To Not Exist – Setaoc Mass

4. IGNORANCE IS STRENGHT

release date (vinyl / cd / digital): 21st of October

“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”

‘Frames of Reference’ is the some 12 years in the making debut album from UK based techno producer Ø [Phase].

Best known by his work on the Belgium based Token Records his style ranges from gritty minimal techno to Detroit influenced material. His debut ‘Module Overload’ was released on London’s Lost/Cosmic records in 2000 and was followed by a string of productions for London's Surface/Inceptive Records and Ben Sims Ingoma imprint.

The move to Token came in 2007, he shortly after began DJing professionally and has since performed at parties across the globe whilst becoming a regular guest at Berlin’s techno Mecca, Berghain performing alongside esteemed peers and supporters such as Marcel Dettmann, Len Faki and Ben Klock. His continued works have seen constant support throughout the techno world and have featured in CD mixes by Robert Hood, Dave Clarke, François Kevorkian and Fumiya Tanaka amongst others. Alongside his production work Ø [Phase] is also a mastering engineer and on/off artwork designer. Starting out at London’s prestigious Sony Music/Whitfield Street Studios, he has cut records for numerous underground dance acts as well as working on projects for mainstream artists.

Now after a string of acclaimed releases on Token and a selection of remixes for the likes of Robert Hood, Mark Broom and Peter Van Hoesen comes Ø [Phase]’s debut long-player ‘Frames of Reference’. Opening with the brooding and building swirl of ‘Binary Opposition (Process 3)’ Ø [Phase] sets out his template of evolving, richly textured atmospheres underpinned by shards of dark and light. ‘The Bwiti Initiate’ revolves around a bouncing techno rhythm that could most certainly traverse the house/techno divide whilst ‘Distracted’ and ‘Misaligned’ are the kind of unadulterated, pummeling, cavernous techno tracks that have made Lost such a party institution.
Then we have tracks like the soft beating ‘Just Another Dance’ providing a lighter edge, embellished with warmth and strings and the thick, densely woven tapestry of ‘Shadow Caster’ which goes from experimental to dancefloor and back again with consummate ease. The off-kilter lilt of ‘Perplexed’ drags us further into the dark before keys and a hint of a melody draw us back upwards for air whilst the fat driving bass of ‘Dirtro II’ and funkier edged menace of ‘On The Edge’ show a virtuoso producer at the top of his game. The closing introspection of ‘Self Deceit’ wallows in subtle nuances before a mid section synth and string intervention pulls us back from the brink before finally descending into the void.


Tracklist: 

2LP 
A1. Binary Opposition (process 3)
A2. The Bwiti Initiate
B1. Distracted
B2. Dirtro II
C1. Misaligned
C2. Just Another Dance (album version)
D1. Shadow Caster
D2. Self Deceit

CD & Digital:
1. Binary Opposition (process 3)
2. The Bwiti Initiate
3. Distracted
4. Dirtro II
5. On The Edge
6. Perplexed
7. Misaligned
8. Just Another Dance (album version)
9. Shadow Caster
10. Self Deceit

www.facebook.com/ashleyphase
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/phase 
www.tokenrecords.com
www.facebook.com/tokenrecords 

Frames Of Reference

Ø [Phase] - The Bwiti Initiate

Filo Loves the Acid

Back

Vetta Reprise

Letatlin was born in Rome in the late nineties as a musical project with a new wave/post-punk
footprint. Over the years the sound evolved, melding with different influences (new wave/postpunk/
electronic/pop/grotesque). Founding members Marc Mal de Vivre and Hans Plasma live
between Amsterdam and Rome. They have produced numerous singles and five full length albums, the last of which, 'seaside', is recorded in different locations between 2019 and 2021, mixed and mastered at HombreLobo Studio Rome by Valerio Fisik in 2021.

Marc (guitar, bass guitar, synthesizers, drum programming & voice)
Hans (guitar, synthesizers, loops, drum machines & voice).

At the moment Letatlin is promoting his new album 'sea side' with the italian label (R)esisto Distribuzione.

www.letatlin.net
www.facebook.com/Letatlin
www.instagram.com/letatlin_marc_hans

www.resistodistribuzione.jimdo.com
www.facebook.com/ResistoDistribuzione
www.instagram.com/resistodistribuzione

PREMIERE: Letatlin - Don't Wink At Me [(R)esisto Distribuzione]

Falling

Detuned (Prequel)

Red Clouds (Somewhen Falling Ashes Mix)

Red Clouds (feat. Magnolia)

Dekmantel 10 Years 08

Sexual Frustration

Vortex (from "LAZARUS" Soundtrack)

Vortex

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

www.tokenrecords.com
www.facebook.com/tokenrecords

Ø [Phase] - R-Mash

Alone In Time?

Mo_del

Ø [Phase] - Mo_del

Homesick Remixes

Opium Den (Mike Parker Remix)

French powerhouse Kmyle turns Wrong Assessment's 'Virtual Hand' into a full blown weapon. For the full article, check here:

www.magneticmag.com/virtual-hand-kmyle-remix

Wrong Assessment - Neurotag EP [ Kmyle Remix ]

A1 // Endocrine Response 
A2 // Neurotag 
B1 // Virtual Hand 
B2 // Virtual Hand [Kmyle Remix] 
DB// Ganglion [Bonus]

Release date:
20 April 2018

CRG011

Lights/Out Premiere: Wrong Assessment - Virtual Hand (Kmyle Remix) [CLERGY]

Released on [aufnahme+wiedergabe], 2017
Purchase: https://schwefelgelb.bandcamp.com/album/dahinter-das-gesicht

Dahinter Das Gesicht

Durch Die Haare Die Stirn

Vinyl=> https://setaocmass.fanlink.to/soma536
@setaoc_mass - Surface For Air EP
(Soma536)

1. Forgotten Words
2. To not Exist
3. Pace
4. Until

Soma welcome Manchester born - Berlin based Setaoc Mass for his label debut with the Surface For Air EP. A longtime favourite of the Soma camp, Sam’s high energy Techno and creative style has been sought after for some time. With some huge releases on his own SK11 imprint, Sam delivers four devastating, club ready weapons.

Sam’s driving style is prevalent on all 4 tracks yet he still injects a dose of emotion in each as twisted sequences and ambient, ethereal soundscapes are peppered throughout giving each one a unique, distinctive sound.

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

To Not Exist – Setaoc Mass

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