Boris Brejcha - Feuerfalter Part 2

[Bill]

 

 

Released three months apart - "Feuerfalter Part 1" in December of 2013 and "Feuerfalter Part 2" in February of this year - these two full-length album releases are a sharp contrast in techno styles. "Part 1", for instance, is best suited for the roaring Saturday night club party; "Part 2" is most definitely for Sunday's introspective come-down.

 

"Feuerfalter Part 1" is good, quite good in some spots, and definitely at its best when listened to in small doses but definitely not great over repeat listens. Some tracks are barely even mediocre, though. Still, overall, a good release on the grand scale even if it feels like Boris Brejcha for a younger, less-experienced crowd.

 

By contrast, the only bad way to listen to "Feuerfalter Part 2" is by not listening to it over and over and over. This album is beautiful, relaxing, sunny, peaceful, ethereal. It's an album that deserves to be listened to by discerning ears - Boris Brejcha for grown-ups, as it were.

 

If one's definition of techno is white-noise and repetitive structure then avoid "Part 1" at all costs; it will only reinforce that perception. "Part 2", however, is where the idea of techno-as-art is personified, where every track is meticulously crafted and detailed with overwhelming beauty and emotion.

 

To say that tracks like "Anthurie," "Prisma" and "Purple Noise" are the perfect embodiment of a near-perfect album somehow does not seem to sum up this experience well enough.

 

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