Triple LP version. A DJ, producer and significant figure in contemporary electronic music, Marcel Dettmann steps forward to contribute to Running Back's ongoing Mastermix series. Whereas previous editions of Mastermix have taken an ear to the sound of lapsed, legendary clubs such as Wild Pitch and Front, Dettmann's curation deftly captures the man himself in ongoing perpetual motion, raiding the vault for his own precision-tooled edits, long-employed on dancefloors to devastating effect. The trip begins with a simple pitch-shift skywards, transforming Identified Patient's creeping "The Female Medical College of Pennsylvania" into a peak-time freakout, before an alternate take on Toctronic's "Bis uns das Licht vertreibt" emerges from the vaults for the first time. Dating from 1995, and one of Dettmann's all-time favorites, Cristian Vogel's "Untitled" clambers back into the box with respectable cuts, while John Bender's "Victims of A Victimless Crime" kicks off the flip sporting a new arrangement. A few subtle edits to Clark's perilously funky "Dirty Pixie" leads to Dettmann's remix of Junior Boys. Next comes Experimental Products' explosive proto-electro anthem "Who Is Kip Jones?", empowered from pricey Discogs purgatory with just the slightest of tweaks. It's deservedly sandwiched between the guiding influences of Chicago and Detroit in the form of Mutant Beat Dance's raw "The Human Factor" and a shimmering new version of previous solo production "Water," featuring close friend and Ostgut Ton ally, Ryan Elliot. Severed Heads' iconic "We Have Come To Bless This House" emerges with mere nips and tucks, while Nitzer Ebb's "Shame" is significantly reimagined as a highwire act of rhythm and tension, setting up a sensual second take on a 2017 remix of "Limbo" from Swiss synth heroes, Yello. Core musical memories are shaken and stirred with a context-shifting take on Frank Duval's emotional classic "Ogon," while Ian North's "Sex Lust You" and Ford Proco's notable Coil collaboration "Expansion Naranja" effectively throb with only minor adjustments, respectfully imagined as "shadow versions". Meanwhile, a simple breakbeat lifts Albert Kuningas's "Astraalprojektio" in the direction of wide-eyed dancefloors, while a fresh take on K-Alexi Shelby's "Season of The Real" inexplicably emerges somehow even funkier than before. The conclusion of the compilation leads back to Das Tier from the prolific experimentalist Conrad Schnitzler, whose swirling synths and hypnotic vocals are duly tightened by Dettmann.
| A1 | Identified Patient - The Female Medical College Of Pennsylvania (Marcel Dettmann Pitched High Version) |
| A2 | Tocotronic - Bis Uns Das Licht Vertreibt (Marcel Dettman Version 2 Remix) |
| A3 | Cristian Vogel - Untitled (Marcel Dettmann Cut) |
| B1 | John Bender - Victims Of Victimless Crimes (Marcel Dettmann Cut) |
| B2 | Clark - Dirty Pixie (Marcel Dettmann Edit) |
| B3 | Junior Boys - Work (Marcel Dettmann Remix) |
| C1 | Mutant Beat Dance - The Human Factor (Marcel Dettmann Edit) |
| C2 | Experimental Products - Who Is Kip Jones (Marcel Dettmann Cut) |
| C3 | Marcel Dettmann - Water (My Own Shadow Remix) |
| D1 | Severed Heads - We Come To Bless The House (Marcel Dettmann Edit) |
| D2 | Albert Kuningas - Astraaliprojektio (Marcel Dettmann Edit) |
| D3 | K-Alexi Shelby - Season Of The Real (Marcel Dettmann Edit) |
| E1 | Ian North - Sex Lust You (Marcel Dettmann Edit) |
| E2 | Ford Proco - Expansión Naranja (Marcel Dettmann Edit) |
| E3 | Nitzer Ebb - Shame (Marcel Dettmann Edit) |
| F1 | Frank Duval - Ogon (Marcel Dettmann Edit) |
| F2 | Yello - Limbo (Marcel Dettman Version 2 Remix) |
| F3 | Conrad Schnitzler - Das Tier (Marcel Dettmann Edit) |
