RA concludes its podcasting year with a mix from Berghain resident Marcel Dettmann.

It wasn't a tough choice for RA to pick out who to close out 2008's podcast schedule. We simply asked the man responsible for our favorite mix CD. Marcel Dettmann's Berghain 02 was a towering techno monument—a celebration of the genre's past and its possible futures. Dettmann's career began in his hometown of Fürstenwalde in the mid '90s, where he organised parties alongside his friends (and now fellow Berghain residents) Marcel Fengler and Norman Nodge. After being headhunted as a resident by the owners of the Ostgut club, he played there for the venue's final three years until its closure in 2002. When the people behind Ostgut launched the Berghain club two years later, his unique outlook on techno ensured that he was one of the first on the list to be brought back into the fold.

Whilst he releases his material on Ostgut Ton—both solo and in collaboration with fellow Berghainer Ben Klock—the other main outlet for his productions is Dettmann's own MDR imprint. Dettmann has stated that the purpose of MDR is to facilitate his "quest for the optimal track." Stripping away everything extraneous to the music has meant that he has shifted the focus back to making people lose themselves in the moment on the dance floor—surely what techno is all about. On his RA podcast, you can hear that aesthetic loud and clear: Pounding minimalism is the order of the day, whether it be new or old. (There is plenty of both.)

Ø - Unien Holvit - Sähkö Recordings
Terre Thaemlitz - A Crippled Left Wing Soars With The Right (Steal This Record Remix By DJ Sprinkles) - Mule Electronic
Levon Vincent - Invisible Bitchslap - Deconstruct Music
Cheeba Starks presents The Toupe Committee - GoGo Bop (A Trip To The Bodega) - Groove On
Marvin Dash - B2 - Force Inc. Music
Rolando - Where Were You - Delsin
The Black Dog - Train By Autobahn (Robert Hood’s DJ Remix) - Soma
Shackleton - You Bring Me Down (Peverelist Remix) - Skull Disco
Shake - Indagoo - Morphine
Casino Classix - Ringer - Ifach
Common Factor - In To - Planet E
Ja & Dg - The Clock (Ben Klock Remix) - Rekids
Scuba - From Within (Marcel DettmannRemix) - Hotflush
Shed - Another Wedged Chicken - Ostgut Ton
Norman Nodge - Man Made - MDR
Fix - Dope Computer (Ken Ishii Remix) - Nightvision
Unknown - N/A (Function Edit)
Louis Guilliaume - Time Relapse - SD Records
DJ Assault - Vandalism - Self Released
Lab Rat XL - Lab Rat 2 - Clone
Marcel Dettmann - Plain - Beatstreet
Shackleton - Shortwave - Skull Disco
Female - HE. 2 - Downwards
G. Family Feat. Nombongo - People With Bullets - Earthrumental Music
EQD - Equalized 002 B1 - Equalized