Rrose

Perhaps today the two worlds around Rrose intersect without too much conflict, but it wasn’t so long ago that Rrose’s incarnation as Sutekh confined their audience to a kind of a bubble. Between 1997 and 2010, they made an eloquent case for the pre-new millennium sound of electronic music with a hint of IDM. But as their discography grew, so did the sense that new and different paths lay ahead. This may explain why such unexpected names as Bob Ostertag and Charlemagne Palestine marked the end of Sutekh and the birth of Rrose. On Sandwell District, where they released their first material, Rrose quickly made their mission clear: machine-like, intelligent techno with Berlin in its veins, hypnotic and highly seductive. Simultaneously, they became interested in microtonality, James Tenney, Duchamp (from whom they took their new name), gender fluidity, and film/performance music. Consequently, as a DJ they are the sum of all these elements, seeking to achieve collective ecstasy within the most vibrant techno ideas we can experience today.