A pan-pot is a simple, workaday knob, given to side-to-side flip-flopping and not much else. Pan-Pot, on the other hand, are a brilliantly multidimensional Berlin duo currently twisting house and techno fans into rapturous fits.

In just a few short years, Pan-Pot —the duo comprised of Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix—have become a central presence in electronic dance music’s most advanced sectors. Their rise parallels that of their home label mobilee, coming at a time when established categories are breaking down and accepted notions of “minimal” (please) are giving way to an unprecedented degree of dynamism on demanding dancefloors. Another mobilee signee, Marco Resmann, was a founding member of the group, but has since left to concentrate on his solo work.

Pan-Pot’s vinyl debut came in May 2005 with the Popy & Caste EP (mobilee002), featuring two cuts bursting with gritty, dirty funk, as though they’d scraped all the gunk from beneath the knobs of their gear, packed it into a ball and sent it rolling across the nightclub. Since then, in addition to their contribution to the Extra EP (mobilee005 plus), backing Daniel Stefanik’s anthemic banger “The Bells,” they’ve released three more EPs on mobilee (Obscenity, mobilee005; Black Lodge, mobilee012; and What Is What, mobilee023) and two on Einmaleins Musik. Their kinetic, undulating grooves have proved particularly tempting to other producers—Jesse Rose, Lee Van Dowski, Agnès, Barem and Camea have all taken (pot)shots at reworking the group’s tunes—and their own remixing skills are increasingly in demand: Pan-Pot have put their immediately recognizable spin on tracks by Misc., Anja Schneider & Sebo K, Tim Xavier, Dapayk Solo, Sweet ‘n Candy, and Damián Schwartz, among others.

The release of their debut album marks yet another milestone for the group. Appropriately titled Pan-O-Rama, the record—which has the honor of being the first artist album released on mobilee—offers a 360-degree tour of techno at its most twisted, balancing ominous atmospherics with an unusual lightness of touch, and running classic machine music through silicon’s digital wringer.

They may name themselves after a piece of gear, but Pan-Pot’s music is ultimately about moving bodies, not knobs. Both live and as DJs, Pan-Pot deliver on that promise with sets that rope together crisply minimal, coolly restrained techno and hot and heavy house. Anyone who’s ever played with an analog synthesizer knows that all those pots and dials are there to be touched; Pan-Pot reaches out and touches right back—with a love slap from the heart of the Berlin underground.

Pan Pot – DJ Set at Systematic Session 25-10-2010
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Pan Pot – The Apocalipse & X-MAS 2012 DJ Mix 21-12-2012
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Pan Pot – Live at Mobilee Studio Session, Berlin 04-12-2012
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Pan Pot – Live at FLY BerMuDa Festival, Flughafen Tempelhof Berlin 03-11-2012
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Pan Pot – DJ Set at Pulse Podcast 25-10-2012
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Pan Pot – DJ Set at Slam Radio 12-10-2012
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Pan Pot – Live at Fuse, Brüssel 18-08-2012
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Pan Pot – Live at Watergate, Berlin 14-09-2012
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Pan Pot – DJ Set at Plattenleger 09-09-2012
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Pan Pot – Live at Voltt Loves Summer, NDSM Docklands 25-08-2012
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Pan Pot – Live at The Revolution Recruits Pre-Party on Ibiza Global Radio 31-07-2012
Pan Pot – DJ Set at 1Live Rocker 08-07-2012
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Pan Pot – Live at Awakenings Easter Anniversary 24-04-2012
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Pan Pot – Live at Sonar Festival, Barcelona 16-06-2012
Pan Pot – Sonar by Day Promo Mix 00-06-2012
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Pan Pot – Sonar by Night Promo Mix 00-06-2012
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Pan Pot – Live at Time Warp, Mannheim 31-03-2012
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Pan Pot – DJ Set Electronic Groove Podcast 01-05-2012
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Pan Pot – Live at Watergate, Berlin 25-02-2012
Pan Pot – DJ Set at Plattenleger 25-03-2012
Pan Pot – Live at Studio 80, Amsterdam 17-03-2012
Pan Pot – Live at Fuse, Brussels 04-02-2012
Pan Pot – DJ Set at Dance Department 18-03-2012
Pan Pot – Live at Return To Mono, Sub Club Glasgow 09-03-2012

Pan Pot – Sonar by Day DJ Mix 00-06-2013
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Pan Pot – Sonar by Night DJ Mix 00-06-2013
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Pan Pot – Live at Amnesia Opening Party, Ibiza 08-06-2013
Pan Pot – DJ Set at Dance Department 01-06-2013
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Pan Pot – Live at Time Warp, Mannheim 06-04-2013
Pan Pot – Live at Awakenings Easter Special, Gashouder Amsterdam 29-03-2013
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Pan Pot – DJ Set at UMF Radio 04-01-2013
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For booking requests, please get in touch with the mobilee booking department:
mobilee booking

Linienstr. 145
10115 Berlin
Germany
booking at mobilee-records.de
http://www.mobilee-records.de

http://www.myspace.com/panpot