Beirut-based producer and DJ Goose Tann is back on Austria’s Leisure Music Productions with a new three-track EP, “Monks of Tibet.” It’s his most focused work to date — dark, hypnotic techno that doesn’t try to be anything other than what it is.
Goose Tann has been building his sound since 2012, slowly and deliberately, without shortcuts. Over the years, his tracks have found their way onto Beatport, Mixmag, Anghami, Spotify, and SoundCloud, and his records have landed on labels like Stick, Gain, Ithica, Evolvement, Playoff U.F.O, Polyptych, Synchronic, and Red Channel. On the DJ and live front, he’s played some of the strongest rooms in the region and beyond. What’s consistent across all of it is a commitment to a certain kind of energy — underground, physical, and real.
The title track opens things up with something close to a ceremony. A rolling bassline, a mantra-like vocal loop, and a forward momentum that doesn’t let go. It’s ritualistic without being precious about it — the kind of track that works in a dark room at 3 am and doesn’t need much else going on around it.
“Bloom in Silence” pulls in a different direction. The rhythms hit just as hard, but the synth layers start to climb until the whole thing opens up into something almost cinematic. It’s the most melodic moment on the EP, though it never loses the weight underneath.
The EP closes with “Alba” — stripped back, hypnotic, a groove that just locks in and holds. A vocal thread gradually emerges through it, adding atmosphere without announcing itself. It’s a quiet closer, in the best sense.
