Andreas Glöckner has been busy since 1994 under different guises such as Templegarden, Punch Inc. He was also involved with projects the likes of Ars moriendi and Asche, to name a few . So he could definitely be called a veteran who has contributed (and still does) a lot to the industrial scene. With Moctan, Andreas started a new solo project to portray his personal take on hard technoid dance music. This resulted in two self released CD-r’s in respectively 2002 and 2004. It was not about to end there and so 2006 saw Moctan’s very first “real” release on the infamous Ant-Zen label. An album filled with thirteen songs full of dark electronic sounds, catchy rhythms and hard hitting beats all aimed at making you move.

The album starts of with a subtle but noisy industrial soundscape setting the right mood for the second song to kick in. The first few sounds immediately remind me of This morn Omina. Fortunately it sticks to that and Moctan shows us he has his own style and takes the song into another direction. Slamming drums and very catchy techno rhythm are the main ingredients of this track which rolls by very swiftly. The only real thing I disliked is the use of that by now slightly irritating Pulp Fiction sample of Samuel L Jackson. Which by know, must be used about thirteen million times. Please let some government agency stand up and prohibit the use and abuse of that sample, please!!! But other than that it’s a very nice track. The third tracks offers us basically the same only this time it’s a lot rougher. Again the hypnotizing techno rhythm is the main course this time served with side dish of distortion and noize. A tasty meal this is. The fourth track than takes a step back from the techno beats and brings in more of a breakbeat pattern. Although it’s certainly not a bad track it really lacks the drive and feel of the techno orientated songs and therefore shows it’s repetitiveness, become slightly boring after a few minutes. Back to the “four to the floor” beats we go. The technoid rhythms are released again and within in seconds you’ll find yourself not being able to resist moving. The album continues in the same manner with some tracks less straight forward than others. Reaching its top with “Hightech” a prefect example of the now so popular “Hard Techno” sound.

This being an Ant-zen release, you would expect anything but the “ordinary”. The weird thing is that with this album, in my opinion, it is those “ordinary” songs that shine the most. The more experimental and difficult tracks just seemed to be blown away by the straight forward stomping beats and raging techno rhythms. Maybe it’s because of these few sidesteps away from these explosive tunes that they come out more intense. In that way the tracks of the album complete each other to form a strong front, making for a nice album indeed. Moctan and with him Ant-zen’s take on hardtechno shows us that not everything has to be experimental or renewed. It’s nothing you haven’t heard before but it is certainly not something you wouldn’t like to hear again. Perfect music for setting the mood in the car when driving to a party. Once at the party it will definitely make the dancefloor go nuts.