Sans-Fin – La Fin De La Nuit (Album – Hands)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno, Dark-Techno, Ambient.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: “La Fin De La Nuit” (translated “The End Of The Night”) is the fifth full length album by Leipzig based project Sans-Fin. This German solo-project is driven by DJ Hells who released his second album on Hands.
Content: The previous work sounded to me as an interesting exposure of Ambient and rhythm. The new songs moved a step further and became harder, infused by Dark-Techno and mind-blowing Industrial rhythms. Quite progressively the Dark-Techno influences are coming through while icy sequences accentuate the obscure side of the composition. A few softer passages sound like they are connected with the previous, ambient-driven work of the artist. The last track is a heavy, club-driven remix of the debut song by Blac Kolor.
+ + + : The previous album was interesting, but this one reveals mind-blowing passages. The sound of Sans-Fin has been injected with a naughty sonic blast called Dark-Techno and mixed with heavy Industrial rhythms and other elements. I like this approach and especially the icy sequences. “Courant Continu” and “Se Ruiner” both are overwhelming pieces revealing the true potential of the project. The songs have been accomplished with great sound treatments. I also have to mention the amazing and intelligent remix of “Conduire” by label mate and sound genius Blac Kolor.
– – – : Some parts are a bit repetitive, but the very few cuts that couldn’t totally convince me are the softer, ambient ones.
Conclusion: “La Fin De La Nuit” reveals the best side of this project, which has found the sound formula to mix Industrial and Dark-Techno.
Best songs: “Se Ruiner”, “Courant Continu”, “Conduire – Blac Kolor Remix”, “Destruction”, “Fermé”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/Sans-fin-402171113218687
Label: www.handsproductions.com / www.facebook.com/hands.official
About Sans-Fin
Sans-Fin is the solo project of DJ Hells from Leipzig, Germany. The project uses French titles throughout. Its first three albums, “Orage Magnétique” (2015), “Vivre Confiné” (2016) and “Climat De Liberté” (2018), came out on Raumklang Music, with the self-released CDr EPs “Machine” (2016) and “Songe” (2017) in between.
The move to Hands came with État De L’Art in 2019, which Side-Line reviewed in August of that year. “La Fin De La Nuit” followed on 4 June 2021 as a CD in a digipak and as a download. The eleven tracks are “Conduire”, “Destruction”, “Courant Continu”, “Fermé”, “Évanouissement”, “Supériorité”, “Le Survol (Extended)”, “Se Ruiner”, “Yeux Fermés”, “Salle Vide” and “Conduire (Blac Kolor Remix)”. DJ Hells wrote and produced the album, Manuel G. Richter mastered it and Nicola Bork made the artwork.
The project later released Feuilles Fanées (2023), reviewed on Side-Line in September 2023, and the CD album “Grises Images” (2026), both on Hands, and contributed to the “Forms Of Hands” compilations of 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2026. Blac Kolor, the remixer on “La Fin De La Nuit”, spoke to Side-Line in the 2026 Blac Kolor interview. “La Fin De La Nuit” is the second Sans-Fin album on Hands.
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