Premiere: Sterac "S.O." - TOKEN by 6AM published on 2022-06-29T23:57:39Z Enjoy the Track? Click the [Repost] 🔁 button so more people can hear it! Gracing Token with a 12” of reliable effect, Sterac (a.k.a. Steve Rachmad) offers 4 titles that go beyond the club - balancing raw Detroit influences and contemporary depth. With a reputation built on years of developing his scene through important record releases and local as well as international activity, ‘Light in the Darkness’ confirms Rachmad’s artistic relevance in a quickly developing scene. With a tone-setting introduction for the EP, Rachmad immediately grips the listener’s attention with the pragmatic yet nostalgic "Mangled". Chord stabs an inch away from a brutal on-beat drum sequence, a technique responsible for many hits in the genre, this time tastefully repolished through spreaded wooden percussion in direct support. "Mangled" boasts what A1’s should — a worthy first impression — before luring us into what can be considered the apex of the EP. "Light in the Darkness" claims the project title with a gradual exploration through celestial bodies. A minimal opening with a simple acid bassline shows a great deal of attitude before the listener gets caught in an unexpected tide of cosmic pads, dimensionalizing an initially linear record. With slow waves of rich synth work enveloping the only anchor to time that is rhythm, the result is a closed-eyed dance floor experience to be selected in prime conditions. Thick pads are immediately offered again, this time more orchestral than mental. The softness of this primary sound design is expertly dissected by a razor-sharp resonant top synth and an upward drum construction, completing the spectrum of sound and unveiling a record with a size fit for warehouse capacities. Rachmad adds almost cinematic suspense to the EP with"S.O." — certainly not to be underestimated. This leads us to the project’s closer "Solidify", a delirious club groover. With a sound as bent and confronting as a house of mirrors, Rachmad leaves us with a final chapter to keep the heart racing past the end. Tracklist: A1 / 1. Sterac - Mangled A2 / 2. Sterac - Light In The Darkness B1 / 3. Sterac - S.O. B2 / 4. Sterac - Solidify Follow Sterac SoundCloud: @steverachmad Website: www.steverachmad.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/STERACofficial Twitter: www.twitter.com/steverachmad Instagram: www.instagram.com/steve_rachmad_sterac Resident Advisor: www.ra.co/dj/sterac Beatport: www.beatport.com/artist/sterac/295594 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2QFnCeEbTqsb0YUYpFl08v Bandcamp: www.steracscorp.bandcamp.com/music Follow TOKEN Records SoundCloud: @tokenrecords Website: www.tokenrecords.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/tokenrecords Resident Advisor: www.ra.co/labels/1310 Beatport: www.beatport.com/label/token/8898 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pPgj6kv4sQdB63gJLrVph Bandcamp: www.tokenrecords.bandcamp.com Follow 6AM Group Website: www.6amgroup.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/6amgroup Twitter: www.twitter.com/6amgroup Instagram: www.instagram.com/6amgroup SoundCloud: @6amgroup YouTube: www.youtube.com/6amgroup Genre Techno Comment by Bobo Lacroix This one is a special one 2022-09-09T20:39:27Z Comment by gosh_ very nice, mr. Sterac. 2022-07-01T18:38:06Z Comment by RB Minimal 🔝 2022-06-30T16:14:37Z Comment by RB Minimal 🎼 2022-06-30T16:10:09Z Comment by RB Minimal 🔛 2022-06-30T16:09:29Z Comment by RB Minimal ✅️ 2022-06-30T16:08:45Z