Phase Fatale – Off Desire on Dekmantel

“Off Desire” is Phase Fatale‘s latest move on Dekmantel, pushing techno (raw / deep / hypnotic) into darker territory across 4 tracks. Spanning 135–137 BPM across its 4 tracks, this release gives DJs flexible tempo options for different set moments.

Off Desire – Dekmantel Release Info

Behind the Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) : Release Notes

Channeling his trademark style of driving techno and robotic rhythms, Phase Fatale makes his Dekmantel UFO series debut, upping the ante with his forward cutting production methods. His first solo release in 2 years, the Berlin-based DJ, Producer and Label owner hotwires his signature wall of sound with precise, hypnotic magnetism and dystopian textures. A key protagonist in Technos lexicon as a regular in the booth at in Kyiv and with residencies at queer collective Merge in New York, alongside institutions Berghain and Khidi. The New York natives unflinching mutualism of past and present comes forward in his introspective production style of textural waves and melancholic narrative, welded together by true techno formation. A deep referential lens cutting through layers of whirling cybernetics form his sonic coil, surrendering the listener into dissociative euphoria. Underpinned by a focus on bass heavy techno, the 4-track EP circulates an ebb and flow of surrealist, atmospherics and whirring futuristic frequencies. Hypnosis inducing polyrhythmic analog sequences, flesh-out the EPs core whilst the track progression traverses over a terrain of experimental cuts, driving beats, and oscillating sonic shrapnel. A culmination of influences spanning techno born out of Birmingham and Detroit alike form an architecture of stripped back electronics alongside soulful melodies, as well as references to acid house, post-punk and shoegaze. The title track Off Desire a nod to longtime friend and collaborator the late Silent Servant, evokes a dream like crescendo between David Lynch and the sci-fi body tech of David Cronenberg, electric stabbing beats are offset by wistful guitar riffs and the digital rain of ethereal distorted vocals as if echoes from the void.

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4 Tracks – Download List

1. Phase Fatale – Immobile Symmetry Original Mix

   Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) | 137 BPM | D Major | 5:27

2. Phase Fatale – Guts Original Mix

   Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) | 137 BPM | E Major | 5:24

3. Phase Fatale – Blue Rose Original Mix

   Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) | 136 BPM | C Major | 5:07

4. Phase Fatale – Off Desire Original Mix

   Techno (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) | 135 BPM | Bb Minor | 5:46

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Phase Fatale 🇩🇪 · 17 releases

Phase Fatale is the industrial techno project of Berlin-based producer Hayden Payne, originally from New York, launched in 2014. His driving, raw techno appears on labels including Ostgut Ton, Hospital Productions, and Bite, spanning peak-time club tracks to hypnotic electronic material.

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