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DIS072	
Survival & Silent Witness
A. Noise 3
AA. The Wall 

Release Date | 23.09.2013

Dispatch heavyweights Survival & Silent Witness return for DIS072 and as expected the results are nothing short of stunning with two straight up, no nonsense slabs of Drum & Bass that are guaranteed to cause complete carnage and leave a trail of devastation in their path.

Survival & Silent Witnesses ability certainly needs no introduction and “Noise 3” Issues everything you would expect from the duo with an outing of pure funk fused tech that tears along at light speed providing an outing that will lift the roof off any dance floor with brutal ease and effect.

The flip, “The Wall” strips things back with heavy helping of live drums and delayed fx to provide that perfect rolling vibe essential to keep heads nodding and the crowd moving.

As with all press releases we could continue to bang on about how great these are but the proof is always in the listening and Survival & Silent Witness here show exactly why they are considered some of the best in the game with a 12 that hits all those important sweet spots of technicality in combination with musicality.

A must have for all the serious D&B heads and another buy on listen release from the Dispatch Camp – Not to be missed.

Dispatch 2013 

Pre-order this release here at our Surus store: http://www.surus.co.uk/Dispatch-Recordings/Noise-3-The-Wall-22759.aspx

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Survival & Silent Witness - Noise 3 - Dispatch 072 A (CLIP) - OUT NOW

Release date (vinyl & digital): 7th of October

After 2 ep’s, 1 remix, 1 track licensed to Norman Nodge’s Ostgut compilation, support from Blawan, Luke Slater, Marcel Dettmann, Untold & others, gigs at Fabric, Berghain and other clubs across Europe, Ctrls delivers his 3rd EP on Token.

On the the a-side he ups the intensity once again with pure squealing machine funk in the form of ‘Modular Framework’ & ‘Displacer’.

The flip contains 2 menacing remixes of ‘Displacer’ by Sleeparchive, an inspiration to both Ctrls & Token. We never hoped for a match this perfect.

Ice cold.

TRACKLIST
A1. Modular Framework
A2. Displacer
B1. Displacer (Sleeparchive Version 1)
B2. Displacer (Sleeparchive Version 2)

www.tokenrecords.com
www.facebook.com/tokenrecords 

Ctrls - Modular Framework

Ctrls - Displacer

Ctrls - Displacer (Sleeparchive Version 1)

Release date (vinyl & digital): 7th of October

After 2 ep’s, 1 remix, 1 track licensed to Norman Nodge’s Ostgut compilation, support from Blawan, Luke Slater, Marcel Dettmann, Untold & others, gigs at Fabric, Berghain and other clubs across Europe, Ctrls delivers his 3rd EP on Token.

On the the a-side he ups the intensity once again with pure squealing machine funk in the form of ‘Modular Framework’ & ‘Displacer’.

The flip contains 2 menacing remixes of ‘Displacer’ by Sleeparchive, an inspiration to both Ctrls & Token. We never hoped for a match this perfect.

Ice cold.

TRACKLIST
A1. Modular Framework
A2. Displacer
B1. Displacer (Sleeparchive Version 1)
B2. Displacer (Sleeparchive Version 2)

www.tokenrecords.com
www.facebook.com/tokenrecords 


Ctrls - Displacer (Sleeparchive Version 2)

release date (vinyl / cd / digital): 21st of October

“I've intended to do an album for a long while. The tracks draw upon ideas going back to various points over the last 12 years or so - some of the hooks I wrote years ago other bits are brand new. In some ways I wanted it to reflect a personal arc and the way I tend to do things  - never rushed”

‘Frames of Reference’ is the some 12 years in the making debut album from UK based techno producer Ø [Phase].

Best known by his work on the Belgium based Token Records his style ranges from gritty minimal techno to Detroit influenced material. His debut ‘Module Overload’ was released on London’s Lost/Cosmic records in 2000 and was followed by a string of productions for London's Surface/Inceptive Records and Ben Sims Ingoma imprint.

