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out now: Planetary Assault Systems – Say It Loud EP [Token Records]

Artist:
Planetary Assault Systems

Title:
Say It Loud EP

Label:
Token Records

Cat#:
TOKEN100

Release Date:
14th May 2021

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
A1.
Bang Wap

A2.
Bolt

B1.
Say It Loud

B2.
Shine

Press Info:
Token celebrates its 100th release with Luke Slater, a legend of the genre, releasing under one of his most iconic aliases: Planetary Assault Systems. For over 25 years, Slater has delivered unparalleled quality in his music – a formative figure in Techno and instrumental in defining the sound globally, few can touch the Brit for depth, urgency and hit rate.

Exhibiting near enough perfect renditions of classic dance-floor moods, the four track EP is a wrought iron rollercoaster through some of the artist’s most exacting work. Booming opener Bang Wap chugs unrelentingly while a lithe FX line does the bulk of the movement in the high mid range – building tension before a satisfying release in the last quarter. A2 Bolt is classic Planetary Assault Systems – hypnotic and driving with a single sequence dipping in and out of view. On the flip, Say It Loud could be an idiosyncratic hit waiting to happen – dry and tight in the drum department for maximum effect, and featuring a recurring vocal sample chopped and skewed for tension. Closer Shine takes a deeper, more psychedelic route with shades of the classic, jacking Detroit sound in the pitch bent lead line, but maintains the energy throughout with stylish delay sends upping the ante where required, all in all delivering a neat finish to the EP.

Snippets:

Video:
“Say It Loud”

Video made by the29nov films

Special:
“Tailored Communication Radio Mix”

Recommendations:
all stuff Luke Slater stuff we featured
PTTRN’s “To Disappear Completely” on Token Records
compilation “Fuga II” on Token Records
Truncate’s “DTW 2 LAX” on Token Records
Border One’s “Radon EP” on Token Records
compilation “Aphelion” on Token Records
“Eschaton EP” by Ancient Methods & Orphx on Token Records
Phase’ “Binary Opposition Reprocessed” on Token Records

Buy Vinyl:
Planetary Assault Systems @ Bandcamp
Deejay
Juno
Decks
Red Eye Records
Clone
OYE Records
Phonica Records
HHV
Hardwax
more soon

Buy Download:
Planetary Assault Systems @ Bandcamp
JunoDownload
WhatPeoplePlay
Beatport
iTunes
Boomkat
Bleep
Clone Digital
Hardwax
7Digital
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
Tidal
Deezer
Spotify
Youtube Music

Booking:
Reprise Talent Agency

Websites:
Planetary Assault Systems / Luke Slater @ Facebook
Token Records

out now: PTTRN – To Disappear Completely [Token Records]

Artist:
PTTRN

Title:
To Disappear Completely

Label:
Token Records

Cat#:
TOKEN99

Release Date:
26th March 2021

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
A1.
Disappear 1

A2.
Disappear 2

A3.
Disappear 3

B1.
Disappear 4

B2.
Disappear 4
(Mike Parker Remix)

Press Info:
PTTRN follow up strong releases on labels like MindTrip and Float with a first high energy offering for Token. The record also marks Mike Parker’s first outing on the label with a stunning remix in his inimitable style.
A natural fit for Token, the Belgian duo serve up a neat package of rolling contemporary Techno – driven but dynamic and broad in terms of tone. The production is decidedly refined and riffs on the classic posits of the genre, making the very most of very little.

Opener Disappear 1 sets the scene: immediate, metallic material for the dance-floor and Disappear 2 doesn’t let the energy dip – a slice of pure peak time Techno executed with considerable deftness. Closing out the A side, Disappear 3 opens things up, a marginally more airy take on the same dense, rhythmic work. On the B side Disappear 4 goes deeper and more hypnotic but doesn’t lose the energy that defines the record before segueing into Parker’s remix – a powerful dose of the classic sound that has made the artist one of the true mainstays of the genre.

Snippets:

Full Track Streaming:
“Disappear 4 (Mike Parker Remix)”

“Disappear 3”

Special:
“PTEXHIBIT: fifty”

Recommendations:
compilation “Fuga II” on Token Records
Truncate’s “DTW 2 LAX” on Token Records
Border One’s “Radon EP” on Token Records
compilation “Aphelion” on Token Records
“Eschaton EP” by Ancient Methods & Orphx on Token Records
Phase’ “Binary Opposition Reprocessed” on Token Records

Buy Vinyl:
PTTRN @ Bandcamp
more soon

Buy Download:
PTTRN @ Bandcamp
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
soon

Websites:
PTTRN
Token Records

out for a while: Various – Offliberty [Underzone]

Artist:
Various

Title:
Offliberty

Label:
Underzone

Cat#:
UZVA02

Release Date:
04th November 2020

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
Jose Monsalve
Rape

02.
Born in Lagash
Vortex in Futura

03.
Amadeus Joseph
Insight

04.
Argotype
Ether

05.
Alex Leander
Ego to Beat

06.
Andres Gil
Shimmering Light

07.
Deraout
Captura Inducida
(Late Nite Rework)

08.
Åre:gone
Eleven 101

09.
Matt Cano
Systematic Destruction

10.
Konjunction
Pitch it

11.
Hawterk Dicht
Heilisch

12.
Requiem
Strober

13.
Dollhouse
Let’s Get Hard

14.
HXIST
Pain

15.
Solomon Bosk
We Never Intended To Be So Deaf

16.
Tonni 3000
Unterwasserberg

17.
Josho
Playing with the Honour

18.
No Neim
Aquelarre

19.
Jastice
Born Into Bondage

20.
AD†AM
Un Monde Nouveau

21.
REGFOY
Astral Body

22.
Tajine Tabasco
Bœuf Bourguignon

Press Info:
We present our second VA, thanks to the great artists who are part and have the best energy to show their talent in our country. Our second VA comes better than ever, wonderful artists accompany us in this edition, manifesting their freedom through music, 𝙊𝙛𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 is our second installment with love for all of you and the best, for free, do not forget to share and feel the same energy with us.

Full Track Streaming:

Specials:
Åre:gone – “TERRA Podcast #038”

Tonni 3000 – “Rote Sonne Podcast 43”

Jastice – “AVECAST #029”

Argotype – “Away From Reality Sessions Chapter 9”

Konjunction – “SINÁPTICA PODCAST #09”

Matt Cano – “Helheim Sessions EP. 1”

Recommendations:
Åre:gone’s “All Against Me” on Abstraction
Åre:gone’s “El Cuarto De Las Puertas EP” on Bipolar Disorder
Åre:gone’s “Rå” on Abstractionc
Tonni 3000’s “Tonni Nation EP” on self-released
Tonni 3000’s “Messe Süd” on Union Trance Mission
Jastice’s “We Are The Outcasts EP” on C O U P
compilation “Yin-Yang (Part 1) w/ AD†AM track on C O U P

Buy Download:
Underzone @ Bandcamp
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
Tidal
Deezer
Spotify
Youtube Music

Websites:
Underzone

out now: Function – Awakening From The Illusory Self [Tresor Records]

Artist:
Function

Title:
Awakening From The Illusory Self

Label:
Tresor Records

Cat#:
TRESOR.320

Release Date:
14th May 2021

Format:
vinyl, download & streaming

Tracklist:
A1.
Misinterpretations Of Reality

A2.
An Optical Illusion Of Consciousness

B1.
Spiritually Unconscious
(Dissolve)

B2.
Compulsive Thinking: Repetitive and Pointless

Press Info:
Dave Sumner returns with a new Function record, entitled Awakening From The Illusory Self. Released as a 12″ EP on Tresor Records, it follows on from Existenz, his last full-length album released in November 2019.

Packed in a beautiful sleeve printed with 3 x special Neon colors, Tresor.320 kicks off with the fast techno of ‘Misinterpretations Of Reality’, it features a minimal acid-infected crescendo and throbbing pulse. As ever with Function, this idiosyncratic rhythmic work finds a place out on a limb from contemporaries, shapeshifting impulses that infer and guide this raw drum sound.

The second track ‘An Optical Illusion Of Consciousness’, Function moves towards a different direction, bringing more elements to the mix. It recalls the Dutch 90s techno sound with its melodic blurred synth leanings stretching and morphing across saturated, playful drums and hefty low-end movement. Its bind is perfectly weighted, a phenomenal track that nurtures its inner dancefloor soul as melodies fade away and tighter patterns take precedence.

