Das Mörtal cracks open an old tresor and lets Falsche Daten crawl into 2025. Tracked in his Berlin era and now issued by Lisbon Lux Records, the cut surfaces like a lost reel spliced into the present. Montréal may claim him now, yet the DNA here is pure Hauptstadt: acid burn, modular murk, industrial clang, all dialled to a relentless four-on-the-floor.
The track wastes no time: kick drum in jackboot cadence, metallic hiss circling like rusted drones, and a restless synth squirming through the mix like neon wire. One moment the arrangement hangs in wide, echoing suspense; the next it erupts in hi-hat shrapnel and walls of serrated tone. Falsche Daten feels archivally ancient and sharply present at once; a rave relic reanimated to stalk today’s dancefloors with fresh voltage and feral intent.
“Falsche Daten was created early on my producing career while channeling my techno influences of the time which were The Hacker and Vitalic, says Das Mörtal. “Like all the tracks from ORIGINS, it was made to stand on its own, outside of the album or EP format and represented a specific moment in time of my early years trying to find out what my sound was. ORIGINS collect these ideas made during those formative years that still represent the Das Mörtal sound of today.”
The clip, directed by Pablo Escobar Tuduri and Jean-Julien Jean, spools out like a Saturday cartoon possessed by something chemical and cruel. Imagine Chris Cunningham’s Come To Daddy fever-dream take on a children’s playdate: plastic toys, basement carpet, and an unsettling entourage of rubbery smiles gone wrong. The familiar props of childhood – action figures, juice boxes, sing-song jingles – warp under sickly lighting, twitching in sync with a beat that gnaws at the nerves.
Halfway through, the camera lingers on a box marked RAT POISON, its warning label winking like a punchline, and the afternoon slides fully off its axis. By the end, innocence reeks of formaldehyde and the viewer feels complicit, caught between laughter and unease. Consider this your polite public-service announcement: keep the snacks, ditch the toxins, and never trust a basement lit by a single bare bulb.
Watch the video for “Falsche Daten” below:
With several EPs and albums released, Das Mörtal has appeared at numerous major festivals such as Osheaga, Transmusicales de Rennes, FME, and Meg Festival, while opening on tours for the likes of Vitalic, Perturbator, and Carpenter Brut.
Listen to Falsche Daten below and order the single here.
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