Phase Fatale
As Phase Fatale, Berlin-based producer Hayden Payne brings nuanced sound design and complex synthesis concepts to his dystopian techno tracks. Payne builds from a cold wave aesthetic, bringing dark ambient drones, industrial atmospheres, and precise song construction of work like Phase Fatale's 2017 debut Redeemer and subsequent releases like 2023 EP Nailed to the Net.
Payne grew up in New York, listening to classic post-punk, goth rock, and shoegaze. He originally played guitar and sang in Dream Affair before merging the band's cold-wave sound with his love of industrial and techno. Payne's first release under the Phase Fatale moniker appeared on Italian label, Avant! in 2014, with the Skyscraper EP signaling the arrival of his new beat- and EBM-referencing brand of techno. That same year saw him remixing Ghost Actor for the Berlin-based label aufnahme + wiedergabe, which in turn released his second EP, Grain, the following year. 2016 saw Payne delivering two EPs -- Issue No. Ten and Issue No. Fifteen -- for James Ruskin, Juan Mendez, and Karl O'Connor's Jealous God label. Not only becoming a draw on the DJ and live circuit across Europe and the U.S., Payne was also hit up for remix work, taking on projects for the likes of the Soft Moon, P.E.A.R.L., and Schwefelgelb. The following year saw him drop the harsher-sounding Anubis EP for Ostgut Ton's offshoot label Unterton before teaming up with Dominic Fernow's Hospital Productions for the release of his debut album Redeemer. In 2018, Payne started his own label BITE, and used the imprint as a home for Soft Crash, his collaborative project with Pablo Bozzi. The second Phase Fatale album Scanning Backwards arrived in 2020 on the Ostgut Ton label, furthering Payne's dark manglings of four-on-the-floor techno. Third album Burning the Rural District was released in 2022, and was followed with a string of remixes, standalone tracks, and the 2023 EP, Nailed to the Net, which featured a remix of the track "Desecrating Vows" by Rrose.
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11 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Burning the Rural District
Techno - Editado por Hospital Productions el 1/04/2022
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Burning the Rural District Remixes
Techno - Editado por Hospital Productions el 29/04/2022
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Skyscraper
Electrónica - Editado por Avant! Records el 15/06/2014
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Various Artists 1
Ancient Methods, OTHR, Phase Fatale, Roman
Techno - Editado por KHIDI el 10/04/2020
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Hazer (Guilt Attendant Remix)
Techno - Editado por Hospital Productions el 1/04/2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo