Release Date: 03.12. 

Buy the Music: https://summerpup.bandcamp.com/releases

Born under August sun,
in the year of the dog,
brings luck for great times,
like a pup in summer.

D.Dan launches his own label, SUMMERPUP as a home for his unique blend of deep, groovy, rolling sounds steeped in psychedelia. The label’s playful mantra derives from heritage knowledge from his Korean roots passed down by his mother, based on his time of birth.

“D.Core” is inspired by an epiphany I had while on the dancefloor. I had an uncanny feeling of deja vu, identical to how I felt in my days playing drums to locked-groove metalcore breakdowns. The satisfaction of a double kick, cracking snare, syncopated chords, and metallic cymbal is a feeling I wanted to hybridize and translate for the club.

Credits:
All tracks written, produced and mixed by D.Dan
Mastered by Joel Krozer at Six Bit Deep
Design and logotype by Vivien Hoffmann
Front cover photography by Cecilia Corsano-Leopizzi
Pup logo sketched by D.Dan

Support the Artist:
https://soundcloud.com/ddan-tek
https://www.instagram.com/d.dan___/

Support the Label:
https://soundcloud.com/summerpup

BCCO Premiere: D.Dan - D.Core [SUMMERPUP001]

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ABSL - La Bouche Pleine De Dents


Release date (3LP, cd & digital format): 3rd of November

TRACKLIST
1. Ø [Phase] - Insectoid
2. Lucy - Sana Sana Sana Cura Cura Cura
3. Ctrls - x.y
4. Rødhåd - Haumea
5. Planetary Assault Systems - The 808 Track (Parts 1 and 2)
6. James Ruskin - No Trace
7. Surgeon - Fixed Action Pattern
8. Inigo Kennedy - Arcing
9. Karenn - Pace Yourself

INFO
It was early 2007 when Inigo Kennedy inaugurated Token. Since that Identify Yourself 12” the Belgian label has gone from strength to strength, integrating both Kennedy and Ashley Burchett, aka Ø [Phase], into becoming integral cogs in the Token machine. In between releases by Grovskopa, Oscar Mulero and Go Hiyama, both Ø [Phase] and Inigo Kennedy dominated Token’s output, but it wasn’t until Burchett’s watershed Binary Opposition that Token received the shower of praise it deserved. Following this, label founder Kr!z issued three remix 12”s of that release which, including Token regulars, took in a profound cast of producers to reprocess “Binary Opposition” by the way of Sigha, Peter Van Hoesen, Planetary Assault Systems and Ben Klock. It was here Token stamped their authority on contemporary techno.

Since then Token has grown exponentially, bringing into their fold artists like Xhin, Mark Broom and Rødhåd, while Ctrls, formally one half of Northern Structures, has seen his solo career flourish on Token with the release of five records to date, and he joins Inigo Kennedy and Ø [Phase] as a label stalwart. Additionally this year, Orphx and Ancient Methods debuted their relentless Eschaton collaboration on Token, and Christian Wünsch’s Spherical Coordinates dalliance with Oscar Mulero has gained even more momentum with a second release called Kinematics Equations. Now, seven years after that debut Kennedy record, Token present Aphelion, a nine-track CD and triple vinyl grandstand of new and exclusive material from label regulars and like-minded artists whom Token founder Kr!z specifically commissioned for this milestone release.

The penultimate record before Aphelion was a second Token 12” by Rødhåd, another artist adding to the cultivation of the label’s sound and roster, and for this compilation the Berliner supplies his cosmically inspired “Haumea”. Joining the Dystopian founder on Aphelion are three of the UK’s most influential techno artists: Surgeon, James Ruskin and Luke Slater under his Planetary Assault Systems alias who provide Token with solo material for the first time after previously appearing on the imprint in remix form. Entirely new names to grace the label via Aphelion include Stroboscopic Artefacts founder Lucy, and Blawan and Pariah's Karenn project, while label faithfuls Inigo Kennedy,  Ø [Phase] and Ctrls naturally commit three Token defining productions.

