I imagine whenever German techno luminaries are in the studio and they’ve settled on a hard tinged bassline they name the file “sender.” That’s because everything the label releases is a beautiful barreling piece of wax. Call it Berlin crunk, if you will. This particular joint is a successfully melodic addition to the catalogue, with Blome putting fragile icicles of synth amid a gurgling and ferocious bass on “Crystal Avenue” and what sounds like fax transmissions in C major around the titular “Hungry Bassline.”

Sender / send049
[Todd Burns]