Bell Trip is BB Deng‘s new two-track techno EP, released on 28th May via Sound of Berlin. BB Deng has earned the prestigious reputation of being one of the top electronic music artists in China before establishing herself in Berlin in 2018.
The main track “Bell Trip“ travels through loopy techno and undulating noises. The bells mirror this tension, stretched to its breaking point over a bassline that worms through the quantized beat. Strange and hypnotic, it’s a surprisingly gentle journey despite its busy rhythms.
The second track “That’s what I thought“, starts with a heavy techno beat before offering a release with some welcome house chord crescendos and glitched vocal samples.
Written during the Corona pandemic, the EP is an homage to Berlin’s dancefloors, which BB Deng describes as her biggest influence: “the biggest influence for me is not a specific person but the dancefloor itself”.
The music video accompanying “Bell Trip” was created and animated by fellow DJ and producer, Marc Houle.