Mike Schommer - Heirloom Signal [BLANC PERLE TRANSPARENT VINYL]

Format: Mini-LP                               
Catalogue No.: Echocord096
Barcode: 4250101487569
Release Date: 03 Oct 2025
Genre: Dub Techno/Techno

BLANC PERLE TRANSPARENT VINYL.

Echocord welcomes Deepchord co-founder Mike Schommer onto its roster with ‘Heirloom Signal’, featuring remixes from Mathimidori, TM Shuffle and Another Channel. Mike Schommer co-founded Deepchord alongside Rod Modell and was considered by many to be at the forefront of the second wave of dub techno in the early 2000’s following on from the legacy left by Basic Channel in the 90;’s. Since then Mike Schommer has gone out to unveil an impressive back catalogue of material beyond his own such as Steve O’Sullivan’s Mosaic, Greyscale, Lempuyang and Kontakt Records. Here the musical story continues with a new project for the equally beloved dub techno powerhouse, Echocord.

 Opening is ‘Violet’s Dream’, a dropped tempo dub excursion employing an off-kilter, swaying rhythm section, pulsing subs, spiralling echoes and spring reverberations, Mariner’s Dub follows and employs broken percussion alongside hazy atmospherics and expansive stab textures before ‘Moon Serpent’ concludes the original material on the A-side, embracing a more loop-led feel with choppy stab sequences, robust 4/4 drums and resonant flutters.

 The ’ Another Channel Version’ of ‘Violet’s Dream’ kicks off the B-Side, diving deep into a true roots reggae aesthetic with organic percussion and heavy doses of bottom end intertwined with the original elements. Mathimidori’s ‘Sensuikan Remix’ of ‘Mariner’s Dub’ then delves back into raw dance floor energy before TM Shuffle’s interpretation of ‘Moon Serpent’ rounds out the EP on a raw, reduced tip with stripped down drums and intricately processed stab lines.

Tracklisting
A1    Mike Schommer    Violet's Dream    00:05:35
A2    Mike Schommer    Mariner's Dub    00:06:28
A3    Mike Schommer    Moon Serpent    00:05:58
B1    Mike Schommer    Violet's Dream (Another Channel Version)    00:04:22
B2    Mike Schommer    Mariner's Dub (Mathimidori Sensuikan Remix)    00:06:40
B3    Mike Schommer    Moon Serpent (TM Shuffle Basement Dub)    00:06:24