
Label: Flesh – 7611-6
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM
Land: Germany
Released: 2001
Genre: Electronic
Stil: Wet&Hard, Tech House
feat. Bernard Sumner – Crystal
Crystal marked a moment of transition – artistically, technically, personally. Two years after New Order released their version on Get Ready, Flesh issued my own interpretation: Crystal (feat. Bernard Sumner). It preserved the essence of the original demo while embedding it in the evolving Wet&Hard aesthetic. While the backstory of the track remains essential (explore the full history here), this version shifted the emphasis toward club function and structural refinement.
While Mark and our partner Carlos represented Flesh at the Miami Winter Music Conference in 2001, I stayed in Berlin. At Narodni Podník 2, my studio at the time, I reworked Crystal using newly acquired equipment. Two mixes emerged. The Pornoclub Mix became the main version. Built around analog basslines and saturated textures, it captured the physical intensity of Berlin’s underground club culture. The Siliconsex Mix offered a different perspective. Slower, more restrained, it reconstructed the arrangement around Bernard Sumner’s vocal presence.