Henri Bergmann is a fast-rising star having a breakthrough year with releases, gigs & major support from some key players.

Over the last year Bergmann has really gone from strength to strength. Mention the Dodi Palese Remix remix of her track ‘Protection’ to any clued-up melodic house fan and you’re likely to be met with a blissed-out response, her follow up single ‘Higher Dimension’ received an equally positive response, followed by her critically acclaimed Mind Control EP on Watergate which featured remixes by Stephan Jolk & Echonomist.

2022 was a busy year with shows in the UK, Germany, Italy, Ibiza, Netherlands, Colombia, Turkey and India. She had debuts in the main room at Pacha, two ADE shows, as well as festival shows at Glastonbury, Noisily, Wilderness & Secret Garden Party, while 2023 has started with in Lebanon at The Grand Factory, a show at the Grammy’s, and a hometown show in London with Fideles.

Already lined up include standout shows at Zamna Tulum & Dubai, a tour to Vietnam, debut at Nordstern, with festival bookings for Noisily, Rituals, Lost Village & Vibrancy Open Air already confirmed.

Keep an eye out for her Automatik label. they recently sources an array of talent with its inaugural Various Artists compilation, featuring 15 essential club-ready cuts.

Automatik deals in progressive and melodic techno from across the underground spectrum and is now a well-regarded outlet for fresh club sounds with the boss’s own tunes at the heart of it all. Following a great series of remixes and original EPs comes this bumper collection which really lays out the label’s unique sonic signature.

In curating the work, Henri Bergmann found inspiration from her local London scene and has hand-selected some of the UK’s burgeoning artists and friends to feature alongside herself, including Hardt Antoine, Paride Saraceni, Sahar, Cenkk & Pattn.

Henri Bergmann kicks off the VA with ‘Vision’, the strobe-lit, arpeggiated synth-laced techno cut, before Monophase’s ‘Valkyrie’ locks you into a spine-tingling atmosphere with epic synths over rolling drums. Underspreche brings the trance with an ethereal vocal hook to the stylish ‘Il Canto Delle Fate’, Paride Saraceni’s ‘Intuition’ is full of taut synths and dramatic chords and Yet More’s ‘What You Heard’ chops up tortured vocals and dark rolling beats.

‘US’ will swirl across the dancefloor with the enrapturing melodies of Betical, ‘Rizzo’ goes for plenty of tension and clattering percussive texture by Argia and Bergmann & Hardt Antoine then join forces and get more raw and direct with the potent ‘Can’t Escape’.

Cenkk brings his epic signature operatic vocals alongside well-treated strings over supple beats; Bigfett nails a heavier groove with more turbulent energy and raw percussion; Jono Stephenson layers angelic vocal snippets over rhythmic beats to take you on a soulful journey; and Kaive serves up a cosmic techno exploration full of energy and emotion.

A trio of tasteful tracks rounds off the compilation: Tobak keeps it elegant and bright with magnificent chord work dancing in the sky; Pattn features an emotionally charged vocal, wrangling through an atmosphere of tense dystopia with ‘Indecision’; while Sahar programs perfectly nimble drums overlaid with pixelated Krautrock synths that send you home after a real rollercoaster of techno excellence that covers all bases in style.

To celebrate the release of the compilation, Henri recorded a new exclusive mix for our Select Cuts series. Enjoy!

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