Format: 12" 
Cat: OSC 004 
Released: 25 Jun 12 
Genre: Techno

Truss - Beacon

Function - Disaffected


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

Inigo Kennedy - Arcing

After teaming up with Sawlin to deliver a series of spacy “Texture” works, dubbed ‘Foreign Awake Pt.1 & Pt.2’, Subjected returns to Electric Deluxe this time in searing solo guise. Known for his thundering, no-holds-barred basement style, which until ‘Foreign Awake’ was kept purely to his cloistered Vault Series outlet, with ‘Dolor’ we see the industrial edges polished smooth in this rotund and rolling three-track EP. “Krupp” opens in typical rumbling Vault fashion that builds into a gargled mechanical reprieve and back again. On the B-side, “Dolor” applies Subjected’s rusted signature to a groovy subzero bassline and blue-note melody, the EP’s duly crowned peak-time lead. “Wute” then
concludes with the sort of venomous hypnotism followers of Electric Deluxe should be familiar with by now, albeit this one has a more scuffed and tarnished appeal. Then for the digital fans, “Zopiklona” presents a slightly cleaner, bleepy bonus track with one killer charged drum crescendo.

Subjected - Dolor

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https://pro.beatport.com/track/pulse-original-mix/4525373

Ben Klock - Pulse

Wave

Buy on bandcamp

Coconoize & Del Piero - Wave (Bassner )

James Hype & Major Lazer - Number 1 (Yann Camargo Remix)

Jeff Rushin presented himself as one of the biggest icon of Functional Effective Techno, this second EP in the catalog is going further on the sonic spectrum. Tension all over.

The record is in Presale (Beatport)

A1. Jeff Rushin - Wondering

The End (Figure 77)

The End

Bandcamp

Len Faki x Regal - Abroad

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing. In the case of Yan Cook all come together in harmony. Yan joins the label with 4 very well crafted cuts. after a very steady profile and career. now is the time to make him shine even more. Listen: bit.ly/2s0rmNX
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Buy the 12" Worldwide or in these online shops: 
Vinyl: fanlink.to/CpA - #ARTSRECORDS
Digital: Always 1 week after the vinyl release. 02/02/18

B2. Yan Cook - Plot

Bandcamp: https://trau-ma.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-ground
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/to-the-ground/2505457

Jan Fleck - Green Reign (Original Mix) [TRM81]

A R T S is a Techno Independent Label founded by Emmanuel, There are 9 Platforms (12" Format, and Digital), Artscore, Arts Ltd / X , Arts Collective, Arts Transparent, Warehouse Memories, Arts White and Arts Gallery and Stealth as well.  
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Emmanuel / SLS / Jonas Kopp / Terrence Dixon / I:Cube / Mark Broom / Boner M / Cleric / Sawlin / James Ruskin / Radio Slave / Dax J / Valmay / Roman Poncet / Robert Hood / Farceb/ Psyk / /Subjected/ Acronym / Kitkatone / Vincent Vidal / Recid/ Infektion/ Netsh / Denise Rabe / Rrose / Disrupted Project / Traumer / Karim Sahraoui / Hironori Takahashi / Iori / Zoltan Solomon / Grad U / Ixm aka Kaelan / Hydergine / Jeff Rushin / Keith Carnal / Shlomo / Inigo Kennedy / I Hate Models / Judas / 0[Phase] / Antigone / Geinst/  Par Grinvik / Echoplex / Slam / Roberto / ASC / Unbalance / Farrago / Parallx / Fabrizio Lapiana / Introversion / Amelie Lens  / Opuswerk / Vase / Asmar / Yan Cook / Alfredo Mazzilli / Ersalz Olfolkz / AWDHA / 3KZ / Forward Strategy Group / Joe Farr / Tim Tama /  [KRTM] / Earwax /  Power Culture / Linn Elisabet / Julian Muller /Ferdinger / MRD / Kmyle / Raär / Roberto Clementi / Henry Greenleaf / Tensal / Chontane / Regent / VNTM /Alexander Kowalski / Private Press / OFF GRID / Thimo Konings / Dynamic Forces

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