Recorded live on the HMAS Vampire, Sydney Harbour ⚓️🎶🌊

In 1964, my dad’s eldest brother, Franklin Morgan, was a 20 y/o sailor working aboard the HMAS Voyager & by all accounts a lovely young man. Frank was one of 82 officers & sailors who tragically died when the HMAS Melbourne collided with the HMAS Voyager during a nighttime training exercise. It was the worst peacetime disaster in the RAN’s history & devastating for dad’s family. 

57 years later, Frank’s niece (me) was invited to play an ambient set on board the Voyager’s identical sister ship, the HMAS Vampire. Bit of a full circle moment. 

NB: Although both the HMAS Voyager and Vampire were ‘Daring Class Destroyers’ ie. gun ships, neither ship ever fired at an enemy.

Preparing for this gig was at times very sad, and being physically on the ship felt heavy. This history influenced some music choices & the narrative that I built. You will also hear a ceremonial Yolgnu song to release the spirits of the deceased ❤️🖤 You will hear women’s voices singing in various languages, because brave women in Australia are now raising their voices & being heard 👊 Almost half the music is composed and/or sung by women. And underpinning all of this is one of the most powerful and beautiful forces in our world - the ocean 🌊 

I toyed around with some subtle 8D-inspired mixing at a few points, let me know if you hear it & like it. Enjoy X

Tracklist:

Ligovskoï - Esam (Field Records)
Djrum - Blue Violet (R&S Records)
Waak Waak Djungi - Rainbow Serpent (Efficient Space)
Grand River - Horses (Spazio Disponible)
Imaginary Softwoods - Positive Ruin Court Garden (Mineral Disk)
Cressida - The Place Beyond Your Garden (Voitax)
Stefan Vincent - Arpeggino (Unreleased)
Para One - Shin Sekai (Alva Noto remix) 
Yu Su - Touch Me Not (Music from Memory)
Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi - Into Silence (Melody As Truth)
Dialect - Yamaha Birds Pt 2 
The 7th Plain - Seeing Sense (Ostgut Ton)
Barker - Paradise Engineering (Ostgut Ton)
Imaginary Softwoods - Another First/Sea Machine (Mineral Disk)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Thirteenth Century Travelogue (Artificial Pine Arch Manufacturing)
Caro Cheyne - Moth With Wet Wings (Unreleased)
Tasoko - Molt (Dred Records)
Bjarki - Untitled 1 
Aasthma - Das War’s Dann, Leute! (Aasthma)
Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi - Light Circles (Melody As Truth)
Bjork - Tabula Rasa (One Little Indian)
Djrum - Unblocked (R&S Records)
A Winged Victory for the Sullen - Total Perspective Vortex (Artificial Pine Arch Manufacturing)
Para One - Shin Sekai 
Nils Frahm - #2 (Erased Tapes)
Pauline Anna Strom - The Unveiling (Ether Ship Records)
The Cinematic Orchestra - Breathe (Ninja Tune)

Live @ AUDAMUS Sydney, HMAS Vampire - May 2021

Full info & pre-order at https://ostgut.berlin/dialogue

DIALOGUE was conceived as a series of musical letters written back and forth between Luke Slater, Anthony Child (aka Surgeon), KMRU, Lady Starlight, Speedy J and harpist Tom Moth (of Florence + the Machine) at the height of the pandemic between 2020 and early 2021. Using the common language of rhythmic ambient electronics, each DIALOGUE features three actors in a sonic conversation of longform improvisation between 15 and 25 minutes in length, with Luke Slater the common denominator.

The results are a brooding, psychedelic exchange of melody, texture, bass, oscillation, key changes and volume swells, which organically merge into complete compositions. It’s music that both reflects and transcends the artists' common reality of isolation – a meditative, consciousness-expanding conversion of musical ideas born from necessity. Cosmic but not escapist. And very much of its time.

