Tiefschwarz have slowly but surely become one of the biggest and most diverse acts in dance music, first knocking out wonderfully intricate deep house on Classic before embarking on a more electronic route as the noughties gathered pace. 2004 saw this transition roll out in its full glory, their triumvirate remix package of Spektrum, Phonique and the immense ‘Bodydub’ from Unit Four making them the hottest property on the darker dancefloors, before a movement towards the stripped back, melody driven sound that Get Physical were bringing to the forefront saw them define a genre just as readily as their Berlin cohorts.

Ten years of them producing and DJing comes by in 2007, with the Black Musik compilation a celebration of their work to date, a two disc set of remixes and original tracks plus a mix which demonstrates their versatility. Opening with Sebastian Tellier’s beautiful ‘Black Douleur, all mournful vocals and melancholy pianos, it melts quickly into the dark, menacing strains of the DJ Koze remix of James Figurine’s ‘Apologies’, before jacking through some strung out house and bustling electronica. Ewan Pearson’s stunning rework of Courtney Tidwell sits besides Marianne Faithfull’s ‘Broken English’ in a delicious climax midway through, where elsewhere the Chi-Town glory of Ralphi Rosario flirts with Carl Craig’s atmospheric take on Recloose and Ron Trent’s seminal ‘Altered Sates’. Crystallising all their influences in one mix, it’s a sumptuous release which constantly retains an allure.

A second disc takes six Tiefschwarz singles and offers re-rubs on them, showcasing their career route equally as adeptly. Ghostrack, the record that officially plunged them into the electro house stratosphere in 2003 is here in its body-popping glory again, complete with an edit from Freak n Chic Shonky who warps the upbeat chords and chirpy vibe into a sinister, trippy monster of a remix. Elsewhere the feel-good ‘No More trouble’ and ‘On Up’ demonstrates their earlier recordings, whilst Radio Slave’s pre-minimal mix of ‘Blow’ showcases the development of another one of the genre’s leading lights.