Romanian born, Berlin based producer Cosmin TRG is unquestionably an innovator. At this point in time you’ll find him honing a ghostly, sketchy techno blueprint that fuses shuffling drums with eerie synths, snatched vocals-as-instruments and strains of Detroit and Chicago classicism. These analogue sounds arrive on labels like connoisseur Dutch imprint Rush Hour as well as the better known Modeselektor’s 50 Weapons and Untold’s hotter-than-hot Hemlock, but are a stylistic mile away from the sound with which the man first emerged.
Although they say certain styles of music are native to certain cities, TRG is proving otherwise by drawing distant parallels with 90s Warp, naughties London and du jour Berlin imprints like Fachwerk. “There is no template in mind” he says of his idiosyncratic sounds, “we all have our own little strategies, but for me it’s just about making it personal.” A simple but effective approach, it’s one that’s still working wonders for Cosmin who is now found DJing everywhere from Fabric to Sonar to Berghain on any given weekend.
His restless live setup for the ICAS Suite at Blumenbar will come shortly after the release of his newest album on 50 Weapons.
› cosmintrg.com
› soundcloud.com/trg
Appearances:
› 2011 › ICAS SUITE › UNSOUND / ROKOLECTIV / CYNETART
› CTM.11 › MODESELEKTION
