Sometimes what you don’t do is as important as what you do. Brandt Brauer Frick have made name for themselves producing techno without the technology, using classical instruments in preference to synthesizers and computers. It’s a negative that’s had positive results. On the Berlin trios third album ‘Miami’, it’s again what Brandt Brauer Frick are not doing that is once again important: they aren’t slavishly following the formula of its two predecessors. “‘Mr Machine’ (2011's sophomore album) the record made with the (ten piece classical) ensemble, especially was very planned and strict,” says Paul Frick. “We wanted to be more spontaneous this time. We wanted to do something very different, more dark and more rough. We wanted to write songs rather than tracks that slowly evolve.” Another major difference is the appearance of a number of guest vocalists who had a big influence on the direction the album took. There are appearances from Jamie Lidell, Om’mas Keith (Grammy nominated producer of Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’, Kanye West, Jay Z), Gudrun Gut (Einsturzende Neubauten and
German punk band Malaria!), Erika Janunger and Russian DJ and producer Nina Kraviz.