Berlin still sets the temperature for a lot of techno, but the interesting records right now are the ones that travel. Trebuen’s new cut TechNA is built for that. The pitch is blunt: this is what is happening in Berlin, and it is happening everywhere else too. Dive in and take the full TechNA ride.
The track lands on Animarum Recordings, the same home as Trebuen’s Duality of Life pairing. On Beatport the Extended Mix sits at 126 BPM, released 18 September 2026. The artist tagged it Techno and Melodic Techno. The label copy leans into the groove: punchy house drums, a funky slap bassline, infectious rhythmic energy, rap-inspired vocals, an evolving arpeggio loop, plus deep drone bass and punchy bass shots for weight. That mix is the point. It is not a faceless peak-time hammer. It is club music with a hook you can actually follow.
Who is Trebuen? The project keeps that question open on purpose. A voice from the shadows, or an echo from the future? Existing somewhere in between, he blurs the line between reality and illusion. Every track feels like a riddle, every sound like a fragment of something greater — a story half-hidden, half-revealed. The question is not who he is, but what remains once the echoes fade. That framing showed up again around Animarum’s Void Club showcase in Berlin, where Trebuen opened the Soul Lounge. The mystique is part of the brand. The records still have to work on a floor.
TechNA does that job by stacking familiar techno pressure with a more melodic, almost soul-house swing. Melodic techno has spent the last few years walking a tightrope between warehouse darkness and festival lift. Listeners want drive, but they also want a motif that sticks after the lights come up. A slap bass and an arpeggio loop are simple tools, yet they give DJs something to mix around instead of another identical four-on-the-floor loop. Rap-inspired vocals add character without turning the track into a pop single. If you only know Trebuen from Vertigo, this one sits closer to the Animarum “music for your soul” lane than to a dark-disco left turn.
The catalog around it is consistent enough to trust. Duality of Life explored contrast on the same label. Other 2025–2026 releases have moved between peak-time techno and melodic house and techno tempos in the mid-120s. TechNA feels like the version of that sound meant for rooms that still want groove after midnight, whether that room is in Berlin or a city copying Berlin’s afterhours energy.
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TechNA is out now. Put it on, see if the slap bass and that looping arpeggio do what they are supposed to do, and tell me in the comments whether this is the Trebuen you expected or a new chapter. What do you think of this artist’s sound? Let me know.
