Label: Additive – 12AD 056
Format: Vinyl, CD
Released: June/2000
Style: Wet&Hard, Trance

Da Hool – Eichelrück

Wet & Hard Rewix

Da Hool. DJ Hooligan. Who doesn’t know him? Schröder, the Schalke fanboy! A legend with a sense of humor and a contagious energy. Oddly enough, despite his long-standing career and influence, we never met in person. Our connection came through the music. He played my track The Atheist, and when I got the chance to remix Eichelrück, it felt like a full-circle moment of mutual support. The Wet & Hard Rewix of Eichelrück was produced in spring 2000 in co-production with Mark Reeder. The remix marked a transitional moment in the formation of the Wet&Hard style – emerging alongside works such as The Atheist and Pornoground, and sharing their structural DNA of layered percussion.

The remix was developed with a specific form in mind: an incremental rise, modelled on the logic of a bolero – beginning in restraint, increasing in complexity, and concluding in release. The approach was rhythmic rather than melodic. The intro was built from tribal fragments, layered progressively until a central pulse took hold. The remix did not reinterpret Da Hool’s original but extended its direction to framing tribal techno through the Wet&Hard lens. Eichelrück became part of a broader system of tracks that shaped the initial phase of Wet&Hard stylistically. The remix served as a link between rhythmic tradition and structural experimentation.