The move to Token came in 2007, he shortly after began DJing professionally and has since performed at parties across the globe whilst becoming a regular guest at Berlin’s techno Mecca, Berghain performing alongside esteemed peers and supporters such as Marcel Dettmann, Len Faki and Ben Klock. His continued works have seen constant support throughout the techno world and have featured in CD mixes by Robert Hood, Dave Clarke, François Kevorkian and Fumiya Tanaka amongst others. Alongside his production work Ø [Phase] is also a mastering engineer and on/off artwork designer. Starting out at London’s prestigious Sony Music/Whitfield Street Studios, he has cut records for numerous underground dance acts as well as working on projects for mainstream artists.

Now after a string of acclaimed releases on Token and a selection of remixes for the likes of Robert Hood, Mark Broom and Peter Van Hoesen comes Ø [Phase]’s debut long-player ‘Frames of Reference’. Opening with the brooding and building swirl of ‘Binary Opposition (Process 3)’ Ø [Phase] sets out his template of evolving, richly textured atmospheres underpinned by shards of dark and light. ‘The Bwiti Initiate’ revolves around a bouncing techno rhythm that could most certainly traverse the house/techno divide whilst ‘Distracted’ and ‘Misaligned’ are the kind of unadulterated, pummeling, cavernous techno tracks that have made Lost such a party institution.
Then we have tracks like the soft beating ‘Just Another Dance’ providing a lighter edge, embellished with warmth and strings and the thick, densely woven tapestry of ‘Shadow Caster’ which goes from experimental to dancefloor and back again with consummate ease. The off-kilter lilt of ‘Perplexed’ drags us further into the dark before keys and a hint of a melody draw us back upwards for air whilst the fat driving bass of ‘Dirtro II’ and funkier edged menace of ‘On The Edge’ show a virtuoso producer at the top of his game. The closing introspection of ‘Self Deceit’ wallows in subtle nuances before a mid section synth and string intervention pulls us back from the brink before finally descending into the void.


Tracklist: 

2LP 
A1. Binary Opposition (process 3)
A2. The Bwiti Initiate
B1. Distracted
B2. Dirtro II
C1. Misaligned
C2. Just Another Dance (album version)
D1. Shadow Caster
D2. Self Deceit

CD & Digital:
1. Binary Opposition (process 3)
2. The Bwiti Initiate
3. Distracted
4. Dirtro II
5. On The Edge
6. Perplexed
7. Misaligned
8. Just Another Dance (album version)
9. Shadow Caster
10. Self Deceit

www.facebook.com/ashleyphase
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/phase 
www.tokenrecords.com
www.facebook.com/tokenrecords 

Frames Of Reference

Ø [Phase] - Self Deceit

Dean Barred - M's Birthday (Original Mix)

Another first-timer on the fourteenth digital-only release from Dynamic Reflection. Troy makes his resounding debut with three absolutely banging tracks!

On remix-duty is label-resident Tim Wolff who, as always, simply delivers. Techno as it ought to sound.

Tracklisting:

A1. Troy – Andon 1 (Original Mix)
A2. Troy – Andon 1 (Tim Wolff Remix)
B1. Troy – Andon 2 (Original Mix)
B2. Troy – Friction (Original Mix)

Andon EP

Andon 1 (Tim Wolff Remix)

Troy - Andon 1 (Tim Wolff Remix)

Friction

Troy - Friction

Impulsive

Lumigraph is Gareth Smyth, a young Dubliner who spent the summer of 2012 living in New York City. He filled his time recording sounds of the streets, making music in a small apartment and going out to parties, which is how he met the Mister Saturday Night guys. The songs on The Yacht Cruiser EP were all recorded in Brooklyn, and they are his first tracks ever to be pressed on vinyl.

Lumigraph - Small Doses - Yacht Cruiser EP - MSN007

www.myspace.com/gimikkmusic
  www.myspace.com/danielsanchezzz
  www.myspace.com/econtact

[DETELEFUNK] DETROIT GRAND PUBAHS - ROLLIN PAPERS & BUSH - GIMIKK REMIX

PARIS DUB 1

Ctrls - Interface EP

Release date: 23rd of April 

TRACKLIST
A Socket
B1 Social Vector
B2 Encrypted Sex


After releases by Phase &amp; Xhin, which left the techno scene with a pair of extra holes, Token now introduces its third release for 2012.
We introduce a new name: Ctrls, from Copenhagen, Denmark.
A new name, but not a new artist. Troels B-Knudsen is an ex drum &amp; bass head and earned his producer stripes throughout the years. He slowly made his transition to techno and last year him &amp; long time friend Lasse Buhl formed Northern Structures. To great acclaim, they released their first 2 EP's on Adam X's legendary Sonic Groove label.

