Paul Kalkbrenner announces new album 'The Essence', his first in seven years

Paul Kalkbrenner announces new album 'The Essence', his first in seven years.

Date published: 28th Jul 2025

Techno DJ and producer Paul Kalkbrenner has announced his new album The Essence will be released on Friday 10th October via Sony Music. 

Kicking off his album rollout by releasing new track ‘Ninety - Two’ on Friday (25th July), Kalkbrenner's forthcoming album will be his first album since 2018’s Parts of Life. 

About the album, Kalkbrenner said, “This is an album I can truly stand behind. I consider it my best. Sure, there may be more well-known hits on my other albums, but there were always two or three filler tracks. This one doesn’t have a single filler.”

Album cover for 'The Essence' 

“Many songs were made during a time when I wasn’t even planning an album. I had basically moved on from making albums, but then I realised how nice it is to have something with a larger sense of cohesion again.”

The Essence will be the Berlin DJ’s eighth album. The album will feature 12 tracks, with ‘Ninety - Two’ as the opening track. 

Kalkbrenner has been DJing since a teenager in the early 90s, going on to release his first tracks in 1999 under the name Paul dB+ and signing on to Bpitch Control, the record label owned by Ellen Allien. He then went on to release his debut album, Superimpose, in 2000 under the name Paul Kalkbrenner. 

Kalkbrenner is known for tracks like 'Sky and Sand' with his brother Fritz Kalkbrenner, 'No Goodbye', 'Feed Your Head', and 'Aaron'.

Listen to the new single ‘Ninety - Two’ below.

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