Ahmet Sisman – The Third Space [The Third Room]

15 years of musical career is a lot if you know how to make the most of it, and in the case of Ahmet Sisman, he has more than managed his artistic background through initiatives and, of course, great musical proposals. He started out as a DJ and producer, like any fan of electronic club music, but in addition to publishing on major labels, he also manages his own label, his own brand of events, directs a collective of artists, has collaborated in festivals and will surely carry out some more artistic activity.

The post-industrial Ruhr-Area has been an indisputable part of Germany´s techno landscape since the very beginning. More than 30 years after technos golden era and after a manifold challenging pandemic, the scene and its sounds are blooming like never before. Ahmet Sisman and his project The Third Room can be described as key factors for both the area´s ongoing, sustainable dedication to electronic music and its current success, being more and more embedded in cultural contexts and society overall.

It’s unsurprising that the first album of Ahmet Sisman, the multitalented artist and man of action, is a well-considered mix of familiar and pioneering sounds, enriched by countless influences within and beyond technos constantly evolving sub-genre scenery. With a sophisticated 50/50 mix of four on the floor strikes and innovative breaks, Sisman manages to hit a sweet spot between raw but groovy, experimental but subtle nostalgia, melodious but noisy.

All this is already worthy of a listen, but placed in context, it perfectly fits the musical approach of the Ruhr-Areas biggest transcendental techno project – The Stone Techno Series and Festival. Like the bound-breaking release series of the last two years, ‘The Third Space’ maintains the metallic and fierce sound vision of a coal mining tradition with everlasting impact. The time travel through industrialization and renaturation continues here with T3R008 and gains a whole new dimension from Sismans skilled handwriting.

Release date: 23rd June 2023.