Mono (inc. DJ Skull & Johanna Knutsson Mixes)

Mono

Release date (vinyl & digital format): 18th of May 2015

TRACKLIST
A1 Anna Livia
A2 Enter
B1 Prime Mover
B2 Voltage
C1 Artefakt
C2 Astragral
D  Blue Note

INFO
Token certainly have their staples - Ctrls, Ø [Phase] or Inigo Kennedy making regular appearances. The last release on Token for example, Ø [Phase]'s 'Tunnel Vision/Internal Conflict' 12” showed the producer enjoys a level of familiarity with the label, allowing him to indulge his more leftfield tendencies, resulting in some truly captivating dancefloor moments.

Just as often Token will ingratiate new talent to the roster however, continuously reshaping their boundaries. The most recent record comes from one such new addition. In the wider sense though, it'd hardly be fair to call Parisian producer Antonin Jeanson aka Antigone fresh-faced. Since debuting in 2011 on Zadig's then relatively new Construct Re-Form label, Jeanson has enjoyed an impressively consistent run of releases, despite his penchant for sounds which are a little out of the ordinary.

His inaugural release with Kr!z's Token Records, the 'Cantor Dust' EP, is similarly reflective of his inclination to mix the abstract with the functional. Jeanson's movements across the release are difficult to second guess – 'Anna Livia' opens with Klaus Schulze reminiscent, spacial electronica, yet the serenity doesn't last for long. 'Enter' asserts Jeanson’s dancefloor sensibilities, chugging forward unfalteringly. The track builds at a steady pace, before the anthemic 'Prime Mover' provides a sudden release of tension. Jeanson’s reverberant stabs lunge forward, driving low-end thudding militantly beneath.

From here the EP dives back into more sinister territories - the serpentine 'Voltage' or gurgling, abstract melodies of 'Astragal' have a similarly rugged texture to them. 'Artefakt' is equally muscular, and undoubtedly one of the record's most climactic moments. The interplay between rasping mechanical percussion, booming low-end and grinding drones is rushingly intense.

'Cantor Dust's structure proves well-designed to the last however. The celestial 'Blue Note' provides a moment of reflection, distant synthesisers easing out gently - an emotive chord progression floating melancholically above Jeanson’s booming rhythms. It is the calm after the storm, a moment to savour, and reflect on the trip.

Words by Theo Darton-Moore. 

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Cantor Dust - EP

TOKEN53 - Antigone - Cantor Dust

Two years after releasing the acclaimed Crash Recoil, Anthony Child aka Surgeon returns to Tresor with new LP, Shell~Wave. Retaining the minimal equipment list and studio-version-of-live-show-sets approach of the previous album in order to focus on the work itself, Shell~Wave is a deeply personal document of both where Surgeon is and has been, converging three decades of experience with a continued curiosity in the untested.

"To make this project, I had to dig really deep in terms of what my relationship was to techno; I've been involved with it for a really long time and there's a lot about it I feel dislocated from, so I had to really think hard about what techno is to me. I often get asked "what is techno to you?" but I can't answer that with words; this album is the answer."

From the complex, twisting track Infinite Eye to the caustic Soul Fire, the eight tracks that make up the body of the album are single-take explorations of the vast, hard yet minimal techno Child is synonymous with. 

Neatly dividing the record in two, the emotional centre of the record comes in the form of Dying, a vibrating, beatless piece that with a mantra-like vocal loop steeped in reverberating effects.

Further echoes of dub production appear throughout the record as tracks like Divine Shadow, and Empty Cloud have an almost ever-present mist of reverberation, driven by the appearance of a new delay unit in the equipment list; while much of the philosophy of Crash Recoil's creation is present, the process and the instruments have changed as Child again switches up his approach to studio work.

This insistence on trying novel techniques doesn't preclude returning to old ones, as this use of modern digital machines with live, hands-on takes that are as inspired by 60s producer Joe Meek and 70s reggae as they are by this year's synthesiser expos.

"For me, it's an interesting experience returning to old techniques again after 30 years. [I'm] always exploring and finding myself back at the beginning. Connecting the present with the past."

This philosophy of 'time travel' is inherent to the music itself as the synchronised loops repeat while the delay and effects branch out, forming unique eddies; distinct quantum moments within the circular whole; the future leaking through the spaces between the sounds. All of the concepts on the album are perfectly communicated through the painting by Taiwanese artist Jazz Szu-Ying Chen which suggests the movement of water, sound waves, and the chitinous shells of sea creatures.

BANDCAMP

Surgeon - Empty Cloud

With "Structures Eins", Juri Heidemann presents four reduced techno pieces, celebrating Pengan Records 10th release. A focus on structure, rhythm and space.

PENGAN010 Structures Eins by Juri Heidemann

A1 Juri Heidemann - OLLLLL
A2 Juri Heidemann - ULLLLL
B1 Juri Heidemann - TLLLLL
B2 Juri Heidemann - HLLLLL

written, produced & mixed by Juri Heidemann
Photography by Franziska W.
Mastering by Leon Bölting aka Tangram at Arclab Mastering Studios
Animation by Maurice Goller

releases September 04, 2025


Premiere: Juri Heidemann - TLLLLL [PENGAN010]

Brainwrecker

America / The Pulse

The Pulse

full stream of the title track from Archivist's new 12" on secondnature

@archivistseattle

Archivist - Star in a Circle

TO DOWNLOAD THESE TRACKS FOR FREE, GO HERE: 
http://bleep.com/index.php?page=dynamic&module=sonar2010promo

This year, Sonar Festival and Bleep are partnering to give away 2 MP3s a week, every week for a month in the lead-up to Sonar Festival 2010. The 8 UK artists involved in the giveaway are Hudson Mohawke, Fuck Buttons, Broadcast, Roska, King Midas Sound, Sandwell District, 2020 Soundsystem and The Blessings.

With many of the 8 tracks being exclusive or previously not on general sale, this is a unique opportunity to have an upfront taste of the music that will be soundtracking Barcelona in June and get your hands on some rare recordings of these incredible artists.

Roska - 124 Miles (Exclusive) 
Fuck Buttons - Olympians 
King Midas Sound - Outta Space (Alternative Mix) (Exclusive) 
The Blessings - Hot Song (Exclusive) 
2020 Soundsystem - Dark Matter 
Broadcast - Elegant Elephant (Exclusive) 
Sandwell District - Silent Servant (Exclusive) 
Hudson Mohawke - Snap Dragon (Exclusive)


Silent Servant (Regis Edit)

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

from Liquiddity https://mutualdreaming.bandcamp.com/album/liquiddity

Aurora Halal - Eternal Blue (Wata Igarashi Crossing Remix)

Track from NE67 Anthony Linell — Core Field Horizon
Out on 12" and digital December 12th

This time Anthony Linell cuts his peerless supply four ways in four tracks. Short on hubris, and economical to the point of being cruel, 'Core Field Horizon' relents in all the right places to make the effects of its peaks and troughs impossible to defend against. The opening track is a deluge. Spinning on its hydro-blasted synth line, the gravitational pull erases and ensnares in equal disordering measure. On its heel is the EP's title track, an austere display of the venom in the seam between his club-focused work and his experimental output. 'Evaporating Entities' is one of Linell's most diaphanous works to date, and after weaving through the sky we are abruptly subjected to the gravity of the closing track's nerves.

Recorded by Anthony Linell in Stockholm, Sweden 2019
Mixed and mastered by Neel at EnissLab, Rome
Artwork by JB

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

Luke Slater