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01 Lockstep 02 Unknown Touch Two EAN // 880319669217 May 2013 saw the premiere of the choreography šMasseš: A coproduction between Berghain and the Staatsballett Berlin. At the venue šHalle am Berghainš several producers explored in collaboration with different choreographers the various meanings of the subject šMasseš (English: mass): DIN, Dettmann Henrik Schwarz. Now, a year after the critically acclaimed stage production and parallel to the other music producers from šMasseš, Henrik Schwarz delivers two tracks remixed for the club. On šLockstepš the Berlin house maestro Henrik Schwarz transforms his material from the šMasseš soundtrack into a missile for the floor and uses fine tuning of the filters to full effect. This is no debarkation, this is a rush for the peak time. The pop hit of the šMasseš ballet šUnknown Touchš receives a healthy shot of vivacity for the floor mix on the flip side of the 12š. Initially the track positions itself somewhere between UK funky and grime traditions as Schwarz pitches down the strings towards the bass line, but soon šUnknown Touch Twoš begins to open up as it plays around inside its own sound boxes. Pizzicatos, cheering bells and house piano travel on waves like kids on a seesaw. A piece of music like a happily grinning face, so deep and joyous.