“Reflection Pt.2” is a single off Shao’s latest full-length album, Doppler Shift, which has been several years in the making. Like Shao’s latest outing, the 2015 7″ EP Doppler Shift, Pt.1, the new LP is being released by Tresor, the label arm of the storied Berlin techno club. Somewhat of a milestone, as Shao is the first Chinese artist to be released by one of the most important techno labels in the world.
Doppler Shift is a confident and calculated piece of work, a culmination of the steady evolutionary vector that Shao’s been traveling for the last five years or so. Smooth on the outside but intricate and brittle beneath the surface, it’s a consummate work of artisanal, crystalline minimal techno. In terms of the methodical buildup and ultimate release of suspenseful tension, Doppler Shift is almost Hitchcockian, though the MV above admittedly gives off more of a Buñuel vibe.
Tresor is handling the international release, but within China, Doppler Shift is the inaugural dispatch from Crater Records, a new spinoff of indie label Caotai Music with a stated focus on underground and left-field electronica. According to a mission statement released by Crater in August, this new sub-label:
…intends to discover the most futuristic and artistic depths of electronic music producers and artists, to publish avant-garde music with inspiring and creative co-existence, and to plan live performances related to it. Its tentacles cover the most pioneering electronic music categories in today’s electronic music scenes: IDM/TECHNO/AMBIENT/DRUM&BASS/DUB/INSTRUMENTAL…
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refrence:
Yin: Gripping Techno Thriller from Beijing Producer Shao
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