Hawkinson

Driving, well-balanced techno that builds methodically across four tracks. The LaGroove EP opens with intention and climbs steadily in energy through to the B-side, where two remixes extend the narrative. This is the kind of record that rewards patience - each play reveals new detail in the arrangement, the kinds of subtle shifts that separate competent house from genuinely considered techno.

Hawkinson constructs these cuts with an ear for space and proportion. The foundation is solid throughout, but what matters here is the trajectory - how pressure accumulates, how elements layer and strip back at just the right moments. On Phunkit, where this sits comfortably in the label's catalogue, Hawkinson demonstrates the kind of restraint that actually holds a dancefloor's attention longer than flash.

A record that works equally well in the DJ bag and on the headphones. The kind of measured, purposeful techno that Berlin clubland still needs.