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Patrick Pulsinger - Dogmatic Sequences: The Series 1994-2006
Created On May 1st, 2007 by Kat_in_Japan
12 years after the release of his first Dogmatic Sequences EP and its trailblazing follow-ups, the Viennese producer legend Patrick Pulsinger completes his Dogmatic Series with a revisit to his best moments with his latest release, ‘Dogmatic Sequences – the Series 1994-2006.’
Carrying on the true thought of modernism and future music, Pulsinger’s music production crosses from timeless abstraction of four to the floor techno and acid tracks to his slow-motion hightek-jazz pieces. Known as a forward-thinking producer, Pulsinger has worked for labels like Disko B, Mowax, K7, Gigolo and others, plus has been and still is a global-player DJ, perfectionist, studio wizard (recently recorded with Mark Stewart, Patrick Wolf and Chicks on Speed) and remixer for the likes of Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones and DJ Hell. He also founded his own independent label, Cheap.
In his early days, he had released his works in the acid techno style which was considered to be easily acceptable to everyone though, gradually he started running off the track of the mainstream techno sound, devolving deeper and more experimental. These days his style changes in every new release. This album encompasses all Pulsinger’s different directions, and is an in your face Patrick Pulsinger collection. Plus it comes with the spacey, ass-kicking ‘Flashback Intro’ to start it off.
With driving, relentless beats like in ‘Agom Drag’, that literally is like a drag-race, hurtling you through it like being in an arcade game, and darker numbers like ‘Pinsleepe’ and ‘Babylon 17, 15’, you know this album is not for the faint-hearted. Industrial grimy and gritty beats protrude in ‘Construction Tool’ and the bleeching, tweaking goodness of ‘Looq’ moves along at a smooth bopping pace. Pulsating minimal tech tracks like ‘Rouler’ and ‘Viagem’ draw you into their magnetism, showing Pulsinger’s clean productions skills. He slows it down with ‘Numb Thrust’ with its electro-fused beats – defined as a touch of Vitalic, a touch of something different.
Not forgetting his futuristic acid jazz approach, the album also features loungy acid jazz track ‘Tranforming Language’ and the funked up beats of ‘City Lights Part 2’, with its vague looseness surrounding it, floating you away in a room of smoke. Part 2 is in stark contrast to the bizarre futuristic minimal verging on experimental sounds of ‘City Lights Part 1’.
Pulsinger references early nineties techno and acid with a futuristic jazz approach throughout this album, making it quite a varied selection that would interest a variety of tastes. Some tracks would suit a club, some wouldn’t, yet what’s obvious here that this is not about fitting in anywhere; it’s about Pulsinger doing his thing. For everyone out there who never had a chance to buy these tracks as coloured sparkled or clear vinyl, for those who never cared much about turntables, for fans, for groupies, and for techno-lovers from yesterday to tomorrow, Patrick Pulsinger is truly unique and essential. This is the ultimate Dogmatic Sequences collection, a treasury of fine techno music on one album. One for your collection.
