Alors qu’il s’était retiré de sa position de label manager de l’usine Ostgut Ton en 2012, voilà que le Berlinois Nick Höppner revient sur ses terres d’origine pour y livrer son premier LP. Neuf titres de deep-house à venir le 30 mars prochain, et dont le premier extrait, « Rising Overheads », ouvre la voie de bien belle manière.
Au rayon déclarations, l’ancien résident du Panorama Bar se la joue à l’ancienne, justifiant Folk comme un daron à qui on apprend plus rien : « I decided to call my album Folk because I feel that we all work with a sonic vocabulary that was developed by a relatively small set of pioneers 20 or 30 years ago who took their cues from disco, which was influenced by R&B, Funk, Soul, etc, down to the most primal ritualism of tribal drums. I also called this Folk as the blueprint of this music was laid out on what were originally cheap instruments from a dusty thrift store. In 1985, the TB-303 was the equivalent of a worn out acoustic guitar. Today this is reflected by the immense and accessible power of creation found in a $500 laptop running a crack of Reason or Ableton ».
Ca sent bon cette histoire. La preuve en musique.