The intriguing collaboration of Sam Barker and Andreas Baumecker has already produced some mesmerizing results. Touching upon techno, house, trance, broken beat, IDM and dub styles, their clear intent is to throw away the rulebook and write their own.

Baumecker has been resident DJ, booker and a key member of the Berghain family, appearing on the label Kompakt from 2002. Sam Barker, is a builder of a sizeable collection of analogue hardware encouraging improvisation, moving to Berlin in 2007.

The Barker & Baumecker story naturally centers around Berghain and the Ostgut Ton label. The pair worked together not only as musical partners, but also concert co-organizers. Their regular Leisure System events continue to bring new forms of dance music to Berlin's attention. And the nexus of these two ardent gearheads obsession is a joint studio located right next to the techno mecca.

If you'd only heard Barker & Baumecker's debut album, Transsektoral, one of the most celebrated releases in 2012, would you know it was produced by a couple of hardware obsessives? Anyone who saw the Ostgut Ton duo at work in studio or on Boiler Room, though, can attest to the unfathomable jumble of machines that goes into their sound.

With their new LP, Turns (NOV. 2016), the duo is invited by dART to tour China from Thursday to Sunday. “It’s what I wish people would play at a certain time on Monday morning or sometime in the afternoon on Sunday,” says Baumecker.

Lineup: Barker & Baumecker (Ostgut Ton), Elvis.T, Zhiqi

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