New Arrivals

  • LWE Podcast 09: Pär Grindvik retires this week
  • Elektro Guzzi, Hexenschuss/Elastic Bulb
  • Falty DL, All In The Place
  • RezKar, Cosmos
  • BBH: South Street Player, (Who?) Keeps Changing Your Mind
  • Mike Monday, Yoppul
  • Aufgang, Barock Remixes
  • FCL, Vocals For Everyone
  • LWE reviews Speaking In Code
  • Maayan Nidam, Don’t Know Why/Feels Like

Events box

Events

  • Mar.20
    @TBA Nicolas Jaar

Banner ad

LWE Monthly Archives

Ciao!

Tag Archive: luke slater

Little White Earbuds Interviews Luke Slater

Luke Slater is, as they say, a man who needs no introduction. A stalwart of the international electronic scene for almost 20 years, much of contemporary techno owes Slater a debt of gratitude. Without his mid-90’s releases as Planetary Assault System, it’s hard to imagine the output of labels such as Sandwell District, Ostgut Ton or Do Not Resist The Beat! sounding quite the same. His shadow looms large over Toby Frith’s recent list of 20 classic UK techno records for FACT magazine, and his new album under the PAS moniker Temporary Suspension is a blistering tour de force; so it’s an apt time to ask Slater a few questions about his new album, his renewed love for DJing, and his future ventures into the world of ballet.

Planetary Assault Systems, Temporary Suspension

A few years back, you couldn’t go to a club without seeing a “Rave Strikes Back” sticker on a DJ’s record box. An initiative set up by Freude-am-Tanzen, the idea was to revolt against the ahistorical “mnml” of the time and bring back “rough, unpolished techno,” in the words of its creators. On the website, they invited a number of Germany’s pre-eminent DJs (Robert Johnson’s Ata, Michael Mayer, DJ Koze) to chart their favorite rave anthems. Superficially, the planned revival appeared to have little tangible effect, save the unconnected splutterings of a D.O.A. scene in the less salubrious parts of south-east London (thanks, Klaxons).