Anthony Child  [@dynamic-tension]
KMRU [@kamarujoseph]
Lady Starlight [@ ladystarlightnyc]
Luke Slater [@luke-slater]
Speedy J [@jochempaap]
Tom Moth [@lunamoth-1]

DIALOGUE

DIALOGUE#2

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Luke Slater, Anthony Child, Tom Moth - DIALOGUE#2

DIALOGUE#1

Luke Slater, KMRU, Speedy J - DIALOGUE#1

A-TON is a new edition and platform of Berghain's in-house imprint Ostgut Ton, focussing on ambient, archive and alternative music, differing from the club-focussed records on the main label. Furthermore the first A-TON offering – Chronicles I – marks the start of a series from Luke Slater's The 7th Plain moniker, with remastered, previously released and unheard archive material.

First published on General Production Recordings between 1993 and 1996, Slater's The 7th Plain pushed the further burgeoning genre of ambient music towards its boundaries by not limiting itself to mostly beatless synth pads, but by including propulsive beat progressions, nuanced rhythms and subtle melodies. The 7th Plain's extramundane music dodged classification, as heard on the albums The 4 Cornered Room and My Yellow Wise Rug (both on GPR, 1994) – emotional, eerie and escapist music, at the time of release forward thinking records that in retrospect managed to overcome time.

Originally recorded at Slater's Spacestation Ø, now all newly mastered for A-TON, Chronicles I depicts the futurist aesthetic and musical agenda of the 90s in a contemporary context, without nostalgia but confidence of its timelessness. With seven original musical pieces and a previously unreleased Ken Ishii remix, The 7th Plain sounds as spirited and relevant as ever.

While “Boundaries” (taken from My Yellow Wise Rug), “Grace” and “Surface Bound” (from The 4 Cornered Room) should be familiar to Slater aficionados, “The Super 8”, “T Funk States”, “Slip 7 Sideways” and “Chords Are Dirty” are previously unheard like the aforementioned remix of Ishii's “Extra”.

Ken Ishii - Extra (The 7th Plain Remix)

The Berghain series on Ostgut Ton returns with volume Fünfzehn, mixed and compiled by Berghain resident @Luke-Slater aka Planetary Assault Systems aka L.B. Dub Corp aka The 7th Plain. Download this mix as a free 24-bit 44 khz .WAV file (2.03 GB, 127:30 min) by clicking "… More" >> Download

Liner notes, full credits and extended artwork:
https://www.berghain.berlin/ostgutmix06

7 exclusive tracks from this mix are available on double-12" vinyl and digital formats:
https://www.berghain.berlin/oton127


Berghain Fünfzehn | Tracklist:

2011-2012 [O-Ton Reassembled 2] [00:00 - 04:06]
Marcel Dettmann [@marceldettmann] | Barrier
Barker & Baumecker [@barker-baumecker] | A Murder Of Crows (Part 2)
The Traveller [@shedofficial] | BER
Tobias. [@tobias-freund] | Freeze
Marcel Fengler [@marcel-fengler] | Mosaique
Vril [@vril_01] | UV
Planetary Assault Systems [@luke-slater] | Bell Blocker (Silent Servant [@silentservant] Remix)

2018-2019 [04:06-11:17]
Pom Pom [@user-909078246-312350518] | Untitled 3
Barker [@voltek] | Look How Hard I’ve Tried
Phase Fatale [@phasefatale] | Empty Whip
Marcel Dettmann | Metalloid
Norman Nodge [@norman-nodge] | Discipline
FaltyDL [@faltydl] | Paradox Garage Part I (With Your Love)
Jinjé [@jinje-music] | Big Skies
Substance [@peter-kuschnereit] | Distance
Substance | Cruising

2007-2009 [11:17-15:51]
Dettmann | Klock [@marceldettmann & @ben-klock] | Dawning (Revisited)
MyMy [@nick-hoeppner & @leejones] | Southbound
Tama Sumo | Prosumer [@tama-sumo & @prosumer] | Play Up
Samuli Kemppi [@samulikemppi] | Vangel
Marcel Fengler | Friction
Ben Klock | Napoleon Hill

