Ekkel
Ekkel — The Destination
- Label Cat ID
- ED014
- Release Date
- 7 Jul 2026
- Genre
- Tech Trance
- SKU
- SVN000095
- Format
- Vinyl
- Format Details
- 12", EP
Ekkel guides Earth Dog to The Destination, a four-pronged psychedelic clinic in the finest Nordic electronic tradition. Co-founder of Norway’s Ute collective, celebrated Oslo-based producer and DJ Ekkel revels in prog naturalis. Previous releases as Alvar and Shadowmages, his duo with S.O.N.S., perfected this tripped-out sound with a heavy emphasis on melody. Following last year’s celebrated appearance at an Earth Dog rave in Brooklyn, he returns to grace the crew’s fourteenth release with The Destination. Opener Questions About Mindcontrol awakens the discordant synapses, an entanglement of melodies and rhythm with a certain progressive attitude. Home Or In A Dream (Miami Morning Mix) properly ascends with trance-like wonder and ecstatic lucidity, before So Quiet returns to dusk with a tek-no throb and acidic bite. Destination G concludes with a nocturnal shimmer, an unrelenting groove caught in its own hypnosis ‘til the finale.
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Track Previews
- A1Questions About Mindcontrol12A · D♭ min126 BPM0:000:00
- A2Home Or In A Dream (Miami Morning Mix)10A · B min122 BPM0:000:00
- B1So Quiet1A · A♭ min129 BPM0:000:00
- B2Destination G3A · B♭ min137 BPM0:000:00
About this record
Oslo's Ekkel lands on Brooklyn's Earth Dog with a four-tracker of psychedelic prog-trance that rewards close listening. The standout is Home Or In A Dream (Miami Morning Mix) - a track that drifts between ethereal pads and hypnotic breakbeats, exactly the kind of detail-rich production you'd expect from a co-founder of Norway's Ute collective.
Ekkel's approach here sits somewhere between introspective prog and the driving momentum of modern tech trance. There's space in these tracks, breathing room between the synth layers and the kick drums. It's the sound of someone who understands how to build tension across four minutes without resorting to formula.
Earth Dog continues its track record of bringing forward-thinking electronic music to wax, and this EP sits comfortably alongside their earlier releases - music that's equally at home on headphones at 3am or in a darkened room with a good sound system.
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Not a toy. Keep away from children under 3: a broken record can produce small, sharp fragments. Edges may be sharp depending on the pressing. Store upright at room temperature, out of direct sunlight. Material: PVC.
Kein Spielzeug. Von Kindern unter 3 Jahren fernhalten: eine zerbrochene Schallplatte kann kleine, scharfkantige Bruchstücke bilden. Je nach Presswerk können die Kanten scharf sein. Stehend bei Raumtemperatur und vor direkter Sonneneinstrahlung geschützt lagern. Material: PVC.
