Premiere: Franz Jäger – Hotmail

Franz Jäger’s Hotmail is superbly layered minimal techno.

The Swedish producer is heating up the north with his tasteful minimalistic techno cuts. His latest track Hotmail is filled with subtle sonic layers, a testament to his production skills.

Driving Hotmail are several soft, yet thumping interlaced kick drums. They work in harmony with a jazzy high-hat rhythm. Together they create a thick platform on which the track builds.

Franz gently eases elements into the track’s ‘mix’. By the time you’re a minute in, strange looped sounds are present. You’re not sure how they got there, but they’ve appeared. Quite a neat trick that. Three minutes in and sharp cracks and flanged percussion dance left to right around your ears.

There are a couple of things I really enjoy about Hotmail. Firstly, Franz uses volume cuts effectively. Sounds suddenly vanish, only to come back seconds later. This elevates energy. Secondly, I enjoy how sounds are pushed back in the track’s mix. There is a high pitched tension raising hiss that really, once again, sustains the track’s energy and gives its presence.

Franz Jäger’s Hotmail EP [LQD005] will be available on 7th August 2020 via Juno Download. The EP is released by Liquid One.