2012-2013 [15:51-19:47]
Tobias. | Dark & Troubling Things 
Big Strick [@7-days-ent] | Heyday 
Marcel Dettmann | Push
Barker & Baumecker | Schlang_Bang (Third Side [@enlightenedwax & @lucretio & @steffi_official] Remix) 
DIN [@marcel-fengler & @efdemin] | You Are

2017-2018 [O-Ton Reassembled 5] [19:47-26:46]
Martyn [@3024] | Voids Two
Tobias. | Single Minded
Answer Code Request | Orarum

2014-2015 [O-Ton Reassembled 7] [26:46-33:46]
Terence Fixmer [@terence-fixmer] | Aktion Mekanik Theme (Marcel Dettmann Leitmotiv Version)
Inland [@ed-davenport] | Sca Fell
Marcel Dettmann | Light

2014-2015 [33:46-36:13]
Steve Bicknell [@steve-bicknell] | Odyssey #2
Steffi [@steffi_official] | JBW25
Len Faki [@lenfaki] | Hainish Cycle
Terence Fixmer | Aktion Mekanik Theme (Marcel Dettmann Leitmotiv Version)
Inland | Sca Fell
Terrence Dixon [@terrencedixon] | Innocence
Anthony Parasole [@the-corner_brooklyn] | Typhoon
Virginia [@virginia-dj] | Fictional
Marcel Dettmann | Light
Deadbeat [@15056-Deadbeat] | Whoa!

2016-2017 [O-Ton Reassembled 4] [36:13-41:19]
Tobias. | Nucleon
Terence Fixmer | Trace To Nowhere
Dettmann | Klock | Bad Boy

2006-2007 [41:19-45:15]
Ben Klock | Czeslawa
Marcel Dettmann | Quicksand 
Prosumer & Murat Tepeli [@promoton] | What Makes You Go For It
Len Faki | Mekong Delta

2009 [45:15-54:06]
Nick Höppner | Makeover
Radio Slave [@radio-slave] | Neverending
Len Faki | BX3
Planetary Assault Systems | Mark Me
Deuce [@marceldettmann & @shedofficial] | Guttering
Ben Klock | OK (Kenny Larkin [@kennylarkin] Remix)
Marcel Fengler | Gridlock
Lerosa [@leopoldo-rosa] | Plesso
Levon Vincent [@levonvincent] | Late Night Jam
Deuce | Twerp

2009-2010 [54:06-1:01:01]
Planetary Assault Systems | Hold It (Deuce Remix)
Marcel Dettmann | Unrest (Norman Nodge Remix)
Nick Höppner [@nick-hoeppner] | Brush Me Down
André Galluzzi [@andre-galluzzi] | Dana Ruh [@danaruh] | Mauersegler
Tama Sumo | Prosumer | Rarified
Roman Lindau [@romanlindau] | Keppra
James Ruskin [@jamesruskin-blueprint] | Graphic
Barker & Baumecker | Refugee Hipster
Steffi feat. Elif Biçer [@elifbicer] | Kill Me (Original Mix)
L.B. Dub Corp | Take It Down (In Dub)

2009-2010 [1:01:01-1:05:28]
Steffi feat. Elif Biçer | Kill Me (Original Mix)
Nick Höppner | Brush Me Down (Lee Jones Remix)
André Galluzzi | Dana Ruh | Freya / Mauersegler
Tama Sumo | Prosumer | Rarified
James Ruskin | Graphic
L.B. Dub Corp | Take It Down (In Dub)
Barker & Baumecker | Candyflip
 
2010-2012 [1:05:28-1:11:50]
Marcel Fengler | Rapture
Soundstore [@s0undstream] | Take U
Nick Höppner | A Peck And A Pawn
Rolando [@rolando000] | De Cago
Ryan Elliott [@ryan-elliott] | Rocksteady
Ben Klock | Compression Session 1
Steffi feat. Virginia | Yours (Staffan Lindberg [@staffan_lindberg] Remix)
Dinky [@user2779863] | Polvo
Rummelsnuff | Machen wir den Tanz

