Pan-Pot don't usually need a news hook to justify a release, but this one comes with a date attached: three days after 'Everytime' drops, the Berlin duo's own HUMAN imprint takes a truck onto the streets of the city for Rave The Planet.
What does 'Everytime' actually sound like?
Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix built the track around a vocal sample that loops and compounds on itself, climbing rather than resolving, while the percussion stays locked and unrelenting underneath. There's no build-and-drop in the pop sense: it's designed to run at full tension for the length of the record, the kind of tool that works when a room is already moving and needs to keep moving. It's out now on HUMAN / Second State, the label Pan-Pot run together as both a catalogue and a live event series.
Why put a stage on a truck?
On August 15, HUMAN takes over a truck-based stage at Rave The Planet, the street parade that picked up the mantle of the old Loveparade and runs through central Berlin as a demonstration for peace and diversity powered by electronic music. Pan-Pot curated the lineup themselves, booking Ali3n and ONYVAA to join them on the truck as it moves through the city, sound system and DJ booth doubling as float. It's the same instinct behind the label: HUMAN isn't just a release schedule, it's a way for the duo to put their own stamp on how Berlin techno gets performed, not just recorded.
HUMAN and Second State exist as both defining labels and event series, built around long-form musical journeys, not one-off drops.
Where does this fit in Pan-Pot's run?
'Everytime' lands in a busy stretch for the duo: HUMAN and Second State have carried releases like 'It's the E', 'Nightcode', 'Futoreno' and the 'PLANET' compilation series through 2026, alongside a steady stream of HUMAN club nights across Europe and North America. The label's pitch has always been that the dancefloor experience and the record are the same project, and a truck rolling through Berlin on Rave The Planet's fifth edition is that pitch taken literally.
