DAVID HEINE X KONSTANTIN KOSTFreedom From Escape EP

Erich Fromm's “Escape from Freedom” was published 83 yearsago. His assumption was that modern man, having freed himselffrom the shackles of the old days and living freely, longs toreturn to the totalitarian, destructive and conformist world. In2024, the pluralistic and individualized way of life of the socalled West seems self-evident. Boundless freedom is suggested -but we continue to flee. Utopias are crumbling and conservatismis experiencing a renaissance. At the same time, the freedom todecide “ to be able to stay” in contrast to “having to leave”currently seems to represent a high value.This EP, between the two producers from Germany and Ukraine, wascreated in this field of tension. David Heine and KonstantinKost are already working together on the current AMAS project(Odessa EP)"Freedom From Esacape" adapts the former title of Erich Fromm'scentral work, which is given a prominent role on this record.Music and techno are freedom and escape at the same time:transcendence and escapism. In interaction and contradiction atthe same time.The cover picture was taken on 25 July 1909, when Louis Blériotbecame the first person to cross the English Channel in anaeroplane with the Blériot XI, which he had designed himself.The reversal of the title and the idea for the cover artworkcame about during a conversation with the artist Jennifer Mattesin Vienna.About the tracks:On the A-side, the two protagonists create a world of minimalistdub techno, which also has melodic, flat side strands in itsnarratives. The more than 60-year-old fragments from TVinterviews with Erich Fromm on the subject of freedom,decisions, constructivism and destruction are presented sodensely and rustlingly that you don't feel compelled to followthe lecture. Instead, the spoken word corresponds with theminimalist framework of the two pieces. The old audio recordingsare embedded as part of the composition. Some of it may beunderstood and arouse the listener's curiosity, but again andagain you get lost in the repetitive swamp of sound, so that youmay understand more of the text each time you listen to itwithout it imposing itself on you.The two remixes of the first track take a different approach."Save Your Atoll" specifically frames and limits the spoken wordin its interpretation and embarks on a hypnotic journey that isless worldly and more futuristic."Anna Kost" goes one step further by literally suffocating theold man's spoken word, as if the destructive drum patterns weretrying to shut him up."Freedom From Escape" will be released on 18 October 2024 in aphysical edition of 200 records and is available digitally onall common portals.WEIRDMOUTHRECORDS2024