Crates is a vinyl listening party. On Thursdays at 10 p.m., we’ll unwrap new releases and experience old favorites, played loud over Berlin’s d&b PA.
This week's selection is E2-E4 (1984) by German musician Manuel Göttsching. Recorded in a single take using a sequencer and later named one of the best albums of the 1980s by Pitchfork and The Guardian, this minimalist record remains one of the most influential recordings in the evolution of house and techno.
E2-E4 has an elusive appeal, one that is mysterious even to its maker.