‘Spiritually Unconscious’ points to all the trademarks of Function’s celebrated sound. A smooth 909 groove underpins bubbling atmospheres and hallucinatory effects, and a nod to the Motor City vision with its fleeting synth strings. At the core is potent, repetitive simplicity, its beat playing with weight and dynamics but never at risk of being lost. Closing track ‘Compulsive Thinking – Repetitive and Pointless’ kicks a juddering swagger, finding public addressed system emissions drenched in reverb resonating above bleak analogic synth drones. It haunts and creeps towards a thunderous apex, finding its depth in sparse drum movements.

An enduring fixture in the techno and electronic music landscape, Sumner continues to step through new terrains, reinforcing his spike and vision. Awakening From The Illusory Self finds him as ever delivering the goods in elating moments of pure club heft.

Snippets:
@ Deejay

Full Track Streaming:
“Misinterpretations Of Reality”

“Compulsive Thinking: Repetitive and Pointless”

“An Optical Illusion Of Consciousness”

more soon

Specials:
“Berghain 07”

Recommendations:
Function’s “Existenz” on Tresor Records
Function’s “Recompiled II/II” on A-Ton
Function’s “Recompiled I/II” on A-Ton
“Games Have Rules” by Function + Vatican Shadow on Hospital Productions
Function’s “Remixes” on Ostgut Ton
Function’s album “Incubation” on Ostgut Ton
Peter Van Hoesen’s “Life Performance” on Tresor Records
Psyk’s “A Moment Before” on Tresor Records
Psyk’s “Works” on Tresor Records
James Ruskin’s “Point 2” on Tresor Records
James Ruskin’s “Siklikal” on Tresor Records

Buy Vinyl:
Tresor Records @ Bandcamp
Deejay
Juno
Boomkat
Clone
Red Eye Records
OYE Records
more soon

Buy Download:
Tresor Records @ Bandcamp
Beatport
iTunes
7Digital
Boomkat
more soon

Commercial Streaming Services:
Tidal
Deezer
Youtube Music
more soon

Websites:
Function @ Resident Advisor
Tresor Records

out now: Various – Various Artists A [Kriptika Records]

Artist:
Various

Title:
Various Artists A

Label:
Kriptika Records

Cat#:
KK004A

Release Date:
30th April 2021

Format:
download & streaming

Tracklist:
01.
MSKD
Flight 203

02.
Geerson
Dark Spirit

03.
Grace Dahl
Mad Syndicate

04.
Amstra
Conflict

05.
Hermete
Rebuild Yourself by Yourself

06.
DCMBR
Emphasis

Press Info:
Milan-based techno label Kriptika Records serves up a six-track various artist release featuring MSKD, GEERSON, Grace Dahl, Amstra and label founders HERMETE and DCMBR.

Kriptika Records have been making strides in the electronic music world. The first few releases from Rezystor, Stigmatique, Sligo, Julian Muller, Echoes of October, DJ IBON, and label bosses HERMETE and DCMBR picked up support from genre heavyweights such as Amelie Lens, Marcel Fengler and Regal and continue to keep fans engaged. Their first VA release continues down the path of releasing first-class hard techno with trance elements, industrial and high-energy, warehouse anthems.

First up is Diligences Records founder MSKD with ‘Flight 203’, offering up entrancing leads, pounding kicks and spiralling synths before ARTS affiliate GEERSON delivers fast-paced drums, tunnelling modulations and uplifting melodies in his ‘Dark Spirit’ track. Up next, Dutch producer Grace Dahl’s Mad Syndicate lays down haunting fx, emphatic rhythms and growling oscillations until Italy’s Amstra continues the high-octane sonics with ‘Conflict’, which fuses rave-inspired elements, mammoth percussion and churning synths. Label bosses HERMETE and DCMBR round off this fizzing release with their tracks ‘Rebuild Yourself by Yourself’ and ‘Emphasis’ that both unite trance-inducing atmospheres, uplifting pads and dynamic grooves which keep you enticed throughout.

Full Track Streaming: