Daniel Myer – Hingabe (Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Dark-Techno, Industrial-Techno.
Format: Digital, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Daniel Myer (Haujobb, Architect, Liebknecht, Rendered, Cleen ao) strikes back with a new work under his own name. This is the first work he released by Sonic Groove.
Content: If you’re a bit familiar with the Sonic Groove roster you know what to expect. Daniel Myer transformed himself into a Techno artist although holding on to more familiar influences like IDM and Industrial. The album sounds hard and pumping but still features the familiar sound intelligence and knowledge. A few ghost-like vocal effects have been added now and then.
+ + + : Daniel Myer is an artist who feels comfortable with multiple music styles. I’m not saying “Hingabe” sounds like a total surprise but it has been clearly infused by Dark-Techno elements. The main strength of the work is the sophisticated sound production; featuring great and intelligent sound treatments and Industrial elements while you’ll also notice more atmospheric layers in the background reminding Haujobb. “Hingabe” is a great opus featuring an impressive list of cool tracks. Notice by the way Static Sky, Skelesys, DSX and Hypnoskull have been featured each on one song.
– – – : I don’t see real minus points.
Conclusion: This work might be one of the most sophisticated releases from Sonic Groove; visionary Techno music!
Best songs: “Angst”, “Reale Angst”, “Tactics Dub featuring Hypnoskull”, “Atomic Overkill”, “Ohnmacht featuring DSX”.
Rate: 9.
Artist: www.facebook.com/danielmyermusic
Label: www.sonicgroove.com / www.facebook.com/Sonicgrooverecords
About Daniel Myer
Daniel Myer is a German producer best known as one half of Haujobb, the Bielefeld-founded project he continues as a duo with Dejan Samardzic after original member Bjorn Junemann left. Haujobb’s early work, including “Homes & Gardens” (1993), carried the influence of the Vancouver school of industrial before the band moved toward a mix of IDM, industrial and EBM on “Freeze Frame Reality” (1995) and “Solutions for a Small Planet” (1996). The duo continued into 2024 with the tenth Haujobb studio album, “The Machine in the Ghost”, on Dependent Records.
Beyond Haujobb, Myer records under several other names, including Architect, Liebknecht, Rendered and Cleen, each exploring different corners of electronic and industrial music.
“Hingabe” marks Myer’s first release under his own name for Sonic Groove, moving into Dark-Techno territory while retaining the IDM and industrial vocabulary of his other projects.
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