Casting one’s eye over Token’s back catalogue and it’s clear to see the label is a staunch advocate of absolute techno, remaining steadfast in issuing quality material that remains true to classic strands of the genre regardless of its popularity flux. In that respect, Aphelion - a word used to describe the point in orbit when a planet or comet is farthest from the sun - provides a simple analogy that the magnetic force of Token, unfazed by the shadows cast by popular opinion, will proudly shine light on their artists and given styles. 

“We started in an era where our genre was very unpopular,” Kr!z explains. “And in the end that seemed a big advantage for us, because when everyone was giving up, we started our mission.” Regularly hosting label nights in prominent clubs around the world, Token has become a label supported by a wide-ranging body of artists like Âme and Ben Klock to Efdemin, Truss and Ancient Methods. With the label now branching out into album and compilation territory, Token’s duty to techno may not yet be accomplished, but it’s been a job well done.

www.tokenrecords.com
www.facebook.com/tokenrecords

Aphelion

Karenn - Pace Yourself

Something In The Distance (Original Mix)

Synphoria 化学繊維-remix

Jorge Fons shares his sonic creativity, blending rhythm, experimentation, and deep fusion in this new sequence for the LTD series.

Written by: @jorgefons
Mastered by: Tómas Gonzalez aka @red_noisedj
Artwork by: 7 Times 7 Design
Release Date: November 15, 2025

support

Jorge Fons - Destellos [KVLTÖ Records LTD / KVLTD010]

Release date: 22nd of June 2018 (vinyl & digital format)

A1. Electric Shades
A2. Out Of Sight
A3. Echo
B1. The Voyage
B2. Chasing Shadows
B3. Violet Dust
C1. The Cycle
C2. Signal Trace
C3. Drone
D1. Triad
D2. Extension
D3. Dying Asteroid

INFO
Oscar Mulero’s contribution to the Token catalogue goes all the way back to 2008. The ferocious Take Seven EP  was the start of a longstanding partnership between the label and artist. Between this first release and the more recent Suborbital Trajectories EP, Mulero also provided Token with 2 releases as Spherical Coordinates, producing sophisticated big room and bleep tracks.
Through his lengthy and prolific career, Mulero has not contented himself with producing dancefloor tools alone. The full-length Perfect Peace, released in March this year on Semantica, demonstrates this well, with Autechre and Aphex-flecked IDM and electronica sounds dominating the work. 
 
The new Electric Shades EP also has elements of this extra depth. The record opens and closes with sci-fi theatrics: Electric Shades throbs and pulses under eerie space atmospherics, while Dying Asteroid sonically details the demise of a small celestial body in clinical detail. But this record also operates with the solid functionality of Mulero’s earlier work. The Voyage is agitated and bleepy, while heavy roller Signal Trace plays deeper with similar themes. Triad and Extension too are weighty highlights, affording the record plenty of utilitarian benefit for DJs and home listening enthusiasts alike.

Vinyl Pre Order

TOKEN83 - Oscar Mulero - Electric Shades EP

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.”

Plantae

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The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Positive Centre + Tullia Benedicta on In Silent Series X. Created by label head Positive Centre, In Silent Series X brings a huge batch of sounds for you to use in your own experiments. In this pack you will find hundreds of loops and sounds to serve as raw materials to be cut up, rearranged and manipulated to create your own tracks which you can submit to In Silent Series to be considered for a future compilation (next submission date is September 1st). 

As a guide to these sounds, In Silent Series will be releasing a series of 4 track EP’s created by some of the most talented producers of the modern era using the ISS X Sounds. Today we present a stellar track from ISS founder Positive Centre and Italian artist Tullia Benedicta. The piece perfectly builds from haunting atmospheres to rhythmic experimentations for a powerful composition which lodges deep in the psyche. Further, the 10th EP on ISSX brings together some of today’s most talented producers including Stephanie Sykes, Ireen Amnes and  Go Hiyama.

Out August 1st. Get yours at:  www.thebrvtalist.com/positivecentretulliabenedicta/

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