Luke Slater - She Showed Me Heaven [Radial remix]


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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‘Berghain Fünfzehn’ sees @Luke-Slater creating new compositions from the Ostgut Ton back catalogue, chopping, looping tweaking and deploying sounds into a mix that is both a playful retrospective of the label and future-facing vision for mixing and dance music.

On April 17, seven exclusive tracks from the ‘Berghain Fünfzehn’ DJ mix will be released on two 12”s and for streaming/digital download. De- and reconstructing the Ostgut Ton discography, Slater’s vision encompasses not only sampling but live electronics and improvisation, resulting in a broad spectrum of heady and liminal dance music: from ultra stripped-back mindfuck techno, vocals and blasts of distortion to breakbeat excursions, minimalistic acid, and rave polyrhythms. In other words: the arc of the label through Slater’s singular hallucinatory prism.

A1. O-Ton Reassembled 1
A2. O-Ton Reassembled 2
B1. O-Ton Reassembled 3
B2. O-Ton Reassembled 4
C1. O-Ton Reassembled 5
C2. O-Ton Reassembled 6
D. O-Ton Reassembled 7

All tracks reassembled by Luke Slater @spacestationzero UK from the following releases:

A1 @Marcel-Fengler “Break Through” & “Mayria” (OSTGUTCD27), L.B. Dub Corp “I Have A Dream feat. Benjamin Zephaniah” (OSTGUTCD29), @AnswerCodeRequest “Field Depth” (OSTGUTLP17), @Nick-Hoeppner “Paws” (OSTGUTLP19), @Virginia-DJ “Subdued Colors” (OSTGUTLP22)

A2 @MarcelDettmann “Barrier” (o-ton52), @Barker-Baumecker “A Murder Of Crows (Part 2)” (o-ton54), Shed “BER” (o-ton55), @Tobias-Freund “Freeze” (o-ton57), Marcel Fengler “Mosaique“ (o-ton60), @Vril_01 “UV” (o-ton51), Planetary Assault Systems “Bell Blocker (@Silent-Servant Remix)” (o-ton53)

B1 @Voltek “Maximum Utility” (BARKER001), @Steffi_official x Virginia “Internal Bleeding” (o-ton122), Planetary Assault Systems “Spell A” (o-ton123), Tobias. “The Wisdom Of No Escape” (o-ton125)

B2 Tobias. “Nucleon” (o-ton96), @Terence-Fixmer “Trace To Nowhere” (o-ton97), Dettmann | Klock “Bad Boy” (o- ton100)

C1 @3024world “Voids Two” (OSTGUTLP29), Tobias. “Single Minded” (OSTGUTLP25), Answer Code Request “Orarum” (OSTGUTLP28)

C2 Shed “Waved Mind” & “Archive Document” (OSTGUTCD06), @Ben-Klock “Gold Rush” (OSTGUTLP03), Planetary Assault Systems “Enter Action” (OSTGUTCD09), Marcel Dettmann “Taris (Outro)” (OSTGUTLP05), Shed “Keep Time” (OSTGUTLP06), Planetary Assault Systems “Human Like Us” (OSTGUTLP10)

D Terence Fixmer “Aktion Mekanik Theme (Marcel Dettmann Leitmotif Version)” (o-ton88), @counterchange-Inland “Sca Fell” (o- ton87), Marcel Dettmann “Light” (o-ton82)

Andreas [LUPO] Lubich at Loop-O Mastering, Berlin
Technical Assistance Daniel Proßegger

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