Luke Slater’s most well known pseudonym Planetary Assault Systems is back in the fullest swing with 'No Exit', a standalone EP following his famed 'Deep Heet' installment series. 'No Exit' unmistakably bears all the hallmarks of Planetary Assault System, from mind-tripping and floor-stirring hypnotic energy to the theme of pushing the outer limits of unknown territories.
The EP kicks off with the title track, at its first breath of rolling beat already infusing an ample dose of psychedelic madness, which only to be intensified with the layers of digital chime tones that are constantly multiplying and shape-shifting. “Undertow” on the B side continues with the signature warping and reverberating bells and bleeps but this time with enticing hi-hats and distorted bass, gradually all melting into one big sinister groove. The last track of the EP “Nanendi” might fool you in the beginning with its minimalistic beat, but as soon as the demure yet ominous veil of melody - beautifully moody and almost spooky at times - starts humming and howling, it’s well on its way to make a deep, haunting emotional connection while keeps the tension boiling. Without a doubt 'No Exit' EP is the one that shows the most distinctive core DNA of Planetary Assault Systems and much like his seminal album The Messenger, it’s a deadly unique, dazzling, and powerfully effective work that will stand the test of time.

Tracklisting: 
A: No Exit
B1: Undertow
B2: Nanendi

Planetary Assault Systems - No Exit - Mote Evolver

Mote022
A: Sucktion // B1: Pow Wow // B2: Raid

Planetary Assault Systems - Deep Heet Vol. 2 - Mote Evolver

Episode 1 'The Spacestation' Radio Show (27th Jan 2014)

Episode 2 'The Spacestation' Radio Show (5th Feb 2014)

The Nighttripper - Tone Exploitation (Planetary Assault Systems Remix)

This is the track I donated to the BPM Japan Charity album - njoi. 
I wrote this track in 1996 whilst working on the Drone Sector album. 
It was too "light" for the album, quite rightly so and never found a home until now with all the proceeds and contributions of 60 different artists being donated to the Red Cross Japan.

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/362359/bpm-japan-charity-album-volume-1

Planetary Assault Systems - BPM Japan Charity - Radiance (Unreleased 1996 Drone Sector track)

Episode 5 'The Spacestation' Radio Show (18th Jun 2014)

MDR013 - Marcel Dettmann - Apron Rush - Planetary Assault Systems Remixes

Luke Slater and Dubfire - The Sonic Assassin Mote Evolver
Planetary Assault Systems - Twelve (Psyk Remix) Mote Evolver
Depeche Mode - Ghosts Again ( Chris Liebing and Luke Slater Remix) Mute
Planetary Assault Systems - Grid Scanner  Mote Evolver
Planetary Assault Systems - In from the night ( PAS Remix) Mote-Evolver
LC1 - unreleased
Frank De Wolf - Magic Orchestra (PAS Live Jack Edit)  Music Man
Frank De Wolf - Magic Orchestra ( unreleased edit) 
Mattia Trani -  One More Step ( Planetary Assault Systems Live remix)
Luke Slater and Dubfire - The Dissent Mote Evolver
Speedy & Steve -  Dabbler Nine Mote Evolver
Roog Unit - Koox  Mote Evolver
SHS - Speedy J and Luke Slater. STOOR
Sven Vath - NYX ( planetary assault systems remix) Cocoon
Roog Unit - Sanity Regard Mote Evolver
Alan Fitzpatrick -  Aura ( Planetary Assault Systems Remix ) We are the Brave
Roog Unit - Don’t Let Go ( Mote Evolver )
Roog Unit -  Bash Box. (Mote Evolver )

Luke Slater's 2023 Merry Xmas Mix

MOTE050 :: Planetary Assault Systems - Deep Heet Vol. 4

Since 2006, the Deep Heet series of recordings has shown the public an especially distinctive side of the production work of Planetary Assault Systems. With a unique ‘engine room’ ambience and a focus upon maintaining a continual surge of pure energy, each volume in the Deep Heet collection has lived up to that title, subtly suggesting the kind of sustained and voluntary temperature rise that has traditionally given way to spiritual or visionary experiences. Just check out tracks such as “Flat Tire” from Volume 3, with its hard percussive edge accompanied by a pervasive hiss like boiling matter changing into gas. P.A.S. helmsman Luke Slater also thinks highly enough of this series to re-work tracks like “Whistle Viper” in recent live sets, or to offer up others (e.g. “Raid”) for remixing by Mote-Evolver allies. 
It’s only appropriate, then, that the 50th overall release on Mote-Evolver should also be the fourth overall volume of Deep Heet. In keeping with Slater’s recent forward-thinking self-assessments like the “Planetary Funk” anniversary series, this is simultaneously a summary of past successes and another new evolution in style and content.  This new set of four highly concentrated cuts shows how effective Planetary Assault Systems can be at fueling the imagination by fusing together rhythmic and incidental elements into a unified, animated meshwork, without even a prominent melody to help out. For example, on the compelling track “Lazer Organical,” listeners will find themselves in the midst of a testing range where thick arcs of coherent plasma ricochet off of the walls. 

