DJ, producer and Head of Booking at Kyiv’s K41 club makes a return to SEVEN with his first full EP: “The Window Upstairs”
With this EP, Berlin-based Christoph Faust showcases the diversity of House music across four tracks: from tech house to clicky minimal, mysterious deep house, and classic Chicago style, “The Window Upstairs” has it all.
Available to buy now on 12″ vinyl and limited edition red vinyl, each in their own unique sleeve colours.
On the B-side, there’s a surprise remix by Berghain regular and Room Trax co-founder BLANKA, adding a dubby tech house twist. Rounding it off, Lydia Eisenblätter contributes a digital bonus remix of the same track.
SEVEN7008 Track by Track
A1 – Christoph Faust – Keep It Up
With „Keep it Up“ Christoph Faust sets the mood for this EP. A bouncing tech house cut, packed with groove variations and quirky sound design unfolding around the name giving vocals. The arrangement is carried by rising synth pads that build tension and end up in minimalist grooves with heavy impact on the dancefloor.
A2 – Christoph Faust – The Window Upstairs
“The Window Upstairs” is a deep, emotional piece that moves between dub techno and house. Dubbed-out snare rolls in the background create a sense of depth, giving the simple melody room to shine through. The washed-out synths give the track a nostalgic, warm, and soft feel.
A homage to the Panorama Bar windows at Berlin’s Berghain and a proper title-giving centerpiece for the EP.
B1 – Christoph Faust – Don’t Stop
“Don’t Stop” adds to the EP with a minimalistic tribal house track where slightly haunting pad sweeps meet a laid-back house groove packed with detailed percussion and a lot of swing. Every element feels well thought out and precisely placed within the mix. The track unfolds subtly but confidently, drawing you deeper with every layer.
B2 – Christoph Faust – Don’t Stop (BLANKA Remix)
Berlin-based BLANKA debuts on SEVEN, properly flipping Christoph Faust’s “Don’t Stop.” She gives the original a tech house treatment, turning it into a soothing, slightly hypnotic remix while keeping a straightforward rhythm and a big kick-and-clap combination cutting through the mix.
Cozy, warm, and well-rounded, this one is made for the afterhours – still highly dancefloor-oriented.
B3 – Christoph Faust – A Voicemail
The last track on the EP, “A Voicemail,” is built around a message left after an attempted phone call. It touches on themes of longing, desire, and a relationship that didn’t hold. Emotions that translate directly into the composition.
An understated dub house cut for the heads. Clicky, dissonant, and rich in texture, driven by chopped-up vocal fragments and, of course, the voicemail itself.
Digital Bonus – Christoph Faust – Don’t Stop (Lydia Eisenblätter Remix)
Lydia Eisenblätter returns to SEVEN with a remix so strong it had to be released as a Digital Bonus. With her interpretation of “Don’t Stop”, she adds yet another house subgenre to the EP. This time a ’90s-infused progressive house track packed with analog-sounding pads and raw, driving drum work. It rounds off the release with a bold, energetic touch.
SEVEN7008 “The Window Upstairs” by Christoph Faust is out today and is available on Vinyl direct from SEVEN plus the best record stores. The full SEVEN catalogue is in-stock at Berlin stores Elevate Records and OYE Records, plus KillaCutz in Amsterdam, Lab23 in Ghent and Inch by Inch in Leipzig.
You can also find it on Bandcamp in digital download and Vinyl and on Apple Music and Spotify.
Also check out Christoph Faust’s interview on his journey to Kyiv on our scene magazine Hinterhaus.