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Efdemin
Poly
Ostgut Ton - Cat No: Ostgut LP 38
- updated:2026-08-19
The long-awaited re-stock is here!! “Poly,” the highly anticipated new album—the first in six years—from Berlin-based minimal/techno/ambient house genius EFDEMIN (Phillip Sollmann), has been released by Ostgust Ton!! Wow, it was definitely worth the wait! This ambitious work—a masterpiece of trippy sounds—unfolds a unique, breathtaking, and elegant sonic world that bridges the past, present, and future of electronic dance music, minimal techno, ambient, contemporary music, and experimental/avant-garde music. The first pressing sold out immediately, but we’re thrilled to announce that a reissue is now available!!! Please allow me to recommend this album once again.
Track List
The repress is expected in the first week of December 2025!
After a six-year hiatus, Efdemin returns with POLY — his fifth studio album, released on the recently revived Berghain-affiliated label, Ostgut Ton.
As the title suggests, POLY explores multiplicity: of rhythm, texture, style, and emotion. Across eleven meticulously sculpted textures, the album weaves a multidimensional web of sonic references, nodding to the origins of techno while pushing resolutely into uncharted terrain.
POLY feels like an afterglow — of decades on the dancefloor, of restless sonic exploration, and of a profound connection to the spaces and communities that have shaped Efdemin’s sound.
Over the course of 60 minutes we are taken through different territories and landscapes of sound. Mysterious and swirling, abstract and droning textures over at times fast and stoic rhythmic concepts. Sometimes the sunlight breaks into the opaque and mysterious soundscapes before the pulse is taken over and sucks us back straight into the club.
The overall tone of POLY is mild and playful, introvert and at times dreamy. The music is rich in sonic expression and breathes the spirit of musical concepts that have been refined over the course of decades. What Sollmann has condensed here feels like a culmination of his multilayered and polyphonic personality situated between Club, Museum, Studio and Academy.
The album cover features a striking photograph of a human ear by renowned German artist Isa Genzken. Known for her radical visual language, Genzken’s work here functions as a metaphor for deep listening. The ear symbolises the layered complexity and immersive quality of the music on POLY — an invitation to perceive sound in all its depth, fragility, and force and unlock its potential to unite different voices in a distorted reality.
All tracks written and produced by Phillip Sollmann.
Published by Edition Parallaxis | Sony Music Entertainment
Mastering by Rashad Becker at clunk, Berlin
Artwork: Isa Genzken | Layout: Yusuf Etiman
After a six-year hiatus, Efdemin returns with POLY — his fifth studio album, released on the recently revived Berghain-affiliated label, Ostgut Ton.
As the title suggests, POLY explores multiplicity: of rhythm, texture, style, and emotion. Across eleven meticulously sculpted textures, the album weaves a multidimensional web of sonic references, nodding to the origins of techno while pushing resolutely into uncharted terrain.
POLY feels like an afterglow — of decades on the dancefloor, of restless sonic exploration, and of a profound connection to the spaces and communities that have shaped Efdemin’s sound.
Over the course of 60 minutes we are taken through different territories and landscapes of sound. Mysterious and swirling, abstract and droning textures over at times fast and stoic rhythmic concepts. Sometimes the sunlight breaks into the opaque and mysterious soundscapes before the pulse is taken over and sucks us back straight into the club.
The overall tone of POLY is mild and playful, introvert and at times dreamy. The music is rich in sonic expression and breathes the spirit of musical concepts that have been refined over the course of decades. What Sollmann has condensed here feels like a culmination of his multilayered and polyphonic personality situated between Club, Museum, Studio and Academy.
The album cover features a striking photograph of a human ear by renowned German artist Isa Genzken. Known for her radical visual language, Genzken’s work here functions as a metaphor for deep listening. The ear symbolises the layered complexity and immersive quality of the music on POLY — an invitation to perceive sound in all its depth, fragility, and force and unlock its potential to unite different voices in a distorted reality.
All tracks written and produced by Phillip Sollmann.
Published by Edition Parallaxis | Sony Music Entertainment
Mastering by Rashad Becker at clunk, Berlin
Artwork: Isa Genzken | Layout: Yusuf Etiman
As the title suggests, this album, “Poly,” features meticulously and thoughtfully constructed textures that explore the diversity of rhythm, texture, styles, and emotions. It consists of 11 tracks that represent a meticulous exploration of sound, featuring carefully and thoughtfully constructed textures that pay homage to the origins of techno while venturing into uncharted territory and designing a multidimensional sonic space.
A mystical soundscape—60 minutes of dreamlike wandering through various realms and sonic landscapes. The album cover features a striking photograph by renowned German artist Isa Genzken, serving as a metaphor for deep, attentive listening that captures the human ear. A stunning physical release with beautiful jacket artwork—a true masterpiece. Highly recommended. Includes 2 LPs and a download code. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)