Deep Heet Vol. 4 also showcases Slater’s aptitude for choosing just the right moments to deviate from a steady groove: on the mesmerizing bubblebath of “Random Kingdom,” he allows listeners to sink into the rising sonic foam before interjecting with some sharp metallic hits. The leadoff track “Desert Races” proceeds in similar fashion, weaving a web of luminous sequencer patterns around the listener before and cutting in with sudden fluctuations or distortions that function like a hypnotist’s suggestions after an entranced patient has become fully responsive. “Life Rhythm,” on the other hand, is a total immersion session in which Slater’s presence seems to recede into the background and listeners themselves may begin imagining overtones and sonic ephemera that weren’t programmed into the original track.

MOTE050 :: Planetary Assault Systems - Random Kingdom B1

When it was announced that Luke Slater was going to release his latest Planetary Assault Systems album on Ostgut Ton, it hardly came as a surprise. After all, he'd already given them an epic ambient cut for their Shut Up and Dance! Updated ballet soundtrack, and he's been a semi-regular fixture behind the decks at Berghain since late 2006. But even given his previous record for raw techno and acid as Planetary Assault Systems, it does seem as if Temporary Suspension is Luke Slater's "Berghain album"—a distillation of his adventures at the club, both in the DJ booth and whilst getting sweaty amongst the muscle marys and party animals. Even the introduction of the record draws direct comparisons to the Berghain experience, with the slow fade in to an already driving beat mirroring the walk up the first set of stairs to an already bulging dance floor.

Planetary Assault Systems - Temporary Suspension (Ostgut CD09/LP04)

Heavy UK techno from James Ruskin backed with a Luke Slater remix! For our money it's all about the Slater remix of 'The Outsider', laying down a dry-heaving banger in the finest Berghain/Sandwell/Dettmann style, and a must for anyone who picked up his awesome Ostgut album earlier this year. On the flip Ruskin's original version and 'Solution' come constructed in the sort of DJ friendly and typically synthline driven UK style favoured by Mark Broom or Surgeon. That A-side kicks like mutha! boomkat.com/vinyl/235415-james-ruskin-luke-slater-the-outside

James Ruskin - The Outsider (Luke Slater's ME Remix)

Techno pioneer Luke Slater, AKA Planetary Assault Systems, honoured Stroboscopic Artefacts by taking SA003 on his latest tour of Asia. While still in Japan he was inspired to remould and rethink “Gmork” in the studio, giving the track his twisted hallmark. He takes the original elements of “Gmork” and weights them base-side-up. In his hands the track becomes more dizzying, disorientating and hypnotic than before. Luke Slater injects playful flourishes in the form of odd glassy sounds and off beat insertions. For anyone who has experienced one of his Berghain residency sets you will recognise the warped 9am atmosphere.



Lucy & Ercolino - Gmork SA (Luke Slater Remix)

Having only a scant few releases to its name, L.B. Dub Corp, one of Luke Slater's lesser used guises, slinks in and out of the scene, dropping off quality EP's and remixes when you least expect it. Finding a new and appropriate home on Ostgut, the Take It Down (In Dub) EP has two spacey hitters. A slappy bass, a noise wash, and a growling kick are what kick off the title track, slowly giving way to a slightly pitched down vocal drop of "take it down." 

Not nearly as high in the BPM's as Slater's Planetary Assault System productions, "Take It Down" is a slyly warping beast. It has a pristine sludge to it that begs for an eyes-closed demonic shuffle, its brooding drone perfect for early hour madness. More than halfway through, though, the entire thing shifts to reveal a grimey, rinsed out synth that opens the entire 11+ minutes of the track up to a new feel and intensity. 

Where things really get interesting is on flipside "It's What You Feel." One of the most inviting basslines in a while partners with a steady synth pad for a cleverly produced house track. A steady groove paves the way for a classic piano line summoned from Chicago. This B-side monster is the perfect counterpart to the A, and makes this one of Slater's best efforts since his PAS EP on Ostgut last year. 

http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=7702
http://www.ostgut.de/label/record/53

L.B. Dub Corp - It's What You Feel - Ostgut Ton

L.B. Dub Corp - Take It Down In Dub - Ostgut Ton

Luke Slater @ Rockit Festival, Utrecht - NL, 31 July 2010

Luke Slater's Merry Christmas Set

Download: CLR Podcast 175 - July 12 :: Recorded at fabric, London

MOTE055 - Planetary Assault Systems - Engage Now - Straight Shooting EP

Released on Slater’s iconic ‘Freek Funk’ album on NovaMute - one of the most seminal techno albums of the 90s - ‘Love’ finally gets the remix treatment it deserves more than two decades after its initial release.

