Release Date:
25th October 2019 (vinyl)
25th October 2019 (digital)
Format:
vinyl & digital
Tracklist: A1. Morb
A2. Skarn
B1. Alpha
B2. Walker
Press Info:
Stomping 4-track techno explorer by label head Andre Kronert. Razor-sharp chords, stomping dub grooves, fluttered echoes and broken rhythms blended with a lot of energy.
The Odd Even boss honcho is back with a clear message which aims precisely on the middle of the dance floor. Outstanding coverprint, shrinked. Mastering and Cut at Dubplates and Mastering in Berlin wich are well known for their own handwriting if it comes to techno.
Listen:
Full Track Streaming:
“Morb”
“Alpha”
“Skarn”
more soon
Special:
“Odd Even presents: …. [New Years Eve Edition]”
Press Info:
With its fourth catalogue number, Steinlach returns to the vinyl format with a remix EP. On board are international friends of the label, who layed hands on Wice’s originals with outstanding re-interpretations. While the A-side contains two groovy and club-oriented remixes of ‚Just kiddin‘‘, the trippy flipside focuses on the second outcome of the label and refers to the two pieces ‚Absent‘ and ‚Hertz‘.
The record opens with a fast-paced and jacking ‚Just Kiddin‘‘ version by Deep’a and Biri. The two guys from Tel Aviv re-interprate the clubby aspect of the piece, furnish it with a portion of percussions and accompany it with a volatile beat. Discharging the track in a big bang, they‘re leaving the listener with no chance but to move energetically to the groove patterns while cherishing the original lead melody.
Just like Deep’a and Biri, Jon Hester bets on the energy and the recognition value of the original synth line. As typical for Jon, he gives a more Chicago-style housy and bouncy touch to the composition. The lead is getting chopped, re-interpreted and re-arranged into a new groove and melody pattern, sure to inspire the floor to shake and to catapult everyone around into a frisky dancing mood. Suddenly, the well-known arpeggio of the original comes in and makes for the climax of this brilliant remix.
With side B, the club aspect of the record might not be left behind, but moved into more stripped and trippy terrains. The B1 track is fashioned as a ruthless ‚Absent‘ version, unmistakingly having Refracted’s writing all over it. Smallest variations of the synth line, drones, and pads, without resorting to typical drum rack aspects, find their way deep inside the listener’s head, and draw them into their subtle rhythm. The unapolegetic roughness of the interpretation is striking and makes it a brilliant peaktime weapon.
Rounding up the whole EP, the last remix of the record is a wonderful re-interpretation by the talented Australian that is Mosam Howieson. He ministered to Wice‘s personal favourite piece and crafted a loving and deep version of ‚Hertz‘, which translates the magic of the original into own words and emotions, adds a subtle groove to it, then invites to listen more carefully. One quickly dives into a hopeful world in which a certain magic seems to be present, and where everything seems to be alright. Be it as a perfect last piece after a long fullfilling evening, or as the outstanding means to make the sun rise in the morning—Mosam’s interpretation sure hits the spot.
Special thanks go out to our close friends Simon Sandleitner who is always in charge of the great artworks and Roger Reuter (Roger23) for having always an open ear, his helpful advises and his thought-out criticism.
Press Info (German):
Luke Slaters Pseudonym Planetary Assault Systems steht für stete Erneuerung psychedelischen Mindfuck-Technos. Verteilt über einen tiefen, bis in die 90er reichenden Katalog, sind die Bleeps- lastigen, polyrhythmischen Loops seiner Musik so wiedererkennbar wie genredefinierend. Plantae ist Slaters erstes Release auf Ostgut Ton seit dem PAS-Album Arc Angel (2016). Dabei deckt diese 6-Track Doppel-EP das gesamte Spektrum des PAS-Klangs ab und bleibt verwurzelt in Slaters verblüffendem Funk und Kniff, über die Langstrecke verdeckt Melodien und Rhythmen zu entwickeln. Tiefgründigkeit und Hypnose gründen ebenso auf Spielzeit wie auf Sound Design.
Für Slater ist Plantae gemacht für’s Berghain, wo er seit langem Resident ist. In Slaters eigenen Worten: „Es überrascht kaum, dass, wenn ich eine Platte auf Ostgut Ton mache, PAS ganz natürlich seine eher bewusstseinsverändernden, außerweltlichen Qualitäten annimmt, dabei auch die dunklen, schwitzigen Nächte und Tage im Klub reflektiert. Gemeinsames neuronales Koppeln, wir alle zusammen, genau dort. PAS ist seit langer Zeit Teil des Berghain und Berghain Teil von PAS. Alle Stücke hier mussten also zunächst einmal den Berghain-Test in meinen Sets bestehen.“
Press Info (English):
As Planetary Assault Systems, Luke Slater is an innovator of psychedelic mindfuck techno. Across a lengthy catalogue that stretches back into the 90s, the music’s bleepy, polyrhythmic loops are as recognizable as they are genre-defining. Plantae is Slater’s first release as PAS on Ostgut Ton since Arc Angel (2016) and covers the spectrum of PAS’s different strains while remaining grounded in Slater’s uncanny funk and knack for developing oblique melodies and rhythms over longer stretches. Deepness and hypnosis come as much through duration as sound design.
For Slater, Plantae is made for Berghain, where he is a long-standing resident. In his own words: “I’m sure it’s no surprise that when it comes to putting together a release on Ostgut Ton, PAS takes on its more mind-altering, otherworldly quality by natural cause, quietly reflecting the dark sweaty nights and days at the club; at the point, the common neural coupling, of us all together. PAS has been part of Berghain and Berghain part of PAS for a long time. All of these tracks needed to pass the Berghain test in my sets first stop.”
02. Exit To Humanity (Shlømo Space Invaders Remix)
03. MDMA (Alien Rain Remix)
04. Free Society (Héctor Oaks aka Cadency Remix)
Press Info:
Incoming… The second batch of remixes from Ellen Allien’s recent album ‘Alientronic’ is here.
Still sizzling hot from the studios of some of the scene’s brightest talents this bumper package includes Alien Rain with a nineties-inspired take on ‘MDMA’, Shlomo’s raucous mix of ‘Exit To Humanity’, Hector Oaks with a piston-powered version of ‘Free Society’ and infamous 420 lovers FJAAK who’ve produced a throbbing, acid-tinged reinterpretation of ‘Bowie In Harmony’.
Listen:
Full Track Streaming:
“Bowie In Harmony (FJAAK Remix)”
“Exit To Humanity (Shlømo Space Invaders Remix)”
“MDMA (Alien Rain Remix)”
Video:
“Free Society (Hector Oaks A.K.A. Cadency Heartcore Remix)”
Press Info:
First release on the records label for Sina XX with a great EP. In this one, 5 tracks incl. 3 originals mix and 2 remixes by Crystal Geometry & Mila Dietrich.
