Producer, keyboardist and drummer Daniel Brandt is part of the Berlin electro-acoustic techno trio . He commutes between Berlin and London where his second solo album Channels was also created. After his debut (2017) Brandt did include part of a sextet that the composition by performed. It brought him back to the piano on which his own minimal music patterns automatically arose. Nevertheless,
… techno and electronics dominate on Channels. Assisted by trombone and violin, among others, Brandt creates almost symphonic techno in opener Flamingo, for example. The influence of Reich can mainly be heard in the hypnotic LTD. Brandt sometimes leans against the ethereal neo-classical of, for example, and . However, his tracks remain rooted in energetic electronic music and that is the power of Channels. (MR)more
