If you name your song “In the Basement,” you shoot the video in one. That’s exactly what Yass did. No artifice—just raw energy in a confined space, channeling their mechanical noise rock through brick walls and sweat-soaked amplification.
Shot by Hansi Breier and Frank Otto, the video strips things down to essentials: volume, rhythm, and presence. It’s a livewire visual match to the single’s sound, which digs deep into a relentless groove and stays there. Equal parts precision and chaos, the track pulls from Kraftwerk’s motorik pulse, the manic aggression of Idles, and jagged kraut-damaged textures. There’s no room for a breather—only forward momentum.
“In the Basement” is the first single from the upcoming album Feel Safe, out June 6, 2025, via Berlin’s Crazysane Records. It marks the third full-length from the duo, formed by Markus Brengartner and Frank Otto—names etched into Germany’s underground through their work in Kurt, Ten Volt Shock, and more recently, Maulgruppe.
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Between 2018 and 2023, they released two albums with Jens Rachut under the Maulgruppe banner, earning underground praise via Major Label.
But Yass has been their shared outlet since 2012—a stripped-back, high-voltage response to decades spent playing across Europe, the US, Japan, and Australia. Their current sound continues to evolve: noise rock at its core, shaped by looping synths and unrelenting rhythm, pushing krautrock repetition into heavier territory.
The track, and the upcoming record, mark questions shouted through distortion: urgent, experimental, and built from the floor up.
“In the Basement” is now streaming. Vinyl and merch pre-orders are live at this location.
Catch the band live at the following shows:
