An Inquisite Taste

Dressed To Kill

Tracks produced and mixed by Léo Naïtaïssa.
Mastered by João Temudo @Tema Mastering
Artwork by João Frederico
Release description by Marcos Ferreira and Vasco Guerreiro
Released by Hayes Collective, Portugal
Release Date: 30/04/2021
Catalog Reference: HYSEP26

Hayes Bandcamp

Quelza - La Valse 05

The concept for Schacke’s, Apocalyptic Decadence was thought out during the dark days of the first lockdown in 2020, it is essentially about the desire for hedonism and excess being amplified when faced with apocalyptic omens and the annihilation of the familiar. 

When faced with destruction, the psyche approaches a duality, it can either swallow the pill of bitter realism or withdraw and escape into the imaginal, constructing a world of hedonism and pleasure, the paradox of the latter, which the album explores, is that this approach only accelerates the process of impending doom and the delusion that through the pursuit of eschatological pleasure, the world might be orgasmically reborn. 

Apocalyptic Decadence sees Schacke exploring the full spectrum of his musical discography, taking inspiration from the industrial, dark and rough sounds from his early days, combining it with the hyper-sensuality of his later works. The sound is twisted, psychological, sex-fixated and intoxicating. 

The album can be considered the 3rd part in his “Pleasuredome Series”, following his prior two releases on Instruments Of Discipline: ‘Welcome To The Pleasuredome’ & ‘Artificial Intercourse’. 

Produced recorded and mixed by Martin Schacke 
Artwork by Freja sigsgaard-Hansen and Martin Schacke 
Mastering by Joel Krozer at Sixbitdeep

releases July 15, 2022

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@schackedelic
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Schacke - Dungeon Crawler

Voiski is pleased to present 'Superclub,' a new series of releases from Super95, focused on uncompromising club and dance music. Introducing this imprint with the new EP 'Raqs' (Danse in Farsi), he brings forth three bangers from his current live act, transforming the psychedelic trance-influenced techno familiar from his performances into fully developed workouts. To be played in the dark, loudly!

Voiski - Raqs I EP
live takes 2023
SUPERCLUB-001

Raqs

Raqs-e sabk


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

Buy here: https://biterecords.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-destructive 

Tracklist: 
A1. Love Is Destructive
A2. Magma Driver
B1. Ambivalence
B2. Introjection

Mastering by Conor Dalton
Artwork by Silent Editions
Design by Eloise Leigh
Special thanks to The Panacea
Cat. No. BITE032 – All rights reserved
℗ & © BITE 2024

Love Is Destructive

Premiere: Phase Fatale - Ambivalence [BITE032]

Altars

A mid morning groove box and coffee sesh.

Cheers.

morning coffee

Repro - Feel Extraordinary (Ectotherm)

A1 Club Comfort
A2 Vanity Bites
B1 Gust Of Residue
B2 015SKY

DISTRO: info@em92distro.com  

Ectotherm welcomes Repro to the label with his EP ‘Feel Extraordinary’. His record ranges from melancholic ambience and atonal heartbreak techno to full-on 90s bass-driven rollers. The tracks are touching the characteristic 140bpm for which the Copenhagen imprint has become known, but as with the other Ectotherm signees Repro delivers his own fully distinct take on it.                   

Ectotherm is a label releasing accelerating techno run by Denmark’s Courtesy and Mama Snake.

Schacke - Dungeon Crawler

Instruments of Discipline