T E CH N O - part 2

Shifted - Leather


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.

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

Aphelion

Karenn - Pace Yourself

Mr Sliff ‎– Rippin' And Dippin' Part 2 (Monika Kruse Remix)

My remix of Truncate's hit, "Modify" - available now

Truncate - Modify (Dustin Zahn Remix)

Track: Broken Dishes
Artist: MTRZ  
Label: Wäxxel
EP: MK Ultra Theory EP
Catalogue: WXL012
Format: Digital
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Release Date: 27.08.2025
Mastering: Mattias Fridell
Artwork: future_tragedy

Tracklist: 
MTRZ - Ghetto Organic
MTRZ - MK Ultra
MTRZ - Broken Dishes

Artist links:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mtrz_music 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mtrz_music/ 

Label links:
BandCamp: https://waxxelmusic.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waxxel.music/ 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/waxxelmusic 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@waxxelmusic

PREMIERE: MTRZ - Broken Dishes [WXL012]

E-HRZN Records is thrilled to premiere a new track by Ben Reymann titled "Last Call," on GEISTFREI's Fundraiser VA for Palestine: "With You - Against Silence"

Bandcamp Buy Link: https://geistfrei.bandcamp.com/album/with-you-against-silence

Track: Last Call
Album Name: With You - Against Silence
Artist(s): Ben Reymann
Format: Digital
Genre: # Electronic
Style: # Techno
Release date: 21.08.2025
Mastering: Arclab
Artwork: Photography by Sakir Khader, edited by Sarra Azza

Support the Artist:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/ben_reymann/
SC: https://soundcloud.com/ben-reymann

E-HRZN Premiere: Ben Reymann - Last Call [Palestine Fundraiser VA by GEISTFREI]

Shlømo - Vertigo

Shlømo | Golem

MONNOM BLACK 011_I Hate Models_State of Control EP

Pre Sale - https://monnomblack.bandcamp.com/album/state-of-control-ep

Vinyl Release Date September 15th 2017

I Hate Models

A1. State of Control
A2. She Said Fuck People i Have Drugs
B1. Emerald
B2. Last Kiss Before Death

A2 & B2 mixed by Mathis Kolkoz 
A1 & B1 mixed by Dax J 
Mastered by Conor@Glowcast 
Cut by Simon @ The Exchange London

MONNOM BLACK 011_I Hate Models_State of Control EP

Time and Perception Pt. 2

Compound Statement

12" / Demian 02 - She Saw The Future by @znzl

Tracklist :

A1 - @Znzl - She Saw The Future (VIP mix)
A2 - @Znzl - Dualism Abrogation Manifest (original mix)
B1 - @Znzl - A Tear In The Matrix (original mix)
B2 - @Znzl & @nnparis - Unveil The Truth (original mix)

Digital only - @Znzl - Indigo Shades (original mix)

Release date : 24 / 04 / 2019

She Saw The Future

A Tear In The Matrix

Znzl - A Tear In The Matrix (Original Mix)

Get it here: http://bit.ly/OscarMuleroOppositeEP

Vinyl
A1. Transparent Ray
B1. Solarized
B2. Opposite
 
Digital
1. Transparent Ray
2. Solarized
3. Opposite
4. Generator

ENGLISH

We are glad to introduce you this Bandcamp exclusive release available on pre-order vinyl and digital, from label owner Oscar Mulero, offering us four cuts of precise and expertly crafted techno.

Transparent ray relies on a cosmic sequenced line, growing and evolving over a dry kick drum while additional percussive layers run on top. Solarized starts with a solid groove and gated synth sounds that change in shape as the minutes go. Liquid but raw at the same time.

Opposite is built upon an asymmetrical beat combining digital bleeps and filtered 808 snares spiced with delays and reverbs, a mixing tool in essence.
As a digital bonus track, Generator, fat bass drums, continuous percussive components in various layers, plus occasional synth action. 

Four cuts that interacts one with each other, made to be combined, frequency melted in expert dj sets.

Get it

Oscar Mulero - Generator

@StroboscopicArtefacts' Totem Series extends with "Embera EP" by @AdrianaLopez. Monument premieres track "Awa" from the release, that is out on September 20th.

MNMT Premiere: Adriana Lopez – Awa

As Planetary Assault Systems, @Luke-Slater is an innovator of psychedelic mindfuck techno. Across a lengthy catalogue that stretches back into the 90s, the music’s bleepy, polyrhythmic loops are as recognizable as they are genre-defining. ‘Plantae’ is Slater’s first release as PAS on Ostgut Ton since ‘Arc Angel’ (2016) and covers the spectrum of PAS’s different strains while remaining grounded in Slater’s uncanny funk and knack for developing oblique melodies and rhythms over longer stretches. Deepness and hypnosis come as much through duration as sound design.

For Slater, ‘Plantae’ is made for Berghain, where he is a long-standing resident. In his own words: “I’m sure it’s no surprise that when it comes to putting together a release on Ostgut Ton, PAS takes on its more mind-altering, otherworldly quality by natural cause, quietly reflecting the dark sweaty nights and days at the club; at the point, the common neural coupling, of us all together. PAS has been part of Berghain and Berghain part of PAS for a long time. All of these tracks needed to pass the Berghain test in my sets first stop.”

Plantae

Whip It Good

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Planetary Assault Systems | Whip It Good

трип presents ‘locus error’, a new double vinyl concept album. Moving beyond the scope of the traditional, arbitrarily compiled VA, трип's conceptual approach brings together a range of artists around a uniting theme, supplying a sense of cohesion and narrative thrust.

Like Noel Saavedra’s accompanying artwork, the narrative is vibrant yet nightmarish, a vision of classic trance music, including its psy side, refracted through трип's fearless, oddball aesthetic. 

Nina Kraviz sets the tone with 'test'. Kyoka’s ‘link’ coaxes you in with suggestive murmurs from all angles like an auditory hallucination. Ryan James Ford and ANTIGONE make label debuts, while SOPHIE and Juliana Huxtable unite for the first time as Analemma - a formidable pairing with an abstract offering, merging trance elements, metallic and corporeal sound design with vintage euphoria.

трип misfits PTU do their best to upset your sense of time and meter with two modern psy trance interpretations. Carlota contributes the nervously optimistic title track. Alan Backdrop’s hair and pulse raising yet classy ‘nizaj’ clears the way for the grand finale: X-Dream’s murky, mesmeric and minimalistic genre classic ‘superintelligence’. On the digital a ‘clever mix’ that was previously unreleased outside Japan will be released. Masters sit alongside newcomers to the form, on an LP for dancers deep in a fugue state.

C2 PTU - (M1n0r) F1ss10n

B2 PTU - Black Smokers

Contact / demos policy: https://www.ostgut.berlin/label/contact/

Planetary Assault Systems | Whip It Good

Ostgut Ton | A-TON | unterton

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