techno


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
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Aphelion

Karenn - Pace Yourself

Metapattern & Neo join forces for an inaugural split EP on HAYES - 9925M. Mindbending, cinematic, and comprehensive in scope and vision, the artists offer a glimpse into their distorted reality with this stroboscopic work of fiction.

A1, A2 and DIGI1 Written and produced by Peter Trimbacher
B1, B2 and DIGI2 Written and produced by Jack Raymond
Mastered by João Rodrigues at Tema Mastering
Artwork by João Frederico
Release description by Tyler Golato
Released by Hayes Collective, Portugal
Release Date Vinyl & Digital: 10th of January, 2025
Catalog Reference: HYSEP58
Format: Vinyl & Digital

Metapattern, Neo (AU) - 9925M EP | Preview

Bandcamp: https://mzr-records.bandcamp.com/track/you-stand-for-nothing
Mastering: The Dokusan Project

Support the Label:
SC: @mzr-records
IG: www.instagram.com/mzr_records/

Release date: November 15, 2024

Dog on Acid - You stand for nothing [MZRRECVA02]

Shell~Wave

Serpent Void

Truncate teams up with Chicago icon DJ Hyperactive for the ‘Trust The Process’ EP, landing on the former’s eponymous imprint this March. Crafted over the past two years in Truncate’s LA studio, the release marks the pair’s first-ever collaboration in twenty years of friendship and sees them delve deep into their decade-long wealth of knowledge of versatile House and Techno.

DJ Hyperactive and Truncate’s ‘Trust The Process’ starts with ‘Universal Function’, a no-holds-barred dance track with mind-addling loops, each sequence carefully overlapping to melt the ‘floor. The title track then strips things back a little, in which they underpin wiggy acid sounds with an effective groove before ‘Space Shuffle’ shoots for the stars with trickling synthlines and rolling rhythm. ‘Matter Of Time’ then closes out this all-purpose offering with dark, bleepy melodies laid over locked organic drums for another tasty set of cuts on the Truncate label.

Truncate, synonymous with the LA Techno scene as one of its most stalwart champions for over a decade, is known for his quality, groove-driven Techno and handy DJ tools on labels like Hardgroove, his Truncate imprint, and jackin’ WRKTRX sublabel. Here, he taps up Chicagoan 90s Techno and House legend and 4 Track Recordings label boss DJ Hyperactive for the ‘Trust The Process’ EP, whose own production credits span labels like CLR, Nachtstrom Schallplatten, and once before Truncate for 2023’s ‘Reptilian Tank’ EP.


DJ Hyperactive
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dj-hyperactive
Instragram: https://www.instagram.com/djhyperactiveofficial/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DJHyperactiveOfficial

Truncate
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/truncate
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truncate_la/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Truncate.LA

PREMIERE: DJ Hyperactive & Truncate - Universal Function (Truncate)

Unmastered and unreleased bangers from Bjarki's archive. 

Bjarki - PINK - 02 Cooking electric tech house

50 CAL.

Get this track at Bandcamp https://flashrec.bandcamp.com/album/matter-fields-proximity-ep
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PREMIERE: Salvatore Foglia - Matter Fields Proximity [ FLASH 392 ]

This is my latest creation... Prepared for you to a great techno time tonight and tommow!!! Enjoy listening to this! Hope it give you FAM, and Friends THE SHIVERZ! <3

Super Drum

Detroit Beatdown Remixes 1: 2

Falling Up (Carl Craig Remix)

Free Download

Kony

5 slices of pudding for your pet fowl.


Vinyl & Digi

Mastered by Helmut @ D&M
Design and layout by Sean Bell & Brian Fitzpatrick
Distributed by Rubadub

A1. Rek

Higher State Of Consciousness

Higher State of Consciousness (Adana Twins Remix Two)

fluffy, partly tribal summer mix i did in june 2011
playlist:
Spitting Sugar--Stewart_Walker//
I Love It Buck_Remix--Simone_Gatto//
Unstable Condition--John Tejada//
Mon Petit Soleil d'Algerie--Kadebostan//
40004 A--Wax//
More Or Less--Matthias Meyer & Christopher G//
Crush On Me--Maetrik//
Candy--Lee Curtiss feat. Matt Tolfrey//
Fifth--LetKolben//
Metrobuzz--Ixel//
Roll Dat (Loco Dice Mix)--Tripmastaz//
So Low--Aquarius Heaven//
Black Copy--Pherox feat. Lee Curtiss//
Alkaselzer--Ixel//
One Way Ticket (Kindimmer_Remix)-Sensoreal//
Popsicool--Alex medina//
Dedub--Ecoute

juni 2011

Holden Federico - Eight Full Seconds

music is my drug_hope s ever  runnin with us

Bunte Mischung // Motivationen..
I M P R I N T 
andreh.
abdreh.
durchdreh.
...record:play.
..audio&video

Kio Nonstop

Serpent Void

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