[GrooveCartel] In the Shadows of Sound Met Len Faki and dubspeeka’s “Mod 3”

Deep in the dark side of modern techno, where raw electricity meets sound design for buildings, a new joint masterpiece has come to light. Len Faki and the mysterious dubspeeka (aka Darren Beale) worked together on “Mod 3,” which was released through Hardspace. It’s not just another techno track; it’s a lesson in building atmospheric tension and subliminal grooves.

The track builds up like a midnight revelation in Berlin’s concrete caverns, where dubspeeka’s deep sound design skills, honed over years of drum ‘n’ bass work with Kosheen, meet Faki’s famous understanding of how to make a dancefloor work. It turns into a hypnotic journey that talks in the language of underground places, where darkness is used as a way to become one with everything.

At its core, “Mod 3” is a test of how to hold back and let go. The track builds with the slowness of an old storyteller, laying a base of bass frequencies that sound like they come from the ground. The lack of vocals isn’t a limitation; it was chosen on purpose so that the mechanical poetry of the synthesizers can tell their own story across the frequency range. Each carefully made part fits perfectly together, which shows how carefully both artists work with sound design.

Len Faki continues to expand the Hardspace series with a new release of personal edits crafted for use in his own DJ sets. This latest addition shows Faki’s meticulous approach to reworking tracks that have shaped his sets, blending classic vibes with his signature style.

On the A-side, Faki revisits Dubspeeka’s Mod 3 and Mod 4, released in 2017. The Harspace reworks pick up on the brooding atmosphere of the original productions and build upon the dark, cinematic vibes. Faki also considerably tweaks the energy level on both tracks, ramping up not only in speed but also adding his trademark percussive pummeling to tailor these tools for peak-time play.

Flipping to the B-side, he turns his attention to Fanon Flowers’ Chicago-Detroit Part 1 and Part 3. These cuts first appeared on Studio Sound in 2010, as part of a series that paid homage to the pioneering sounds of Chicago house and Detroit techno. Both cuts exhibit extremely raw machinist grooves with a sparse analogue jam charme. Embedding the originals’ gritty textures and melodic nuances into his edits, Faki highlights their jacking qualities and infuses both tracks with a renewed sense of urgency, creating tension and release as you would expect from one of his sets.

“Mod 3” doesn’t completely change the way technology works, but it does make the plan better. This track can change things when played in small, cozy spaces where every frequency can be felt as well as heard. Some DJs will play this kind of music when the night needs to go from just dancing to a state of collective transcendence and the crowd is ready to melt into the beat and atmosphere.
One thing that makes this game stand out is that it keeps your attention without using cheap thrills or boring builds. Instead, it works like a slowly tightening coil, with each turn adding new layers of tension and release that speak to techno’s main promise: using sound to create different worlds.

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