2012 sees the start of a new chapter, his solo project: Ctrls.
His debut for Token is called 'Interface EP' and holds 3 powerful pieces in Ctrls' own style: hard edged, stripped down, metallic sounds, detailed drum programming and a mean low end.

With this first EP and a follow up in the works, we're excited to add Ctrls to the Token roster.
Take notice.

Token Introspective mixed by Kr!z

Ctrls - Socket

PHASE - BINARY OPPOSITION REPROCESSED 

release date: 25th of June 2012 (vinyl &amp; digital)

TRACKLIST

part 1:
a: Sigha Process
aa: Peter Van Hoesen Process

part 2:
a: Planetary Assault Systems Process
aa: Ctrls Process

part 3: 
a: Ben Klock Process
aa: Inigo Kennedy Process

INFO
 
Beginning of 2012 Phase caused quite a storm in techno’s landscape with the release of ‘Binary Opposition’. Both versions, “Process 1 &amp; 2”, fierce pieces of relentless yet deep techno, got on heavy rotation by Blawan, Ben Klock, Surgeon, Marcel Dettmann, Dave Clarke, to name a few.
 
A few months later, we present ‘Binary Opposition Reprocessed’. Assembling a remix package for this project wasn’t a difficult task, as all remixers were noted fans of the original tracks and supporters of Phase as an artist.

Phase - Binary Opposition (Ben Klock Process)

The new Inigo Kennedy 12" is dropping on Token in 3 weeks (17th of September). 
In the meantime Inigo recorded a new podcast for us, including the 2 new tracks 'Spectre' & 'Wonderhorse' + a crazy selection of other new (and some old) bits. Peep the heavy tracklist out below.



Orphx - Preta Loka [sg1253]
Kangding Ray - Pruitt Igoe (Or Version) [rn123]
Inigo Kennedy - Spectre [token24]
The Fear Ratio - Skana [bp035]
Inigo Kennedy - Wonderhorse [token24]
Phase - Binary Opposition (Ben Klock Process) [token20z]
Nil - Nil (Kazuya Kawakami Remix) [hhx02]
Go Hiyama - Fallingwater [token23]
Death Abyss - Come As The Reaper And Thus You Will Sow (Israel Vines Remix) [mak035]
Pär Grindvik - Lead [sthlmltd024]
Walker & Kennedy - Parity Function [inner004]
Samuli Kemppi - Vast [dsh001]
Ctrls - Social Vector [token22]
Cristian Vogel - Snakes In The Grass [strike137]
Cosmin TRG - Vertigo [50weapons019]
Dscrd - Graphene [sam012]
Shed - I Come By Night [50weaponscd008]
Phase - Binary Opposition (Inigo Kennedy Process) [token20z]
Death Abyss - Fill Your Heart With Hate [mak036]
Patrick Pulsinger - Construction Tool [db142cd]
Inigo Kennedy - Disquiet [semantica36]
Developer - Brujas (Donor Remix) [semantica39x]
Tommy Four Seven - Enki [sam013]
NX1 - DR (Paul Boex Remix) [dgr010]
Pfirter - Fractales [mt001]
Surgeon - As You Breathe Here Now [semantica50]
Rrose - A, With All Faces Bleached Out [sd20]
ADS - Transversal [avn003]
Paula Temple - Miyako [mtz007]
Inigo Kennedy - Shapeshifter [semantica36]
Inigo Kennedy - The Shard [token14]

Inigo Kennedy - 2012 Token Podcast

Eating Glue

release date (vinyl & digital): 3rd of June.

Next stop: Berlin.

Rødhåd is one of the city’s most promising and talked about new artists of the last year. With only 2 EP’s on Dystopian (the label he helms with friends) & 1 remix on Semantica, that’s quite an achievement.

‘Spomeniks EP’ is his first release outside of Dystopian but preserves his deep & melancholic yet powerful style.

Apart from a rising producer & prolific dj, Rødhåd is a very down to earth guy with a strong vision and an open mind.

Definitely a match with anything Token stands for.

