Selects: 50 Weapons by Benjamin Damage

When 50Weapons, the heavy-artillery techno imprint helmed by Modeselektor, announced that it would be shutting up shop at the end of 2015, we were all pretty gutted.

Although we knew it was coming, it still didn't soften the blow and in true hardcore style, the imprint embarked on a farewell mission of epic proportions.

The last batch of EPs to be released via the label came from the likes of Marcel Dettmann, The Zenker Brothers, Margaret Dygas, Shed and of course Gernot and Szary themselves.

We thought it would be best to start 2016 by looking back at the stellar work the label did and who better to take us through the imprint's best releases than one of their shining lights, Benjamin Damage.

Damage has been with the label since the early days, experimenting with his sound and climbing the ranks alongside 50Weapons' surge in popularity. He released his second album, 'Osbisdan', last year and it garnered critical acclaim across the board for its challenging, intelligent and often unrelenting sound.

Take a listen to the label's essential releases below.

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Bambounou 'Mass'

Supremely confident and exciting 50Weapons debut from the young Parisian.

Benjamin Damage 'Cosmonaut'

Berlin techno with a UK rave heart.

Cosmin TRG 'De Dans'

Hugely important release as one of the tunes to bring life and colour back to the techno scene.

Shed 'I Come By Night'

Dark, weird and heavy as fuck

Bambounou 'Take It Out On Me'

Amazing groove on this, just perfect.

Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka 'Creeper'

My first collaboration with Doc Daneeka and that went a long way to establish us and the label.

Benjamin Damage 'Delirium Tremens' (Robert Hood Remix)

To have my first real attempt at a techno track to be remixed by Robert Hood was a huge honour.

FJAAK 'Unten'

Great vibes and driving beats from the Spandau trio.

Phon.o 'Slavemode'

Unashamedly euphoric.

Truncate 'Bipolar'

Perfect warehouse techno from LA's finest.

Anstam 'Balwin'

Claustrophobic and unrelentingly huge from start to finish.

A Made Up Sound 'Malfunction' [Adjust]

Strange, relentless and compelling.

Benjamin Damage 'Monolith'

From the darkest and most difficult period of writing the "Obsidian" album.

Addison Groove 'I Go Boom'

UK style footwork perfectly executed.

Shed 'The Praetorian'

Sounds like a lost track from a different era, but better.