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UAtronics Podcast #1

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Since around the release of Planetary Assault Systems' The Messenger LP, the No Exit and Future Modular EPs, P.A.S. overseer Luke Slater has made a solid case for being one of the few techno producers who has defined the genre's past and will continue to define its future. While he has spread his allegiances across a number of the genre's best labels, his own Mote Evolver label is, understandably, a source of the most compelling work from the man: the No Exit and Deep Heet Vol. 3 EPs being two of his more recent high-quality offerings. That trend seems set to continue with the release of Planetary Assault Systems' The Eyes Themselves EP.

The title track is indeed a kind of treat for the mind's eye - after a convetional rhythmic leadin, Slater gets down to business and unveils a few layers of crisp and captivating sound design. Irregular droplets of high-frequency sound fade in and then seem to fall around the listener like glowing rain on the surface of a distant planet, before receding and making way for more subtle phrases. All the while, fluctuations in the aggressiveness and persistence of the cymbal tracks fight to wrest the listener's attention away from this mesmerizing rain, making for an intriguing push-pull effect.

Elsewhere, it is a sign of Slater's strength that a track named for a well-known concept within dynamical systems ("Strange Attractor") doesn't come across as a completely arbitrary guess at what such a concept might 'sound' like. A number of lightly accented, quickly decaying micro-sounds come together here to become more than the sum of their parts, certainly connoting dynamism and at the very least keeping up a servicable spaced-out
groove.

Now, for those who prefer the grit and tension of urban reality to dancing numbers or speculation on other worlds, have no fear - the closing "Arc" is powered along by dirty filtered phrases, a faintly menacing shaker sample and the occasional impolite release of steam from the grating beneath your feet. It gives one the uneasy feeling of stalking in the shoes of a professional assassin, and it wouldn't be out of place in some documentary film on the same.

Few sonic artists can go from an atmosphere of oneiric wonder to one of cold intensity in just a few short steps, let alone doing this in a techno music genre that has little margin for error when it comes to conjuring atmospheres. As such, The Eyes Themselves once again demonstrates Slater's lasting contribution to techno: maintaining its reputation as a tool for stimulating both intellectual and physical energy, for aiding restless peregrinations of thought and for giving the body its freedom.

Mote041 :: Planetary Assault Systems - The Eyes Themselves

Svengalisghost — live @ ARMA17 / 31-10-2015

ARMA PODCAST 168: Svengalisghost @ Mask

After a five-year hiatus, Luke Slater returns to the highly esteemed Ostgut Ton under his Planetary Assault Systems moniker to release his album entitled Arc Angel . 

“The Last Scene” is the clincher, driven by a skittering sci-fi melody that persists from the word go. Low frequencies are taken out of the limelight in favour of beaming high-end streams, radiating like UFOs hovering overhead. Building, eerie aesthetics pierce through to create a tension that takes no prisoners at its climax.

Be sure to grab the Arc Angel album as it touches down on 30th September - pre-order at - http://ostgut.de/label/record/180

Planetary Assault Systems "The Last Scene" - Boiler Room Debuts

Ptakh - City Lights (Original Mix)

Youth

система | system presents second va compilation from artists who were playing at система | system events |
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VA - 02

p.m. - ripдip

система | system presents second va compilation from artists who were playing at система | system events |
artist sound^
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Lobanov K. - Bios Recall

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Hailing from Chicago via Philadelphia, up-and coming record label These Things Take Time line up ‘Compilation Vol.001’ featuring contributions from an international network of young, emerging talents. Our premiere Togethrs ‘RawDawg’ is a massive mojito-flavoured thermal weapon. Give up on your ski-suit, it's time to grab the surfboard.

Togethrs - RawDawg [These Things Take Time]

Mattiik. - Underneath

Detach - Jazz Stuff

Leja Hazer - Swim Inside

VCL - Play Group

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