TRACKLIST
A1. Buzludzha
A2. Energomash
B. Spomeniks

www.tokenrecords.com
www.facebook.com/tokenrecords


Spomeniks EP

Rødhåd - Spomeniks

Rødhåd - Energomash

“It was fate,” she said. “Inevitable,” he replied. “Us meeting like this...” “...Against all the odds.” “I mean. We’re so different, you and I.” “Worlds apart,” he agreed. “It should never have worked.” “And yet, here we are.”
“In transition.” “In transit,” she quipped. “Always together, even when apart.” On that note he turned to her, all serious and sullen. “I want you to know this,’ he went on. “What we shared has forever changed me, and disrupted the world around us, for a while. I will wear your sweet-saline kiss eternal. All I ask...” He paused, hesitantly. “...Is that you take a little part of me with you too.”

Despite the watery divide between them, Brooklyn-bound Greg Schappert and London-based Tom Russell have fostered a production partnership as Donor / Truss for the last six years, emerging today as one of techno’s more robust and hardworking duos. As solo artists they’ve racked up notable releases between them on labels like Stroboscopic Artefacts, Perc Trax and Our Circula Sound, outside of Schappert’s own Miniscule imprint. Meanwhile Russell has been stepping out as the acid-charged MPIA3, lately flexing a ‘less is more’ approach with outings on Avian and R&S.
For Grey Series 05 they don the Donor / Truss moniker once again after a spell apart, proving themselves as accomplished and unpredictable as ever with the fully formed ‘Aber’. On the A-side swampy techno is bruised with house in “Spacial”, turning soupy on the sluggish and barely rippling “Beneath”. Fidgety “Ease” then does an about turn on the B-side before plunging headlong into swollen substrata stuff on the close.

Donor/Truss - Aber
A1: Spacial
A2: Beneath
B1: Ease
B2: Aber

(MRECLTDGS05 - 12")

Release Date: 01 July 2013

MRECLTDGS05 - Donor/Truss - Aber

Available on vinyl and digital at Bandcamp http://perctrax.bandcamp.com/album/menete-inc-yuji-kondo-remix

Sawf, Perc Trax’s most mysterious artist returns to the label he calls home after EP’s for Modal Analysis, Audio Assault and M-Rec. This is his first new material for Perc Trax since his well received album ‘Flaws’ in 2011 and shows him introducing new influences to his trademark grinding, industrial sound.

First up is title track Menete, built around a 16th note synth line that recalls everything from classic EBM to more modern synth-led techno such as the recent Sleeparchive EP on Tresor.  Closing the a-side is Toolio, a far too modest title for a track that is far from a disposable techno tool.  An expert exercise in building percussion, this is closest to the sound people know from Sawf, but the best example of it yet.

Opening up the b-side is a remix from Yuji Kondo; know best for his work under both his own name and as half of Steven Porter on Semantica. The remix is everything you’d expect from Yuji. A wall of broken-beat noise topped off by cut up vocals samples and a fluid, ever-changing arrangement. Closing the 12” is ‘Diin’. A deeper, almost house-like cut from Sawf, building on a probing bass guitar line, proving he can do subtle and atmospheric as well as he does tough and confrontational. 

Buy at Bandcamp

1. Sawf - Menete - Perc Trax

Available on vinyl & digital at Bandcamp http://perctrax.bandcamp.com/album/menete-inc-yuji-kondo-remix

Sawf, Perc Trax’s most mysterious artist returns to the label he calls home after EP’s for Modal Analysis, Audio Assault and M-Rec. This is his first new material for Perc Trax since his well received album ‘Flaws’ in 2011 and shows him introducing new influences to his trademark grinding, industrial sound.

First up is title track Menete, built around a 16th note synth line that recalls everything from classic EBM to more modern synth-led techno such as the recent Sleeparchive EP on Tresor.  Closing the a-side is Toolio, a far too modest title for a track that is far from a disposable techno tool.  An expert exercise in building percussion, this is closest to the sound people know from Sawf, but the best example of it yet.

Opening up the b-side is a remix from Yuji Kondo; know best for his work under both his own name and as half of Steven Porter on Semantica. The remix is everything you’d expect from Yuji. A wall of broken-beat noise topped off by cut up vocals samples and a fluid, ever-changing arrangement. Closing the 12” is ‘Diin’. A deeper, almost house-like cut from Sawf, building on a probing bass guitar line, proving he can do subtle and atmospheric as well as he does tough and confrontational. 