Christian Löffler, Feathervane

To gain a better insight into what German techno/deep house/ambient DJ/producer Christian Löffler’s music is about and what he aims to achieve, he sojourned to Usedom, a sunny, scenic island in the Baltic Sea between Germany and Poland, to record his 2012 debut. The location directly informs A Forest, a master class of Detroit techno melded with Trentemøller’s Danish engineering. 2015’s York EP, with its eerie, bass-forward title track, is likely one that will connect with dance floors and DJ sets. The producer’s latest offering, 2024’s bright and effervescent A Life, fights against hauntology in search of new musical pathways for imperfect human creativity and connectedness in the age of artificial intelligence. – Kahron Spearman