the success of jörg follerts “wunder” has shown impressively how a small label like the cologne based “karaoke kalk” can set rules in a constantly growing and moving world of electronic music. owing to the fact that “karaoke kalk” is working as a stringent and straight and patient collective without loosing its own aesthetic conception, without being disciples to any “school”, without using the powerpromotion strategies of the major industry.

“senking” – the project of karaokes second mastermind jens massel consequently pursues the same course, naturally in a new step of its musical development.

the current four track e.p. “ping” certainly enters into the soundaesthetic heritage of its predecessor – last year´s cd “senking” – its hypnotical rhythm structures, its nearly mysthic dub atmosphere. yet this time all the more concentrated down to the last detail. electronic music with brute power, but nowise slaying rather than glowing like free energy. a combination of calculation and emotion. “ping” is a little manifold pop pearl with dirt under its nails – by a wide margin of technique and knowledge. “ping” is anything but music for the last spring of the millenium.