Electronic producer NHOAH has been active in the music industry for more than three decades, and in that time he’s amassed something of a cult following for his numerous musical ventures. After two years of experimentation in Berlin, the artist is back with Abstellgleis, his latest single and the lead from his upcoming album West Berlin.

Abstellgleis is the introduction to West Berlin’s emotive second half, with the poignant keys keeping things organic in amongst the analogue sequences. With arpeggiated synth lines that transport us back to a bygone era, and a strong pervading narrative, NHOAH takes us on a journey with this robust beauty.

Of the single, NHOAH explains that “Abstellgleis is a German expression meaning one’s last ever stop. The whole idea is about gaining momentum and then being forced to stop for reasons beyond your control.”

The video was created by academy award nominated directors Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, who have succeeded in making a beautifully bizarre music video that owes a lot to the ballet works of Oskar Schlemmer.

It’s a really interesting, if a bit confusingly weird, video to accompany such a chilled back song. Patrick Watson himself has described his intentions towards making the video as “the sort of film Martians might make for humans, if those Martians had only observed us from afar.” So make of that what you will…

Don’t drop acid, kids. It’s one hell of a drug.