NRW NRG: NRW NRG is a newly formed Berlin based label with Düsseldorfian roots. Shaped by sounds encountered in and around the Salon des Amateur Dunstkreis, NRW NRG seeks to push the spirit of the initiative based contemporary club scene. The label’s debut EP Solar Flex is a product of the members perspectives taken from DJ’s, producers and visual artists point of views. The release will open the space for artists from their own and other rows in the future. DJ Gerhardt: DJ Gerhardt is a Berlin based DJ and producer. After a feature on a V/A compilation on Super Utu, Solar Flex marks his debut EP, fusing his affection for 90’s energized dance music and contemporary club sounds. Next to productions, DJ Gerhardt hosts the show ‘RIPS in Peace’ on Malmö based Retreat Radio and takes part in the music collective Soilseek. Solar Flex: Solar Flex draws inspiration from 90s club oriented dance music and sets moods from laid back outdoors to prime time club nights and after hours. On the A-side ‘Stepping Toward Zen’ prepares for the mental workout with shivering chants that gain consciousness to rhythmic tablas and spacious bleeps. Next, mysterious energies set free with ‘Entropica’ unfolding its wobbly dub baseline to the enigma of pitched cymbals and robo-rhythms aligned by the steady-state of a bouncing four-to-the-floor 909 kick. ‘Supernature’ pops the B-side with a more club-oriented electro-trance blended stomper soothed by watery pads that set a pause before straight breaks and alien leads ask for their sweaty tributes. Finishing off, ‘Tablagauze’ primes for after hours with a gnarly downtempo chugger speckled with overdriven analogue drums and hypnotic acid arpeggios.