Finest subtle techno from France
08/23/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Amazing debut album by this french artist on the mike ink's label KOMPAKT in Cologne. Over 60mn of a post basic channel journey and also a post minimal kölner style way. Jonas Bering lives and works in Lille. He convices in crackling dub, fast deep unbelievable elevation, or also club anthem. You can't be a fan of KOMPAKT and CHAIN REACTION and live without the album "Bienfait" of Jonas Bering KOMPAKT CD5 KOMPAKT 18"
Don't let this one get away...
The Blue Raja | MD, USA | 06/24/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Sometimes it takes a good bit of searching to find the right deep, minimal techno to quench your thirst. If you are reading this, congratulations, you've somehow managed to find a great work. Jonas Bering is a name I'd never heard of myself until I bought a random deep techno 12" record with his name on it. Later I discovered he had a CD, "bienfait," which in French translates "kind deed." Certainly it is a kind deed of Jonas to bless our ears with this smooth composition and its' innocuous delivery of electronic dub techno. Not as cold, repetative, or raw as Porter Ricks (whom I also admire) but a slightly smoother and experimental flavor similar to acts like MRI or UNAI. And best of all, Mr. Bering doesn't hold back on track lengths due to CD format; track "8" is over 13 minutes long! The CD artwork is beautiful, and rather than pulling obscure track titles out of a hat, Jonas decides to display no track listing at all. Nice."
