Efdemin - Mirror Phase EP
Label: Dekmantel – DKMNTL-UFO25
Format: Vinyl, 12", EP
Country: Netherlands
Released: July 17, 2026
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Phillip Sollmann makes his Dekmantel debut as Efdemin with Mirror Phase — four precise, direct techno weapons delivered with the expertise and personality that has made him one of the most enduring and original voices in the genre since his rise to prominence in the early 2000s. Following last year's more introspective LP POLY, this is Sollmann at his most focused and outward-facing, a sharp, incisive bundle of studio jams recorded quickly using mainly analogue gear and rooted firmly in the Detroit-Berlin legacy he describes as a deep bow.
The sense of tribute manifests most explicitly on the opening title track, which features a fully cleared sample of DJ Minx's sultry spoken word intro to Kevin Saunderson's 1997 entry into the seminal X-Mix series — a formative release for Sollmann on his journey into electronic music. Adventurous synth lines and tweaked samples rub up against chiselled 909 drums and a generous serving of emotive machine soul across all four tracks, Efdemin holding true to techno's original MO as a bittersweet soul music while delivering his own distinct take on the tradition. Classic, timeless, futuristic and eternal in equal measure.
