Roman Flügel - Happiness Is Happening

Label: Dial – Dial LP 31
Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12", Album
Country: Germany
Released: Aug 29, 2014
Genre: Electronic
Style: House

Since the mid-nineties Roman Flügel has been persistently dabbling with various techno related sub-genres, amidst having the honour of frequently entertaining from Europe’s most coveted DJ booth, Berghain’s Panorama Bar. While using his own name, amongst various aliases and side projects with friend Jörn Elling Wuttke, Flügel boasts a plentiful discography that covers electro, ambient, deep house, acid and more. The man is truly a worthy ambassador for the Germanic branch of electronic music.

Similarly to it’s predecessor ‘Fatty Folders‘, the ten tracks of ‘Happiness is Happening‘ draw upon Flügel’s seasoned pallet for their sound, rather than focusing on one particular style. The scope goes from the soft toned ambient minimal techno in Occult Levitation to the Kraftwerkian melody based downtempo electro of ‘Friendship Song‘. In some ways the record feels like an homage to synthesisers of all varieties as the spectrum of its different sounds is so vast, and its use is so playful for the entirety. As a result of this Flügel strikes a perfect balance of sounds that are both nostalgic and futuristic.

A1. Connecting The Ghost
A2. Friendship Song
A3. Stuffy
B1. Your War Is Over
B2. Wilkie
C1. Tense Times
C2. Parade
D1. We Have A Nice Life
D2. Occult Levitation
D3. All That Matters