Marcel Dettmann has released the album My Own Shadow, a 19 track project that follows the two EPs Approaching and Faultline.
The Berlin based DJ and producer describes My Own Shadow as a project where music, visual art and photography converge, and neither an alter ego nor a departure. The album is built on textural minimalism, with rhythm, tension and release guiding a path through his recollections and experience of the dancefloor. Tracks such as “Gravitational Scar” and “Resolution Vector” reshape those elements, connecting his past with a sound that remains in motion.
Speaking on the project, Dettmann explained: “My Own Shadow wasn’t born from a big concept. I simply liked the idea of working under another name and started following it. Different things I was doing – music, photography, visual work – slowly began to connect. It happened quite naturally. My Own Shadow isn’t another person. My Own Shadow is me – just seen from another perspective.”
Dettmann has been a central figure in electronic music for over three decades, with releases on Ostgut Ton and Dekmantel and his own MDR and Bad Manners imprints. His work has also taken in gallery soundscapes, ballet compositions and film scores.
Listen to My Own Shadow below.