Prolific BNR mainstay Taube represents the new wave of German techno, one that has turned away from the chaste precision of the old guard to lean into irreverent excess at 5G speed.. On his new record, “Fuck the System” / “Higher Vibrations,” Taube serves his uptempo workouts two ways: dark, light, but always drenched.

One might expect a-side “Fuck the System” to make a political statement, but it does something far more contemporary. The track’s titular phrase is looped, chopped, and distorted until the repetition empties it of meaning—an apt metaphor for the ersatz political action of social media sloganeering. A devilish, bouncing two note bassline lays the rails for the “Fuck the System” freight train, which rips down the line thanks to Taube’s hyper-sharp production and obsessive, breakcore inspired accents.

The flip side takes us to candy land, with “Higher Vibrations” giving us another taste of Taube’s tryptamine-enhanced eurodance. Pink latex whistles open this happy hardcore IMAX experience, digitally remastered in 8K IDM. Short and sweet, “Higher Vibrations” is a three-and-a-half minute bubble bomb that turns the dancefloor into a slip n’ slide. Fuck what system? The one that makes boring techno, because Taube makes foam parties for your mind.