno canon. Surprised by its own success, the DeepChord label wound down operations in the mid-late ‘00s, whilst Modell picked up the name for his own productions. Von Schommer left the game entirely until returning to the dub techno sound circa 2017, releasing on the likes of Mosaic and other labels ever since.
Von Schommer’s debut album ‘dc15’ was left to marinade on shelves and make 2nd hand buyers weep at the escalating prices, until now. Granted its fully fledged maiden vinyl edition on the original DeepChord label, it represents something of a sore thumb in the catalogue, unusual for its depressed pacing and grogginess, in contrast to the more buoyant house and techno tempos and radiant textures that have come to be expected of the DeepChord sound.
Represented in its original, 11-part, CD-length entirety, the album is notable for its emphasis on mid-tempo thrum and half-stepping motion, recalling Mark & Moritz’s Rhythm & Sound more than the M-Series or BC, and perhaps best compared with mutant ends of the Chain Reaction catalogue such as its final # number from Hallucinator or the most brooding Vladislav Delay bits. More acutely it feels like a drier precedent of the classic Echospace album ‘Coldest Season’ for Modern Love, and surely deserves to be filed alongside all the above.
DeepChord co-founder Von Schommer re-floats his coveted 2002 debut album with a first ever vinyl pressing on the label he co-founded with Rod Modell - double deep dub techno mana from Detroit,
Active as a solo artist since the mid ‘90s, Mike Schommer would initiate the Deepchord label with Rod Modell by the end of that decade to issue a slew of Basic Channel-debted gems that have become part of the broader dub techno canon. Surprised by its own success, the DeepChord label wound down operations in the mid-late ‘00s, whilst Modell picked up the name for his own productions. Von Schommer left the game entirely until returning to the dub techno sound circa 2017, releasing on the likes of Mosaic and other labels ever since.
Von Schommer’s debut album ‘dc15’ was left to marinade on shelves and make 2nd hand buyers weep at the escalating prices, until now. Granted its fully fledged maiden vinyl edition on the original DeepChord label, it represents something of a sore thumb in the catalogue, unusual for its depressed pacing and grogginess, in contrast to the more buoyant house and techno tempos and radiant textures that have come to be expected of the DeepChord sound.
Represented in its original, 11-part, CD-length entirety, the album is notable for its emphasis on mid-tempo thrum and half-stepping motion, recalling Mark & Moritz’s Rhythm & Sound more than the M-Series or BC, and perhaps best compared with mutant ends of the Chain Reaction catalogue such as its final # number from Hallucinator or the most brooding Vladislav Delay bits. More acutely it feels like a drier precedent of the classic Echospace album ‘Coldest Season’ for Modern Love, and surely deserves to be filed alongside all the above.
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DeepChord co-founder Von Schommer re-floats his coveted 2002 debut album with a first ever vinyl pressing on the label he co-founded with Rod Modell - double deep dub techno mana from Detroit,
Active as a solo artist since the mid ‘90s, Mike Schommer would initiate the Deepchord label with Rod Modell by the end of that decade to issue a slew of Basic Channel-debted gems that have become part of the broader dub techno canon. Surprised by its own success, the DeepChord label wound down operations in the mid-late ‘00s, whilst Modell picked up the name for his own productions. Von Schommer left the game entirely until returning to the dub techno sound circa 2017, releasing on the likes of Mosaic and other labels ever since.
Von Schommer’s debut album ‘dc15’ was left to marinade on shelves and make 2nd hand buyers weep at the escalating prices, until now. Granted its fully fledged maiden vinyl edition on the original DeepChord label, it represents something of a sore thumb in the catalogue, unusual for its depressed pacing and grogginess, in contrast to the more buoyant house and techno tempos and radiant textures that have come to be expected of the DeepChord sound.
Represented in its original, 11-part, CD-length entirety, the album is notable for its emphasis on mid-tempo thrum and half-stepping motion, recalling Mark & Moritz’s Rhythm & Sound more than the M-Series or BC, and perhaps best compared with mutant ends of the Chain Reaction catalogue such as its final # number from Hallucinator or the most brooding Vladislav Delay bits. More acutely it feels like a drier precedent of the classic Echospace album ‘Coldest Season’ for Modern Love, and surely deserves to be filed alongside all the above.