CYRK is a live show and studio duo that now starts life as an exciting new label in the hands of two Berlin based producers Sierra Sam and Pascal Hetzel. Up first, the excellently intense ‘Tribute’ is a breezy house jam that verges on techno with its radiant sense of soul, buried deep acid line and effusive pads. It’s a subtly uplifting track with nimble one finger bass that will truly have floors shifting shapes. ‘Hoover’ then gets much darker and deeper, with dystopian synth lines and classic Detroit percussion riding over a slick, snaking groove. It is a track that really pulls you down the rabbit hole and into another dimension. Detroit man Rolando, who has long been associated with Underground Resistance and has released his super groovy techno on a wide array of labels from Saved to Ostgut, flips ‘Tribute’ into a heady, stripped back and serene techno track that hits hard but also comes infused with a serious sense of soul. Lastly, the brilliant ‘Beaubien’ is another standout effort from Sierra Sam and Pascal Hetzel with punch broken beats, a fat lead synth line and expertly filled in spaces that brim with warm pads and real machine made emotion. This is a fine way to launch what promises to be a great new label.