- Arnhem-based producer Roland Klinkenberg has been involved in the progressive end of trance and techno for more than two decades. Since leaving France, his home for the past five years, for the Netherlands, he's networked with some illustrious compatriots. It's resulted in him snaffling an ageing Yamaha keyboard from Danny "Legowelt" Wolfers (albeit for his son, says Klinkenberg) and securing a spot on Green, whose curators Joris Voorn and Edwin Oosterval have attracted a notable roster—Ripperton, Stimming and Deetron, besides Voorn himself—to their label over the past half decade.
While there are still vestiges of his trance heritage here, most notably in the track's melodic throb, Klinkenberg's sound has developed into dub-techno explorations. "Construct #1" neatly balances a mechanical bounce with bass that's wrapped in thick, fleecy layers. On "Yani" Klinkenberg samples his young son (him talking, not using that keyboard) on a slice of lithe, sinuous dub ambience. This is an EP that doesn't pretend to break new ground. It's best to just succumb to its hypnagogic wash.
Tracklist01. Construct #1
02. Yani