Techno


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

Lucy - Sana Sana Sana Cura Cura Cura

MRT007 - A Bleak reality - Immoral Nature

Released on Delsin Records 2018 - 

Available at: https://www.delsinrecords.com/release/6029/artefakt/falling-into-the-light

Falling Into The Light

‘An Invitation To Disappear’ is the debut LP by British electronic musician Inland aka Ed Davenport (@counterchange-inland) – and his first release for A-TON. Based on his soundtrack for a video installation by conceptual artist Julian Charrière, Davenport has recast the material and field recordings into eight tracks of rhythmically intricate electronics and spectral, ambient techno, inspired by Charrière’s visually striking, 76-minute tracking shot through a palm plantation toward a totemic soundsystem on full blast.

Listen at
Bandcamp: https://a-ton.bandcamp.com/album/an-invitation-to-disappear
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/album/an-invitation-to-disappear/1431980206
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/5Pda0TQUD72fhLKyz1KaQK?si=4vsMsv0KR123E9P5vbMoIg

Taken from the forthcoming A-TON album: Inland & Julian Charrière | An Invitation To Disappear [A-TON CD05/LP05], out September 28, 2018.
Pre-order album as gatefold 2xLP, CD or in digital formats: https://a-ton.bandcamp.com/album/an-invitation-to-disappear

All info: http://a-ton.berlin/an-invitation-to-disappear
Artwork: Julian Charrière, http://julian-charriere.net | Layout: Yusuf Etiman

Catch Inland on the road: https://www.sweatlodgeagency.com/roster/inland

An Invitation To Disappear

Wirecam

Buy Album

Inland & Julian Charrière | Wirecam

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

170913

Lucy & Rødhåd - 170913

premiere of "Vortice" by @nicomtd
taken from the Sampler " Serpent Series I ", released soon on @voxnoxrecords

Sampler Details:
https://novafuture.blog/2018/08/28/various-serpent-series-1-voxnox-records/

MTD - Vortice [VNR035 | B2 | Premiere]

Buy: https://www.beatport.com/release/enfant-terrible-ep/2483204

Italian titan Luigi Madonna delivers his 'Enfant Terrible' EP with a pair of hard-hitting techno tracks to Pan-Pot's Second State imprint and taps the label-founders to remix his acidic cut 'Chaudfontaine' into a hypnotic dancefloor roller.

Luigi Madonna's 'Enfant Terrible' EP is set for release February 12.

Luigi Madonna - Enfant Terrible Ep

More exclusive music

Premiere: Luigi Madonna 'Chaudfontaine' (Pan-Pot remix)

MONOLOC – DROUGHT EP (DYSTOPIAN027)

vinyl: bit.ly/2SBXKmP

digital: bit.ly/2uAb8tn

Monoloc: www.instagram.com/monoloc_official/

Dystopian: www.instagram.com/dystopian_official/

After the release of Dystopian’s very first long player “The Untold Way“ Monoloc took some time to focus on his own label Unterland and the cinematic sounds the imprint stands for. Now he’s back on Dystopian with the “Drought“ EP, a heavy four-tracker that combines stepping grooves, gloomy soundscapes and dance floor effectiveness.
Artwork by Philipp Pusch, layout by Nina Langel.

Drought EP (Dystopian027)

MONOLOC – DROUGHT EP (DYSTOPIAN027)

A2 Monoloc - Drought

B1 Monoloc - Mufon

German techno muser Lucy returns to his Stroboscopic Artefacts imprint with his first EP on the main branch of the label in six years. The forthcoming three-track EP titled 'Dyscamupia' is "an introspective, multisensory techno triptych revolving around the core sequence of Albert Camus’ classic existentialist novel, ‘The Stranger’."

Ahead of its release, Lucy has handed over the middle track 'Dyscamupia (Paused)' - a frightful and repetitive track that reflects on the death of the nameless man in Camus' famous novel and the protagonist's "whole new flow of consciousness" following the murder. 

Lucy's Camus-inspired EP 'Dyscamupia' drops on March 15 via Stroboscopic Artefacts.

Pre-order: https://bit.ly/2H2eKfL

Dyscamupia

Premiere: Lucy 'Dyscamupia (Paused)'

What started as a one-off record in 2018 now becomes a steady project. With a second release on the ominous WSNWG imprint Rødhåd keeps building a platform for collaboration tracks that emerged from exchanging ideas and intense hours of working together in the studio. For the second installment Rødhåd invited Dystopian member Alex.Do to his Berlin studio. The two producers share a long friendship and now release their first EP together. “WSNWG 002“ contains 4 tracks, self-paced mindbenders evoking subtle mood shifts against a somber backdrop. The moment before everything turns dark is set to music here.

WSNWG002

Alex.Do & Rødhåd -  160721

Alex.Do & Rødhåd - 160602

Alex.Do & Rødhåd - 181211

Alex.Do & Rødhåd - 190128

@kontal  - The Seventh Soul EP

1. Analog 10
2. Before She Died
3. Lynx

Kontal makes a welcome return to Soma as he drops his second release on the label, The Seventh Soul. Kontal keeps things rough and ready with this latest EP with 3 solid, dance floor orientated weapons.

Mastered By Conor Dalton @ http://www.glowcast.co.uk/

The Seventh Soul

Lynx

Kontal - Lynx (Soma 544d)

Before She Died

Kontal - Before She Died (Soma 544d)

Analog 10

Kontal  - Analog 10 (Soma 544d)

From the EP 'Chaos Come To Conquer'
Release date : 19th April 
Pre-order link : https://monnomblack.bandcamp.com/album/chaos-come-to-conquer-ep

Artist : @soundcloud.com/daxj
www.facebook.com/DAXJOFFICIAL/
twitter.com/daxj

Label : @soundcloud.com/monnom-black
www.facebook.com/Monnom-Black-164864170344466/
https://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=9676

Chaos Come To Conquer EP

Premiere : DAX J - Speedball [Monnom Black]

Label: Emphatic

Artist: Arnaud Le Texier
Title: Datura EP
Release Date: Friday 12 April 2019
Format: Digital
CAT#: EMPHATIC033

01. Sabretooth
02. Acidic
03. Datura
04. Deviant
05. Afton 

Emphatic is the London based label from Ian Axide which forecasts an analogue, hypnotic sound, that encompasses rich textures and esoteric flows.

Previous contributions to the imprint roll back to 2009 and include the likes of Ben Sims, Cristian Varela, Vegim, Michel Lauriola and H. Paul, to name only a few.

Arnaud Le Texier delivers this five track EP on Emphatic following his debut appearance last year. Known for heading up the highly respected Children of Tomorrow label, his music has also been released on Sven Väth's Cocoon, Joachim Spieth's Affin, and Christian Wünsch's Tsunami Records over his extensive career.

Expect to hear dark, brooding sounds, drenched in gritty hypnotic riffs and peak time power...

Techno

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