A new 12 track compilation placing some of the greatest emerging names amongst some of the world’s most established underground producers and selectors together on one compilation. 

To launch the compilation we are debuting ‘Outer Space’ - a brand new track from Italian producer Adiel. 

Just under five minutes of bubbling, analog-infused techno, ‘Outer Space’ is just as beguiling and wondrous as its name suggests. A steady build of uplifting arpeggios and spacious pads, ‘Outer Space’ brings a wide-eyed sense of joy to the techno space; a transcendent work of sustain and release electronic music that inspires euphoria both communally on the dancefloor or alone within headphones. 

fabric Selects features names such as Bambounou, Air Max ‘97, DJ Mell G, Manni Dee and more completing a cross section of the contemporary sound of dance music with each producer marking their own stamp on the compilation. 

This is not only a celebration of our first year as an imprint, but a celebration of the genre-defining talents that can be found at our club and across the globe, proving beyond all doubt that electronic music in all guises is thriving more than ever before. 


fabric Originals - fabric SELECTS I 
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• Verraco - casi siempre hay mañana 
• Bambounou - In Depth Beauty Routine 
• Adiel - Outer Space 
• Elli Acula - Pleasure 
• Quelza - Protein Chords 
• Tommy Four Seven - Disrupt 
• Manni Dee - Heartbreaker 
• Air Max '97 - Testrip 
• DJ MELL G - Nothing But Filth 
• Deena Abdelwahed - Dirisha 
• Marcel Fengler - Katana 
• VRIL - Moon Tax 



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Curated by: Billy Allen (: 
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released November 25, 2022 

Verraco, Bambounou, Adiel, Elli Acula, Quelza, Tommy Four Seven, Manni Dee, Air Max '97, DJ MELL G, Deena Abdelwahed, Marcel Fengler, VRIL.

Protein Chords

05 Quelza - Protein Chords [fabric Originals]


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.

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Surgeon - Fixed Action Pattern

Aphelion

Karenn - Pace Yourself

tec vbn

My contribution to the holidays in mixtape form 
HALLOWEEN MIX IS ONE TAKE NO RE TRIES
ALL NATURAL
ORGANIC
GOOD
FUCKING 
MUSIC. 

LOSING MY MIND

"Side ways"  on Sonic Groove

Surgeon - Prowler

Suburban Avenue presents "The Resistance Vol I" (mixed by Asymptote)

Four Four Premiere: Zadig - Inlandsis [Suburban Avenue]

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

Mugwort

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Planetary Assault Systems | Mugwort

Nørbak - Inis [AFFIN158]

Luigi Tozzi is back on NON Series with Automa / Lilith EP that he splits with Pris. Monument premieres Luigi's track "Satyr" from the release that is out on January 17th.

@luigitozzi
@nonseries

Surgeon - Fixed Action Pattern

Token Records