Mike Dehnert

Mike Dehnert is a highly prolific techno producer and DJ from Berlin who runs the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Fachwerk%22">Fachwerk</a> label. His work, which ranges from minimal techno to wildly blown-out dub-techno, is raw and experimental while remaining energetic and club-ready. Dehnert initially produced fast, pumped-up techno as Mumu Boy during the early 2000s. He established <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Fachwerk%22">Fachwerk</a> in 2007, making a mission statement of sorts with the digital full-length Maximal. By the end of the decade, he released five more digital albums, as well as nearly a dozen 12" EPs. "Umlaut2," a highlight from Dehnert's 2008 split EP with <a href="spotify:artist:36XwLxAMOXptY0ZNu3TeTo">Roman Lindau</a>, was reworked and released as a 12" by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Clone%22">Clone</a> in 2009, backed by a <a href="spotify:artist:5NvCz2qTmLDV9I5J8szc6r">Levon Vincent</a> remix. The record became a hit with DJs, and Lautschrift appeared on the label at the end of the year. Dehnert continued releasing material on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Fachwerk%22">Fachwerk</a>, as well as his own MD2 and house-centric Colombage imprints, but an increasing number of his records appeared on other labels, such as <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Deeply+Rooted+House%22">Deeply Rooted House</a>, <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Echocord+Colour%22">Echocord Colour</a>, and <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Delsin%22">Delsin</a>, which issued his full-lengths Framework (2011) and Lichtbedingt (2014). Along with <a href="spotify:artist:36XwLxAMOXptY0ZNu3TeTo">Lindau</a> and labelmate Sascha Rydell, Dehnert contributed to double LP 8 Years Fachwerk in 2015. In 2016, Dehnert appeared on <a href="spotify:artist:1kR99O4MgSTasyeJh8UFCg">DJ Koze</a>'s <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Pampa+Records%22">Pampa Records</a> with the single "How Close to Be," as well as a split 12" with <a href="spotify:artist:55MZ7jjahLFA6RmCafCJAv">Soulphiction</a> issued by sublabel <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hart+%26+Tief%22">Hart & Tief</a>. Dehnert continued in the abstract vocal-driven direction of "How Close to Be" with Providing Home, his 2017 <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Fachwerk%22">Fachwerk</a>-released full-length. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi