Luke Slater / PAS / L.B. Dub Corp / The 7th Plain

out for a while: Planetary Assault Systems – The Electric Funk Machine [Peacefrog Records]

Artist:
Planetary Assault Systems

Title:
The Electric Funk Machine

Label:
Peacefrog Records

Cat#:
PF063

Release Date:
March 1997 (original release date)
2018 (re-release)

Format:
vinyl, CD, download & streaming

Tracklist:
A1.
Searchin’

A2.
The Menace

B1.
Exploration Of The Ravish

B2.
The Return

C1.
The Dream

C2.
The Battle

C3.
Signal

D1.
Shaken

D2.
The Parting

Press Info:
PAS
Luke Slater is a very prolific recording artist working under several pseudonyms making a wide variety of electronic music. His story begins at the Mi Price record store, Croydon, where he worked alongside Colin Dale (no introductions necessary) and Alan Sage (recording partner-to-be) and moved on to Jelly Jam Records of Brighton where his recording career really began.

Luke’s vinyl debut was unleashed in 1989 under the Translucent moniker entitled “Momentary Vision”. Released only as a white label it stood out for the fact that it was Detroit influenced and at the time the dancefloors rocked to the sound of the breakbea(s)t and so was a brave move that did not go unnoticed by the underground record clientele.

After a stream of further 12″s Morganistic was next, a beautifully chilled track, “In The Shadow”, released on the obscure UK indie label Irdial. It was the label’s most successful release and marked Luke’s arrival as a leading light on the then blossoming UK scene alongside Black Dog, A.R.T, AFX Twin and B12. However, it was not until his link-up with Peacefrog in 1993 when Luke began his X-Tront series and his Planetary Assault Systems outputs through which he became widely known and praised for, resulting in Luke being heralded as the UK torchbearer for the Detroit techno sound. Further compounding the fact that Luke had really gained promotion to the Techno premier league.

Snippets:

Special:
“Tailored Communication Radio Mix”

Recommendations:
all stuff by Luke Slater & his aliases we featured

Buy Vinyl:
Peacefrog Records @ Bandcamp
Juno
OYE Records
Decks
Red Eye Records
Hardwax
Boomkat
originally released in 1997

Buy CD:
Juno
originally released in 1997

Buy Download:
Peacefrog Records @ Bandcamp
Qobuz
JunoDownload
iTunes
TraxSource
Boomkat
Hardwax
Clone Digital
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
Tidal
Qobuz
Deezer
Spotify
Anghami
Apple Music
Youtube Music

Booking:
Planetary Assault Systems

Websites:
Planetary Assault Systems
Peacefrog Records

out for a while: Luke Slater – Head Converter EP [Mote-Evolver]

Artist:
Luke Slater

Title:
Head Converter EP

Label:
Mote-Evolver

Cat#:
MOTE003

Release Date:
13th November 2006

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
A1.
Something About You

A2.
Head Converter

B1.
She Showed Me Heaven

B2.
I’m Going Up

Press Info:
Starting off with lead track “Head Converter” Luke gets up behind the mike with a bomb blast of electro and drums hailing his new bands direction.”I’m Going Up” keeps the flow with more live percussion and vox whilst “She Showed Me Heaven” drops the tempo a few notches whilst retaining the electro-funk blueprint and finally “Something About You” kicks things to a crescendo with guitars and a driving bass playing off Luke’s lyrical delivery. I wanted to move forward from “Alright on Top” but not back to “Freek Funk”.

“I’m really into my live show at the moment and we did some great festival gigs in the summer and I want Luke Slater releases to be more attached to the live side of things so what you hear on the record is what you get in the show. I love playing live with the full band.”

Snippets:

Special:
“@ Awakenings 1997-2001 Special 27-12-2013”

Recommendations:
all stuff by Luke Slater and his aliases we featured
all stuff on Mote-Evolver we featured

Buy Vinyl:
Decks
originally released in 1992

Buy Download:
soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

Booking:
Luke Slater

Websites:
Luke Slater
Luke Slater (German page)
Luke Slater @ Facebook
Mote-Evolver
Mote-Evolver (German page)

out for a while: Luke Slater – Maiden Voyage EP [Loaded Records]

Artist:
Luke Slater

Title:
Maiden Voyage EP

Label:
Loaded Records

Cat#:
LOAD004

Release Date:
1992 (original release date)
2016 (digital re-release)

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
I Like It

02.
I Want You Too

03.
D-Circuit

04.
Stomp

05.
Degrees Of Thinking

Press Info:
…

Snippets:

Special:
“@ Rockit Festival, Utrecht – NL, 31 July 2010”

Recommendations:
all stuff by Luke Slater and his aliases we featured

Buy Vinyl:
originally released in 1992

Buy Download:
Qobuz
7Digital
Beatport
iTunes
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
Tidal
Qobuz
Apple Music
Anghami
Deezer
Spotify
Youtube Music

Booking:
Luke Slater

Websites:
Luke Slater
Luke Slater (German page)
Luke Slater @ Facebook

out now: Chris Liebing – Evolver [CLR]

Artist:
Chris Liebing

Title:
Evolver

Label:
CLR

Cat#:
CLRLP015

Release Date:
27th March 2026

Format:
2xVinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Chris Liebing
Unfold

02.
Chris Liebing & Charlotte de Witte
Symphonie des Seins

03.
Chris Liebing & The Advent
Subjective Immortality

04.
Chris Liebing
Roy Batty
05.
Chris Liebing
Evolver
06.
Chris Liebing
John Connor
07.
Chris Liebing & Luke Slater
Double Split

08.
Chris Liebing & The Alte Stuben Modular Ensemble
Entangled Circuits

09.
Chris Liebing
Higher Things
10.
Chris Liebing & Speedy J
Shaping Frequencies

11.
Chris Liebing
Brooks Ave

12.
Chris Liebing
Eye C

13.
Chris Liebing
Endtrack

Press Info:
Chris Liebing’s first full solo techno LP, ‘Evolver’ is released on 27th March 2026, via his own CLR imprint. The German techno don’s LP features a host of collaborators across music, images, and artwork. Luke Slater, Charlotte de Witte, Speedy J, The Advent, Terence Fixmer, Pascal Gabriel, Daniel Miller contribute to the music, while long-time collaborators Studio Bergfors deliver design, and legendary photographer Anton Corbijn shot Liebing for the project.

The Evolver LP is the sum total of Chris Liebing’s three decades at the beating heart of techno. It’s the record only someone whose first break as a techno DJ was playing five hours at Sven Väth’s infamous Omen in Frankfurt – and who has ridden out every twist and turn of life and subcultures since, while remaining rooted in the true school, dark, sweaty techno sweat pits of the world – could have made. It’s the result of deep introspection, but it’s about utter immediacy. It’s the sound of someone previously driven along by compulsion and happenstance at last finding the confidence to be utterly intentional about their practice, allowing them to take the most classic, familiar, proven elements from the past and render them completely new.

Evolver is also Liebing’s first completely solo album. There are collaborations, yes: with old friends from the OG techno generation, Luke Slater, Speedy J, and The Advent, all on uncompromising form, and with new generation figurehead Charlotte De Witte, who provides a thrilling narration of total surrender to the moment on acid clarion call “Symphonie des Seins”. But unlike all Liebing’s albums to date, there’s no co-pilot. Every structure, every mixdown, every choice serves his singular vision of how his untold immersion in the surging currents of the world’s greatest clubs should sound. The elements are all those forged in the white heat of Omen and Tresor in the mid 90s – brutal repetition, titanium kick drums, industrial atmospherics, but also dark rave euphoria, ever present surging acid lines just on the cusp of trance, and just enough human voices to remind you of bodies on the dance floor – but rendered with all the extraordinary accumulated skill and technological developments since then.

It’s Chris’s vision entirely, his musings on sound, technology, and life birthing tracks like “Roy Batty.” Inspired by thoughts of AI becoming sentient and hungering for more life like Rutger Hauer’s titular Blade Runner character, it was one of the first tracks to emerge and a foundation stone for the album. And in pursuit of that vision, it’s built like a “proper album”. The anticipation and menace of intro “Unfold” tip over into the glowing hot high drama psychedelia of “Symphonie…” then the breathless headlong rush of The Advent collab and on through an unfolding narrative that goes deep, goes dark, opens out into grand vistas, takes strange turns before finally landing on the alien landscape of… well…“Endtrack”

.Not everything is pummelling on Evolver – the dazzling title track feels like you’ve been welcomed into the courtly dance of a higher dimension civilisation, and the audacious Speedy J collab “Shaping Frequencies” is a beatless flow that tests the boundaries between signal and noise. But for all its complexity, conceptualism, and stylistic branching out, every last part is unmistakably powered by that dark techno-cavern energy above all else. All of it positively radiates the qualities of Liebing’s greatest work and sets to date – but somehow even more so than before. Whether you’re listening for aesthetic inspiration, cerebral stimulation, or just that raw physical power, this album will sweep you up into its momentum and won’t let go of you until it’s done.

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