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We premiere a track from techno legend today, Paul Birken. Birken has put together an analogue techno bomb for Gombocs first release on wax. Paul Birken has been putting out wonky techno classic’s for the best part of 25 years. Release’s such as ‘Speaker Freakin” & ‘Surfin’ Superior’ helped launch his 12 inches into the hands of some of techno’s most coveted and technical DJ’s. Paul still receives heavy support from the likes of Sunil Sharpe, Jerome Hill & Bas Mooy. More recent releases on ‘Mord’, ‘Earwiggle’ & ‘Don’t’ have helped solidify Birken’s name to a newer generation. Birken still holds down his classic style of hectic, machine driven style of bleep techno. This release marks the first release on 12 inch, for Argentinian label, Gomboc. The label have been throwing out, high octane techno since 2017 and have been home to artists such as Lars Huismann, Nico Moreno, Umwelt, D. Carbone, Joe Farr, Takaaki Itoh, Lag & more. Birken shares the release with some of techno’s most influential names for the G