PREMIERE: Korbeat - Medejean [Bajo Constructo]
Moving cities does a funny thing to producers. Put the same producer in a different city, and the frequencies start telling the truth. The same instincts stay, but the acoustics around your life change. Different room sizes, different basements, different sirens. Different expectations of what “loud” even means.
Korbeat grew up in Armenia, Colombia, and has been producing music since 2017, then relocated to Brooklyn a few years ago. We got a first proper window into his world through his Delayed with mix last summer and great contributions to QEONE and Aneelhi Rec compilations. Since then, he’s been heads-down on his debut album Maromas Del Ego, out March 13, which also marks the first release on Bajo Constructo, a music collective now stepping into life as a record label.
The record took shape across 2022–2025, and you can hear the timeline in it. Part of it carries the tactile, organic pull of el Eje Cafetero. Part of it absorbs New York’s constant abrasion: distortion, noise, pressure that never fully switches off. Korbeat describes it as a Colombian vision of techno filtered through the move to New York in 2023, and that framing fits. The album feels like one set of roots learning to grow in different concrete.
Our premiere, “Medejean,” is one of the album’s emotional load-bearers. The kick lands with real weight, the percussion locks into a hypnotic loop that keeps tightening its grip. Halfway through, the pads arrive and the whole thing blooms. Suddenly, the groove has a horizon. Metallic hits, heavy low-end, and those lush tones sit together without fighting for space. The result is techno that hits hard, but carries feeling in the harmony, the kind of track that can hold a room late without turning sentimental.
Maromas Del Ego is out March 13 on cassette and digital via Bajo Constructo on Bandcamp.