REVIEW: Johannes Heil puts techno music back in the direction it needs to go with “The Black Light”

Is unbelievable what inspiration can make. Especially when it comes to techno music. What would you think if i tell you that Johannes Heil chooses the words of fellow futurist Nikola Tesla to set the stage of the Black Light story for his upcoming album “The Balck Light”: “Black is the true face of Light, only we do not see this”. That inspirational passage brings an intimate ten track techno odyssey. that means Johannes Heil has returned to the album format and what he's bringing back is dark, heavy, uncompromising, sophisticated, dope, truly outstanding and many more good reviews, and those reviews are coming from big artist like Truncate Tim Xavier, Guy J, Dutin Zahn, Adam Beyer, The Advent, Paul Ritch, Joel Mull and many more. Trust me this album is the prove that good work can be done, and for a long time Johannes Heil has been bringing out techno master pieces, Definitely positioning him as one of the best producers i have heard.

For example, i quote this from Dustin Zahn: “This is a ridiculously good album of clubby, relevant techno tracks. It proves that although he has been around longer than most producers or DJs in the genre, his past discography is not his only defining moment. That feat alone is difficult to transcend.” And like that one there are many more good feedbacks that you can imagine from the best producers, that in other words, they are glad to express, in conclusion that is good to listen something that puts techno music back in the direction in needs to go. This is the Album of the year for Living Techno. 

Release Date: November 23th, 2015 (Vinyl) December 7th, 2015 (Digital) 

“What happens when scales and patterns of contradicting emotional imprints combine?
 When light and darkness, bitter and sweet, frost and blaze collide? Those are the questions that Johannes Heil chooses to address on his upcoming album, opening up a vast grey-scaled area for the listener to traverse with techno as a blindfold.

‘Black Light’ sees the German techno mainstay return to the album format for an intimate ten track odyssey of close-curtained introspection. Heil chooses the words of fellow futurist Nikola Tesla to set the stage of the Black Light story: “Black is the true face of Light, only we do not see this”. Track names are dropped in favor of a chronology of scenes, better adapted to the seemingly polar opposition of the forces that the Figure and Cocoon regular conjures throughout the album.

Everything that we perceive is processed and set into relation with past memories, digested emotions and iron-branded impressions. Battling the current, Johannes Heil chooses to challenge certitudes by forcing us out of our comfort zones into the absence of light. If the pictures painted on ‘Black Light’ are dark, they are also far from monochromatic. The machine-driven sonic prism acts both as the heavy cloud and the burst of light that shoots through to guide us. It’s the aggressor and the victim, the clenched teeth and the jubilant, the paranoia and the sanity of the mind. It’s pure heads-down driving techno with volumes of grandiose.

Provoking our senses, extending his art onto our personal canvases, the Exile boss gives the listener the freedom to interpret the emotional context of each piece, to write the scripts of the individual scenes. The impression that ‘Black Light’ leaves upon first listen testifies that 20 years down the road, Johannes Heil shows no sign of slowing down.”

Track List.

A1. Scene One 

A2. Scene Two 

A3. Scene Three 

B1. Scene Four 

B2. Scene Five

C1. Scene Six 

C2. Scene Seven 

D1. Scene Eight 

D2. Scene Nine 

D3. Scene Ten  

Release Info.

Label. Exile
Artists. Johannes Heil
Title. The Black Light
Format. Vinyl & Digital
Cat.Number. EXILELP001
Release Date. November 23th, 2015 (Vinyl) December 7th, 2015 (Digital) 

Distribution. Decks-Records (Vinyl) Night Drive Music Group / 909 Distribution (Digital) 

Domain. www.weareexile.com
Buy it (Juno): http://www.junodownload.com/products/johannes-heil-the-black-light/2916618-02/

Previews (Snippet Version).