Stephan Hinz – Hub One [SNDST007]

Hub One
Pan-Pot, Stephan Hinz, Philipp Ruhmhardt, Clint Stewart
LABEL: Second State | SNDST007
GENRE: Techno
RELEASED: 2015
MP3 DOWNLOAD SOURCE: WEB
BITRATE: 320kbps / 44100kHz / Full Stereo
TRACKS: 3
SIZE: 54.93 megs

3 TRACKS TOTAL

1. Pan-Pot, Stephan Hinz – Tension (Original Mix) 7:31
2. Stephan Hinz, Clint Stewart – Shimmer (Original Mix) 9:47
3. Stephan Hinz, Philipp Ruhmhardt – Hak (Original Mix) 5:27

Total Playtime: 22:45 min

Pan-Pot, Stephan Hinz, Philipp Ruhmhardt, Clint Stewart – Hub One : Info

We here at Second State are thrilled to bring you our new concept entitled HUB. While most labels these days are doing various artists releases to showcase the overall talent on their label, we thought it would be better suited for both our listeners and ourselves to break the mold and bring you a series of true collaborations. Each HUB release will feature a single artist teaming up with others from the Second State family to create an EP of authentic musical compromises. A place where multiple minds find a harmony somewhere outside their own identity and each collaboration conceives a genuinely unique artifact. With this, there is no one we would rather have kick off the series than the man behind the massive EPs; ‘Throwl’ and ‘Doch’, Stephan Hinz with HUB One!

Of course it would only be right to kick off the first track of the first HUB One way. An alliance with, Pan-Pot. “Tension’ is a heavy number with just a few key elements, it’s a slow lurking journey through a dark forest at night. As each bush and branch is pushed aside and every step inches closer to a destination unknown, the pressure builds. Soon, without knowing, you are in the depths of a jungle with no way back and only one decision. Keep going.

Next is ‘Hak’ with Philipp Ruhmhardt. Together they have already made waves with their tune, ‘Doch’ becoming an anthem almost immediately since it’s release last May. This time they are back with a stormer that feels like racing through a metropolis at warp speed. Each chord stab is a quick, bright flash of color as the shakers and hi hats impersonate the rapid pulse of a speedometer. ‘Hak’ is a white knuckle ride.

To round up the EP, Stephan and Clint Stewart united to create a cosmic journey into the outer reaches of deep space with ‘Shimmer’. The longest affair of the three, ‘Shimmer’ is the aural embodiment of hurtling through space as you look out the window into the vast never ending blackness. Yet, when you observe the star dust and cosmos against the onyx background, the colors are that much more vibrant and surreal.