Nick Lapien and Robin Koek are Artefakt, they met in their university days and started making music together in 2012. Nick had started his career with solo house production, while Robin was finishing his master’s degree at the Utrecht School of the Arts, specializing in sound design and composition. Their first solo EP arrives in 2015 and since their beginnings, Nick and Robin are avowed researchers of Techno vortexes.
Claudio Porceddu is the name of Claudio PRC, DJ and producer born in Sardinia in the year 1987, currently based in Berlin like the two Dutchmen mentioned above. He starts his career in 2009 and is also a tireless Techno worker, and like his friends, he owns a label called 012.
Collaborations is a new series curated by Artefakt on their own label De Stijl. They invite friends and like-minded artists to perform long improvisations in the studio to put together an EP based on live sessions.
The first guest is Claudio PRC, a close friend and a familiar face in the Deep Techno scene. Having released on labels such as Semantica, TGP, his own 012 and more recently Delsin Records, he has a close relationship with Artefakt. All three artists reside in Berlin and share a passion for Ambient and atmospheric, enveloping Techno.
Collaborations I features four jams that combine the unmistakable strengths of both artists, resulting in a well varied package of emotive techno with room for experimentation. While Gaia and Dwelling seem emblematic tracks of the union of the two, Sonic Rite, on the other hand, drops the tempo and turns into a superb groove. The shared love of ambience translates into the EP’s mesmerizing closer, Distant Light.
Collaborations I is released on March 25th on De Stijl Records, pre order available here
