Clemens Neufeld
Sawtooth Grinder

Listening notes

Clemens Neufeld's Sawtooth Grinder was released in 2012 on Neufeld, the artist's own imprint, carrying the catalog number NEU 2. The release is a single-title, four-version 12-inch that works through the acid, electronic, and techno genres the label situates it within.

The record opens on the A-side with the Mayhem Mix, followed by the Original Mix. That sequencing places a remix before the source version, a structural choice that gives the A-side its own internal logic regardless of how a listener arrives at the record. The B-side carries two further interpretations: a remix credited to Gabeen and one credited to Sebastian Bayne. The four versions together make Sawtooth Grinder essentially a remix EP built around a single title, with no additional compositions present.

The catalog number NEU 2 indicates this was the second release on the Neufeld imprint, suggesting the label was relatively new at the time of this record's appearance. Self-released records on artist-run labels occupy a particular position in electronic music's distribution history, operating outside conventional label infrastructure while still participating in the physical vinyl format that remained central to techno and acid communities in the early 2010s.

Track durations are not documented in the available record data, so no running time can be confirmed for any of the four versions. Personnel beyond the credited remixers Gabeen and Sebastian Bayne are likewise not established in the verified information.

This draft is unreviewed and should be checked against primary sources before publication.