Leading the charge, Burial makes one of his rare appearances on remix duties and doesn’t disappoint with an atmospheric and mesmerising reimagining with an aesthetic reminiscent of ‘Untrue’. Lucy then reels out a deep-diving techno roller with precision kicks and tantalising melodies. Luke Slater then adopts his The 7th Plain moniker for a collage of sound extending past the 15-minute mark, before upping the energy with a moody reverberating number as Planetary Assault Systems.

Marcel Dettmann provides two takes on ‘Love’; his ‘City’ remix features a cacophony of metallic rhythm, ebbing pads and plenty of swing whilst mantra-like vocals operate throughout, followed by the thudding ‘Black Glove’ remix with its murky tones and rattling effects. Cascading drums and lively trumpets is next in Silent Servant’s upbeat and infectious take, until Scuba concludes the release with a high-tempo cut fuelled by funk complete with an idyllic breakdown.

Luke Slater ‘Love Remixes’ drops on Mote-Evolver on 17th May 2019.

Buy it here:
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/luke-slater-love-remixes/728595-01/

'LOVE' Remixes Mix ~ MoteLP05 ~ Luke Slater

Burial Remix 'Love" exclusive premier @ Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC6 Music)

MOTE032 :: Planetary Assault Systems  - Deep Heet Volume 3

Planetary Assault Systems presents Deep Heet Volume 3, the third instalment of one of Luke Slater’s most seminal series to date on Mote-Evolver and carrying on the series of intergalactic exploration. 

Voltan rips the EP open. Inspired by the Mayan god of drums and the earth, Voltan is underpinned by primal desires. Huge bass drives the track forward and an angry undercarriage whirls deep below. Peppered with snares and licks of white noise, the EP starts as it means to go on.

Pygar’s futuristic sound palette is utterly hypnotic. Loops are layered insistently and despite the 4/4 structure a disorientating soundscape emerges. Filled with sounds that could just as well have been sampled from a space station as coaxed from a synthesiser, Pygar is optimised for the chaotic afterhours.

On the flip side the abstract references are abandoned in favour of the concrete. Turn erupts with syncopated rhythms, metallic rasps and mechanical warning signals. It’s the stuff of industrial nightmares.

Flat Tire is built on an angular bed of noise and interspersed with low, deep rumblings. The track fans outwards as ecstatic details are layered one upon another, ensuring that the EP closes on an enduringly hypnotic note.

Planetary Assault Systems has created four tracks that don’t play by the rules. Deep Heet Volume 3 is Luke Slater yet again innovating with four tracks that fuse together the experimental, the bold and the brutal. 

Tracklisting: 
A1: Voltan 
A2: Pygar
B1: Turn 
B2: Flat Tire

Words: Clare Molloy


Planetary Assault Systems - Deep Heet Vol. 3 - Mote Evolver

Samuli Kemppi - Quantum Mechanics (Planetary Assault Systems Dub Edit) - Mote Evolver

Luke Slater - Boom Tang Shwuck - Ostgut Ton - Fünf

Freek Funk

Love

Deleted Scenes

She Showed Me Heaven (Radial Remix)

Luke Slater @ Essential Mix

Darkhaus Vol. 01 EP - Underton 04

On the fourth Unterton release The Black Dog present a new sound somewhere between House and Techno that The Black Dog call Darkhaus. The original version of „Council Flat Emptiness“ is an infectious, futuristic, disco-tinged version of a progressive dancefloor workout bathed in strings, mellow melancholia and heavy bass. This is preceeded by a straight to the point stripped down version that multiplies the hypnotic elements of the original.

On the B-side a 9-minute-30-something Remix from Luke Slaterʼs L.B.Dub Corp project drives the original into classic Slater territory where Techno and Groove marry and electrify each other.

The Black Dog - Council Flat Emptiness (L.B. Dub Corp Remix)

Coming end of November, Slater has also planned the very first reissue of his seminal techno album as Morganistic ‘Fluids Amniotic’ since its release in 1994. He released very limited cuts with this moniker but had a strong influence and has been supported by pioneers of the genre such as Jeff Mills or Robert Hood. The LP has been remastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis from the original DAT and reel-to-reel tapes.

MOTELP06 - MORGANISTIC Amniotic Mini Mix

00:00 Scuba - This is for you (L.B. Dub Corp Remix)(Hotflush)
02:42 Luke Slater - The Secret Garden (Peacefrog)
06:52 L.B. Dub Corp - I Have a Dream feat. Benjamin Zephaniah (Ostgut Ton)
09:48 Holy Ghost - Mad Monks on Zinc (Holy Ghost Inc)
13:38 Spencer Parker - Forever (E-Missions)
16:10 Luke Slater - Reassembled 3 (Ostgut Ton)
20:00 Radio Slave - Variations 1. (Rekids)
20:34 Martyn and Om Unit - Shapes (3024)
22:27 Heathered Pearls - Salvaged Copper feat. Terrence Dixon (Luke Slater Remix) (Ghostly)

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