Name: Phase Fatale - Polystyrene by BITE in Phase Fatale - Scanning Backwards Reissue (BITE035)
Duration: 5 min 21 s
Description: 5 year anniversary of Phase Fatale's first album on Berghain's in-house label Ostgut Ton repressed in special pink marble vinyl on his label BITE. Out February 14th

5 year anniversary of Phase Fatale's first album on Berghain's in-house label Ostgut Ton repressed in special pink marble vinyl on his label BITE. Out February 14th.

Scanning Backwards, Phase Fatale’s second full-length album following his 2017 debut album for Hospital Productions, is music about control. Using the connection between weaponized sound and psychological manipulation as a conceptual foundation, Hayden Payne explores the ways in which music – and sub frequencies in particular – are used to influence thinking and to synchronize emotions and behavior: from military technology to sound systems and the physicality and sexuality of queer techno culture. 

Known for his innovative post-punk takes of dance music as featured on EPs for unterton and Ostgut Ton, the Berghain resident draws on his background as both a guitarist and sound engineer to create a heady mix of broken rhythms, noise-, and shoegaze-inflected techno, often at slower tempos. The result is music with space and pace to expand, highlighting the intense rushes of frequencies found in both sonic warfare and functional dance music. Over eight tracks named after a combination of historical and fictional narratives from literature and science fiction, Payne’s rhythmic excursions explore different manifestations of sound as power – specifically within the context of seeing Berghain as an instrument itself. This is also reflected in the album artwork, taken from an early flyer for the SNAX party series and an obvious ode to the fetishization of power dynamics. 

In his own words: “All tracks on the album, no matter the style, were tailored to sound a certain way in Berghain – something I figured out through years of dancing in the middle of the floor, DJing as a resident and investigating what frequencies really penetrate the body. This includes speech and high-frequency, brain-penetrating instrumentation and drilling textures that I had not utilized so often before, but which I think also have an effect on thought and memory. It's especially true in a space where gay and fetish roots combine with music in unexpected ways, almost in a cultish manner. A musical and physical deprogramming and reprogramming, psychic driving and de-patterning, the erasing and replacing of memories.” 

Ultimately, Scanning Backwards surveys not only the manipulative properties of electronic music (mantras, loops, subliminal messages) but also how rhythm facilitates both moving and thinking in synchrony; a pulse of coordinated sound- and brainwaves.

Phase Fatale - Scanning Backwards Reissue (BITE035)

OUTER DIMENSION PREMIERE 246

Track Title: @mr_tron - First Matter (@Ness Remix)
Album Title: First Matter 
Label: @alchemistarecords
Catalogue Number: AR003
Format: Digital
Release Date: December 24th, 2021

About the release:

Our third release comes from label owner Mr. Tron, alongside remixes by Italian artist Ness, and Miami artist Feph. 
The EP starts off with a trippy, deep flowing Original Mix, setting the tone.
Ness creates a deep and dynamic interpretation with stunning textures and subtle melody.
Feph brings us two different approaches with a ‘deep’ remix, mellow and emotional, followed by a more hypnotic yet tough ‘trip’ remix. 
We are very happy with this well rounded EP that reaches various styles, yet still remaining true to Alchemista’s mysterious and celestial ethos.

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Premiere : Mr. Tron - First Matter (Ness Remix) [Alchemista Records]

AKOB
ATOMIC MOOG

DESTINATIONS. EP 21
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Akob - Dissociation

02
Atomic moog - Conversation
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This digital release is cut from the 24bit Master Source.

‘Dissociation’ produced by Hugo Bernard-Lecharpentier and François Personnier aka Akob

‘Conversation’ produced by Cédric Beaude and Charles Lecca aka Atomic moog

Mastered by Brice Deloose at Incidence Studio (https://incidence.studio)
Layout by Mark Wagner

Distributed by Triple Vision

Destinations. series - France III
This is PITCH44.
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Destinations. EP 21

Dissociation

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Akob - Dissociation

In response to the current events happening in Georgia, label head Puritan presents his 2-track EP New World Order covering ever-growing threat of authoritarianism with underlying messages against human inaction, thought control and government propaganda. 

Sampled material include films: Equilibrium, THX 1138, 1984, Clockwork Orange and more.

Puritan - New World Order 
Puritan - Control Freak (Nightmare Mix)

Buy link: https://murderrec.bandcamp.com/album/new-world-order

Artwork: Davit Japaridze
Mastering: Luminescent Mastering

Puritan - Control Freak (Nightmare Mix)

Phase Fatale - Velvet Imprints

5 year anniversary of Phase Fatale's first album on Berghain's in-house label Ostgut Ton repressed in special pink marble vinyl on his label BITE. Out February 14th

Phase Fatale - Polystyrene

Phase Fatale - During the Freezing Process

Phase Fatale - Binding by Oath

Phase Fatale - Mass Deception

From the shadowy docks of Brest, producer Noctam emerges with "Impel Down"—a tense, propulsive cut now reimagined by techno maverick Tommy Four Seven. On this remix, mechanical precision meets eerie atmospherics, forging a relentless dive into dystopian club pressure. Out June 16, 2025, via Persephonic Sirens.

@noctam-brest @ancient-methods @tommyfourseven

PREMIERE: Noctam - Impel Down (Tommy Four Seven) [ Persephonic Sirens ]

Track 3

UdieNnx - ALUM (SUPER SLOWED)

BETRAYAL JUMPSTYLE SLOWED

Sunday Blues (Rrose Remix) - ARTS Collective005

EE12 - Marco Shuttle - Oscillate ep
release date 5 December 2017

Marco Shuttle - Kinshasa Decadence

buy at Dystopian shop: https://bit.ly/2wYIgM8
or at: www.spacehall.de

180108

Lucy & Rødhåd - 180108

BITE is the Berlin-based techno label co-founded by Hayden Payne (aka Phase Fatale) in 2018. Beginning with the debut collaborative EP by Silent Servant & Phase Fatale, the label aims to platform artists who operate outside the conventional preconceptions of techno and are united by an ambition to push the boundaries of electronic music. This drive is further exemplified by regular showcases at renowned institutions Berghain, Basement, and Tbilisi’s KHIDI as well as a multitude of clubs throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

With a vast artist roster from stalwarts such as Ron Morelli and Teste to contemporary talent from the likes of Pablo Bozzi and Gael, the eclectic variety of releases touches upon a range of styles along the moodier fringes of electronic music. BITE has proved itself as the imprint to watch. Fresh off the heels of their 5 year anniversary in 2023 culminating in the acclaimed triple LP compilation ‘Shedding Skin,’ BITE moves into more dancefloor territory with their next releases by label head Phase Fatale and remixes by Rrose. The display of the music is also represented in its visual prowess with cutting designs and colorways intended to take the sound into another dimension. From proper techno to synthpunk and to sparse minimalist industrial, BITE never fails to deliver fresh and razor-sharp sounds tying together the narrative of dance music.

Phase Fatale - Polystyrene

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