2010-2012 [1:11:50-1:14:19]
Ben Klock | Static Test
Rolando | De Cago
Hunee [@hunee] | A Leaf For Hand In Hand
Steffi feat. Virginia | Yours (Staffan Lindberg Remix)
Nick Höppner | Swivel Flick

2019-2020 [O-Ton Reassembled 3] [1:14:19-1:22:51]
Barker | Maximum Utility
Steffi x Virginia | Internal Bleeding
Planetary Assault Systems | Spell A
Tobias. | The Wisdom Of No Escape

2013-2014 [1:22:51-1:29:37]
L.B. Dub Corp | Nearly Africa Dub
Atom™ [@atom_tm] & Tobias. | Physik 44A
Marcel Fengler | Sky Pushing (Dave Clarke [@dac] Remix)
Answer Code Request [@answercoderequest] | Ghostes
DIN | Euphorium
Dettmann | Wiedemann [@ame] | Spiritoso (Club Version)
Henrik Schwarz [@henrikschwarz] | Lockstep
Tobias. | If (Mathew Jonson [@mathew-jonson] & The Mole [@moleofsoul] Remix)
Marcel Fengler | Trespass (Aubrey [@aubreysolidgroove] Remix)
Tobias. | Cursor Item Only (Peter Van Hoesen [@petervanhoesen] Remix)

2017-2018 [1:29:37-1:34:16]
Nick Höppner | Still
Vatican Shadow | Rubbish Of The Floodwaters
Kobosil [@kobosil]l | Bei Nacht H (178)
Terence Fixmer | Melting Planets
Etapp Kyle [@etappkyle] | Ritual
Stefan Rein [@stefan-rein] | Panther
LSD [@luke-slater & @steve-bicknell & @functiondave] | Process 1
Somewhen [@somewhen-1] | Undress

2013-2016 [O-Ton Reassembled 1] [1:34:16-1:42:07]
Marcel Fengler | Break Through
Marcel Fengler | Mayria
L.B. Dub Corp feat. Benjamin Zephaniah | I Have A Dream 
Answer Code Request | Field Depth
Nick Höppner | Paws
Virginia | Subdued Colors

2017 [1:42:07-1:47:01]
LSD | Process 1
Massimiliano Pagliara [@massimilianopagliara] | If I Try To Forget I Will Miss You Even More
Etapp Kyle | Ritual
Terence Fixmer | Melting Planets

2014-2015 [1:47:01-1:52:17]
Deadbeat | Whoa!
Anthony Parasole | Bizarre
Virginia | Never Enough
Steffi feat. Dexter [@dexter-official] & Virginia | Treasure Seeking (Diep Version)
L.B. Dub Corp | So Much
Makam [@makam] | Girls Night
DVS1 [@dvs1] | Electric
Len Faki | For Real

2018-2019 [1:52:17-1:57:51]
Pom Pom | Untitled 3
Barker | Look How Hard I’ve Tried
Phase Fatale | Reverse Fall
Marcel Dettmann | Metalloid
Substance | Rise And Shine
Norman Nodge | Embodiment
FaltyDL | Paradox Garage Part I (With Your Love)
Duplex [@duplex-techno] | Isolator

2011-2012 [1:57:51-2:00:26]
Vril | UV
Planetary Assault Systems | Bell Blocker
Barker & Baumecker | A Murder Of Crows (Part 2)
Dexter | X7D
Tobias. | Freeze
Steffi | Schraper
Birds Two Cage | Gase
Marcel Fengler | Mosaique
Marcel Dettmann | Barrier

2009-2010 [O-Ton Reassembled 6] [2:00:26-2:07:29]
Shed | Waved Mind
Shed | Archive Document
Ben Klock | Gold Rush
Planetary Assault Systems | Enter Action
Marcel Dettmann | Taris (Outro)
Shed | Keep Time
Planetary Assault Systems | Human Like Us

Berghain Fünfzehn | Luke Slater

Get 7 exclusive tracks

‘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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