What's The Story?
Wolfgang Gartner doesn't even have his own page on English Wikipedia for me to leech from yet, but what I do know is that his mixes are quickly making him a popular name in and around the electro scene. The original mix of Undertaker was in a torrent pack of upcoming tracks that also contained deadmau5's Some Chords.
Who's To Blame?
A guy who got his stage name from a dead rodent he found in his computer.
Why ♥ It?
There are so many things going on in this track, I'm not even sure where to start with it.
At the core, it's not hard to tell that Wolfgang Gartner is a mixer first, and a producer second. The beat he uses for Undertaker is just a 4/4 electronic beat with alternating bass and snare sounds.
...But that's not to detract from what he does with that solid floor track. The buildup to something happening is elongated; it's not until 0:30 that a lead track even begins to fade in, and that doesn't hit full capacity until 1:00. The real meat of the song begins in the form of a second buildup at 1:30; the layer that enters there sounds sort of like a ticking clock, and serves as a really effective end of what's essentially 2:00 of full build for a main line. The refrain (2:07-2:11 for an example) is five notes that appeal well beyond the duration of the track, and would make a great guitar riff. From there, the song flips between the tick-tock feel and variations on the main theme, but is fluid in delivery; the same thing is essentially happening with new caveats every bar.
I also find it neat how major changes seem to come in 30 second intervals. Keeps it fresh.
After deadmau5 played locally, the promoter asked him who he should pick up for another gig. He told him to get Wolfgang Gartner, and the more I listen to this track alone, the more I see why; his creativity in chord selection and expression (see again: the layer starting at 1:30) are both on a level that are easily appreciated from the progressive house genre.
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