Twelve tracks, but only six titles: "Que No Te Cunta," "Stop," "Move," "Falso Asado," "No Mires Mucho Atras" and "Fenix Intro" unfold across twelve versions, and almost half the record — five of twelve cuts — is dedicated to a single name: "No Mires Mucho Atras."
That's Concepto Hipnótico's identity statement. The Argentine label, founded by Bruno Ledesma in 2012 on a line of raw, deep and experimental techno, doesn't let "No Mires Mucho Atras" go by once: it hands the track to four remixers before the Original Mix even arrives.
- Haber (Arg) — 141 BPM, D Major, the longest cut in the block (6:53)
- Pert — 103 BPM, G Major, the only one that breaks from peak-time range
- Milena Adamis — 70 BPM, D Major, running at practically half the Original's tempo
- DJ Dextro — 141 BPM, C Minor, closest to the Original's pulse, cast in a minor key
The Original closes that block at 141 BPM in Gb Major. The same halving logic shows up again on "Falso Asado": the Original runs at 143 BPM, and the remix credited to Bruno Ledesma himself sits at 70 — nearly exactly half. That the label's founder is the one taking on that title isn't a small detail — he puts his own hand on Kernel Panic (AR)'s material, on a record that already reads as a showcase of the scene Concepto Hipnótico has built over more than a decade: Haber, Pert, DJ Dextro and Milena Adamis sign alongside the artist, not behind him.
The record closes with "Fenix Intro," and there the pattern opens up instead of closing off: Maccari's tool mix runs at 140, inside the fast range that dominates the album, but the Original settles at 90 BPM — a third register that's neither peak-time pulse nor the exact half of it, proof that Concepto Hipnótico's tempo map runs on more than two speeds.
Sources: Resident Advisor · Concepto Hipnótico