emesh releases Purkana, a four-track hypnotic techno EP
Antonio Muñoz, who records as emesh, released the four-track EP Purkana on 6 November through Colombian label Axttral Records, via Magnetic Magazine. It focuses on the deeper, hypnotic side of techno, and it arrives from a producer whose club roots go back to the late 1980s.
What is on emesh’s Purkana EP?
Purkana runs to four originals: Ligmol, Maaseh, Nisaion and Yovel, in that order. According to Magnetic Magazine, it sits in the raw, deep and hypnotic techno bracket, built around repetition, gradual development and the link between rhythm and atmosphere.
It is out now on Bandcamp and through participating digital stores. Earlier this year, emesh also put out Dibur on NAIAD. Records.
Who is emesh?
Muñoz started DJing in Spain in the late 1980s and went on to play Madrid venues including Mondo and Círculo de Bellas Artes. He spent around eight years as a resident at Deadly Club in Brihuega before taking that experience to the capital.
Later he turned to traditional percussion, Tibetan singing bowls and other acoustic instruments tied to meditation and sound practice. Those interests fed into emesh, the project he has released under since 2013, with music on Sendero Records and several independent electronic labels. His catalogue spans ambient, dub techno and experimental electronic music, and it moves between club-focused work and more attentive listening.
Why does it matter for club culture?
Hypnotic techno asks for patience. The reward is in small shifts over long stretches, which is also how a good resident set works. Muñoz spent years building selections over extended sessions before he released a record under his own name, and that habit of pacing is part of his story.
It also shows how many routes lead into electronic music. A vinyl DJ from Spain’s early club years can end up working with singing bowls and dub techno, then return to the dancefloor with a techno EP. Labels like Axttral give that kind of long-view producer a place to release.
Where does this connect to OBSCUUR?
This is not an OBSCUUR story, but the ground is shared. Our techno page covers the genre from our side, and the rest of what we release is on the house page. Our weekly club sessions are on the live page. If you make music of your own and want us to hear it, the submissions page is the way in.
Decades of club listening, set down across four tracks.
Source: Magnetic Magazine. Written in our own words by the OBSCUUR editorial desk.
