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We Are Alien have teamed up with unknown Greek producer ·dòc for their debut EP, Grey Area. After being inspired by ·dòc's expressive and and creative stance on techno, We Are Alien were keen to explore ideas and sound worlds with the Corfu producer which led to the birth of Grey Area. After successfully releasing their track Inconsequential on Nightcap, We Are Alien's collaboration with ·dòc delivers a haunting and progressive debut. 

A dark sonic underworld embodies this journey of an EP with WAA and ·dòc's carefully textured palette taking you to a complex ambiance of sound. 

Grey Area will be available to buy 08.06.16. 

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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

Karenn - Pace Yourself

Morris - Criminal Damage (Ron Costa Remix) [Supdub]
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Morris - Criminal Damage (Ron Costa Remix) [Supdub]

Sean Collier - Mad Max (Bitten)

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] - Orbitron

To kickstart the new year, Faulty Minds, ahead of their March EP release, have decided to curate a stomper of a free download for the New Year.

Please leave us a like or comment if you like or download the track, your support means a lot to both Faulty Minds and Swerve Digital.

Happy New Year to you and all, here's to 2016!

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With support from: B.Traits, DJ S.K.T, Shiba San, FUTURPOETS, Colin Dale, Adrian Hour, Jay Forster, Blueshift, Jon Manley (Lofty), DJ Paul Sawyer, Dj Dave Crane,Nino Bua, Luuk van Dijk

Starting off the March release, we bring you Faulty Minds, a duo from Leeds, with their G.H.C.B. EP. G.H.C.B. stands for God Hope Cope Broke, a unique insight into what goes on in their minds and thoughts. These guys stand out from the norm as they deliver a twisted style to their music, whilst still retaining that contagious groove and rhythm with 3 original tracks. 

Dimensions, a highly anticipated track from the duo, is the standout track from the EP, with it’s infectious bass melody and spacious pad stabs that help to keep the flow and momentum of the track driving. With a killer vocal sample in the breakdown, it’ll send shivers down your spine just before the beat comes back in.

Hold My Heart has a distinctive bass sound that helps the track to differ from the others. Its simple but catchy melodies coincide well with the spacious vocals.

Tell Me, the faster paced track of the EP, delivers a commanding vocal sample with a pleasurable forward drive to the soundscape of the track. Whilst having such luscious elements, Tell Me also tells a story within the song’s progression throughout.

‘Faulty Minds - G.H.C.B. EP', out now on all digital stores.

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G.H.C.B. EP

Faulty Minds - Hold My Heart (Original Mix)

NCRDS027 // Grey Area EP

We Are Alien have teamed up with Greek producer ·dòc for their debut EP, Grey Area. After successfully releasing their track Inconsequential on Nightcap, We Are Alien's collaboration with ·dòc delivers a haunting and progressive debut.

A dark sonic underworld embodies this journey of an EP with WAA and ·dòc's carefully textured palette taking you to a complex ambiance of sound.

Grey Area will be available to buy 08.06.16.

WAA on Soundcloud → @waa-we-are-alien
·dòc on Soundcloud → @doc-112

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Grey Area EP 

NCRDS027 // We Are Alien & ·dòc - Missing Steps

NCRDS027 // We Are Alien & ·dòc - Strange Neighbours

NCRDS027 // We Are Alien & ·dòc - Running Horse

NCRDS027 // We Are Alien & ·dòc - PTØ

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Today we are proud to present the premiere of Icelandic producer @bjarki “Here It Comes Can You Feel It 92 Hoover 2” @triprecordings - a track that is thunderous, mysterious and constantly keeps the listener in the dark until it damn well pleases.

Bjarki - Here It Comes Can You Feel It 92 Hoover 2 [трип]

https://soundcloud.com/hottemusic opens Volume 2 with another uniquely dark tribal beat that you can't help but move to, you've just got to love the South American sound ! 

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HOTTE - After Cold Nights (#PM0008)

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CLAPCAST #84

Voltage (Original Mix)

Part 0 of our 24 hours set on New Year's Day 2012 @ U60311. First 3 hours missing though - the mixer was broken and had to be exchanged! Have fun!


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