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Berlin Dark Techno_part3

Back To The Basics

Mono

Magnetic

Mute

Diagnostic Imaging

Release date (vinyl & digital): 16th of December

"I've intended to do an album for a long while. The tracks draw upon ideas going back to various points over the last 12 years or so - some of the hooks I wrote years ago, other bits are brand new. In some ways I wanted it to reflect a personal arc and the way I tend to do things - never rushed"

After a string of acclaimed releases on Token and a selection of remixes, Ø [Phase] released his debut album ‘Frames Of Reference’ on Token this fall. It earned him outstanding reviews at Resident Advisor (“a display of real power and finesse” 4/5), in DJmag (“a calculated masterpiece” 9,5/10), at XLR8R (“sticks out as an alternate route to the heart of machine music's appeal” 8/10), Groove Magazine (“pulsating techno in which every sonic details fits”) and more.

After the double a-sided first single ‘On The Edge / Perplexed’ in June, we now bring you the 2nd single.
‘Dirtro II’ is definitely one of the standout cuts of the album and shows Ø [Phase] in his darkest and deepest mood. On the b-side he is joined by one of his biggest inspirations & one of techno’s most legendary innovators: Robert Hood. The result is a carefully executed yet explosive peak time cut.

Ø [Phase] x Robert Hood x Token. It had to happen one day.

TRACKLISTING
A Original Version		
B Robert Hood's New Device Mix

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Dirtro II

Ø [Phase] - Dirtro II (Robert Hood's New Device Mix)

Release date (vinyl & digital): 10th of March 

After a string of acclaimed releases on Token and a selection of remixes, Ø [Phase] released his debut album 'Frames Of Reference' on Token last fall. It earned him outstanding reviews at Resident Advisor ("a display of real power and finesse" 4/5), in DJmag ("a calculated masterpiece" 9,5/10), at XLR8R ("sticks out as an alternate route to the heart of machine music's appeal" 8/10), Groove Magazine ("pulsating techno in which every sonic details fits") and more.

Following the first single “On The Edge / Perplexed” & the second single “Dirtro II” (including the stellar ‘New Device Remix’ by Robert Hood), we now present you the last segment of the series with 2 remixes. On the A-side Rødhåd delivers an epic 10 minute interpretation of the first single ‘Perplexed’, while Robert Hood delivers a second, more minimalistic take on “Dirtro II” for the flip.

TRACKLISTING
A. Perplexed (Rødhåd's Extended Mix)
B. Dirtro II (Robert Hood's Redeemed Mix)

www.tokenrecords.com
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Remixed

Ø [Phase]- Perplexed (Rødhåd's Extended Mix)


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.

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Aphelion

Ø [Phase] - Insectoid

NX1 - NX1 02 005

Niereich - Ventricular

release date (vinyl / cd / digital): 30th of October 2015

Take a look over Ashley Burchett’s back catalogue and you’ll find the Greater London resident has played an understated yet influential role in purporting British techno. Fifteen years ago Burchett’s prevailing Ø [Phase] project debuted on Sheree Rashit and Steve Bicknell’s Cosmic Recordings before providing Cosmic ID with its final record in 2002, and since 2007 Burchett's helped mould and define the sound of Token by becoming the label’s marquee artist.

In 2013 the Belgian imprint finally coaxed the debut album from Ø [Phase], Frames Of Reference, described in Tony Naylor’s 4/5 review for Resident Advisor as, “a techno album of real imagination and depth that, when it needs to be, is brutally functional.” Almost two years since its release Ø [Phase] is back with Alone In Time?, his second studio album which adds to the continuous slew of unrivalled long players Token has put out of late. Token spreads the 11-tracks on Alone In Time? across three heavy weight discs, and the music further demonstrates Burchett’s deft skill in linear arrangements shaped to fit the warehouse frame, while painting a colourful, Detroit influenced side to his productions yet to really be heard to this extent before.

This uncharted sound of Ø [Phase] can be found in tracks like “Remote”, the album’s homage to electro, to the jittery, alien grooves of “Spacialize”, “Mo_del” and “Nep-tune”. There’s big room domination on productions like “Orbitron” and “R-Mash”, while the album’s title-track is a journey through Burchett’s conceptual references to cosmology, time and isolation. Burchett explains, "it was always an intention to make another album and now just felt like the right time. Life moves on, we change and grow. As lessons get learned and ideas form, the desire to express them gradually manifests."

Furthermore, Burchett adds, “Frames Of Reference was about overcoming personal struggles and challenges, while Alone In Time? is more forward facing.” With an extensive back catalogue in his wake, Ø [Phase] has become a relied source for the discerning techno DJ and these new, expertly crafted club cuts add to his ever-expanding pool of productions for selectors to choose from, and it’s clear, if the bouncing rhythm of “Blind Eye” and orchestral epic of “The Maze” is anything to go by, Ø [Phase] isn’t only head strong, but standing tall.

TRACKLIST
A1 Spacialize
A2 Orbitron
B1 Increment
B2 Blind Eye
C1 Nep-tune
C2 Alone In Time?
D The Maze
E1 Remote
E2 Mo_del
F1 R-Mash
F2 Astryx

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Ø [Phase] - The Maze

Ø [Phase] - R-Mash

Alone In Time?

Increment

Ø [Phase] - Increment

AL001. 24th June 2016. Realm Of Consciousness.  

Afterlife and Tale Of Us are proud to announce ‘Realm Of Consciousness’, a 10-piece compilation
expanding the Afterlife totality into a label. The label and events will complement each other with one
aim; to bring the crowd into another dimension of music perception with enthralling production to that
ignite the senses.
The ‘Realm Of Consciousness’ voyage commences with Tale Of Us’ Lies - a fitting introduction with
quivering keys and restrained percussion that engenders an ominous suspense ahead of Monoloc’s
enigmatic industrial techno crunch, Phoenix. Shifting through the haunting chords of Recondite’s dynamic
Murphy’s Law, to the brooding synth of Poseidon by Ukrainian duo Woo York, the realisation of Afterlife
utopia is upon us. The repetitive, mesmerising synth and effective reverb that Somne creates with Triangle
is an odyssey within itself. From there, John Hester’s expertly woven ‘Logan’ is a feverish techno stab that
transverses through the emotional senses, transitioning to Locked Groove’s adroitly crafted Emeralds, to
Ryan James Ford’s ambient, albeit percussive, techno cut Toree Bahrstad. Die Wiederkehr is the outcome
of Obscure Shape & SHDW’s collaboration, which incorporates facets of techno and trance that have
been shaped with real guile and finesse. Mind Against round off the compilation with Gravity - a
mystifying ambience and a fitting title as we touch back down to planet earth.

Tracklist
1. Tale Of Us - Lies
2. Monoloc - Phoenix
3. Recondite - Murphy’s Law
4. Woo York - Poseidon
5. Somne - Triangle
6. Jon Hester - Logan
7. Locked Groove - Emeralds
8. Ryan James Ford - Toree Bahrstad
9. Obscure Shape & SHDW - Die Wiederkehr
10. Mind Against - Gravity

Realm Of Consciousness

AL001 - Obscure Shape & SHDW - Die Wiederkehr

Split 02

Non Verbal Thinking

Unknown Landscapes Vol 2 / Mixed and selected by Christian Wünsch

Neuronic (Original Mix)

https://polegroup.bandcamp.com/album/unknown-landscapes-vol-5-selected-and-mixed-by-jonas-kopp-polegroup49cd

PoleGroup49CD
Unknown Landscapes Vol 5 / Selected and mixed by Jonas Kopp
Release date Mix and Digital (POLEGROUP49CD) : January 26 – 2018

PoleGroup presents the 5th opus of his CD mix series Unknown Landscapes Vol 5: a compilation of unreleased tracks, mixed and compiled by a member of the PoleGroup platform.

To make up the 5th volume, Jonas Kopp, has selected 22 previously unreleased tracks. Besides tracks by Reeko, Exium, Kwartz and Oscar Mulero, the tracklist includes works by many new faces at the label, such as Kuf, Dold, Farceb, Marcelus, Steve Stoll and Dimi Angelis
With this fifth volume, PoleGroup invites you to discover a powerful selection of unreleased tracks from high-quality techno producers, all mixed by Jonas Kopp in an 69 minutes long compilation.

The CD, limited to 250 copies, will have a special packaging, including a poster and will be available towards Triplevision and the PoleGroup bandcamp. Fans who order the CD in bandcamp will also have the right to download the complete download of the mix and bundle with the individual tracks. Pre-orders will start on January 12, 2018

PoleGroup49CD - Unknown Landscapes/ Mix Vol. 5

www.polegroup.net 

Unknown Landscapes Vol 5 / Selected and mixed by Jonas Kopp

1 Elemnt - No 4
2 Reeko - Princess of Nothing 
3 Oscar Mulero - Carousel
4 Exium - Recovery 
5 Makaton - First Order 
6 Fanon Flowers - Metallic Conduction 
7 Kuf - Drömloop
8 Astronomical Telegram - Keter
9 Milton Bradley - SYS 2064
10 Oisel - Vortice
11 Lewis Fautzi - Internally 
12 Dold - Fatal Error
13 Farceb - Skeptical
14 Alderaan - Celtis
15 Steve Stoll - Road Agent 
16 Marcelus - Nucleus 
17 Oliver Rosemann - Dekohärenz
18 Kwartz - No Way Out of The Hole
19 Dimi Angelis - Static Fields
20 Pfirter - Automatic 
21 The  Transhumans - Bodiless
22 Dold -Isolate

Oisel - Vortice - Unknown Landscapes Vol 5 - PG49CD

Artist: Niereich, Hackler & Kuch
Track: Do You Read Me (Thomas P. Heckmann Remix)
Label: Darknet
Release: April 2015
Title EP: Darknet 12

I do not own any rights to this track.

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BTCGqbCPDI

Niereich, Hackler & Kuch - Do You Read Me (Thomas P. Heckmann Remix)

EV13 Octave - Baked Rolls EP
Released on @eagervision-records on 17/06/2019
Buy it: http://tiny.cc/kh0e8y
@octavee

For our 13th digital release, we are bringing something new on the table; ‘Baked Rolls’ is a stunning EP delivered by one of the most promising talents of the Romanian underground: Octave. A young producer who describes himself through his peculiar sound rather than long DJ bios, Octave delivers tracks that have an analog feeling given by the unique way he produces, merging many elements that one would think do not belong with each other, but that often result in astonishing harmonious feelings.

Berlin Dark Techno_part3

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