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How the Easy Life Can Destroy You

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There’s a post I saw this week that really struck me and it goes like this:

“Strangely, life gets harder when you try to make it easy.

Exercising might be hard, but never moving makes life harder.

Uncomfortable conversations are hard, but avoiding every conflict is harder.

Mastering your craft is hard, but not having no skills is harder.

Easy has a cost.”

For some reason, I couldn’t help but think about all of the times in my life when I opted for the easier way out, the path that avoids conflict, challenge, and hardship while only gearing myself to comfort and easy times.

As a high-school student, I cheated my entire way to get by, and that easiness brought me the hard reality that no university had offered me admission even though I applied to a lot of places. The easy path didn’t help me prepare for that moment when it counted.

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6AM Guest Mix: Pattrn

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Sonic experiments derived from syncopated rhythms, intricately crafted ambiances, and patiently evolving textures, Pattrn’s  (aka Brice Deloose) work as a producer bases itself on the creation of space and its perception for the audience. Playing the violin since the age of four and later on majoring in both acousmatic music composition and sound engineering, Pattrn’s precision is a lifelong dedication to music of all forms — from creation in itself or through his implications in Brussels’ scene.

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Luke Slater Returns as Planetary Assault Systems With Remixed EP

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Since releasing his full-length LP Sky Scraping, Luke Slater is back as Planetary Assault Systems with another iconic EP titled Devotion. The track “Devotion” opens the EP with what can only be described as raw drum machine psychosis. Slater whips up multiple, classic tom-based 909 sequences with impact — he keeps things straight to the point before introducing the defining vocal sample. Slater also appoints complementary scene Truncate and Barker for the remixes as well

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Global Vibe Radio 300 Feat. Luke Slater (Planetary Assault Systems)

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This week’s Global Vibe Radio mix and the milestone 300th episode of our series features Luke Slater, the chameleonic DJ, and producer who has shifted through the variants of techno music for over 25 years. As much as he has released music under his own name, he is no stranger to the concept of aliases; he is best known for his aliases such as Planetary Assault Systems, The 7th Plain, L.B. Dub Corp, Morganistic, and Mote-Evolver.

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Luke Slater Unleashes 7th Planetary Assault Systems Album, Sky Scraping, on Token Records

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Iconic and legendary producer, DJ, live act and label owner Luke Slater is releasing Sky Scraping on Token Records, his seventh studio album under the Planetary Assault Systems moniker.

The UK techno icon returns to the Belgian imprint after the release of his Say It Loud EP earlier in 2021. Sky Scraping features 10 tracks, two of which were already proposed on the earlier EP on the label founded and spearheaded by Kr!z.

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RoogUnit: Luke Slater & Ø [Phase]

Luke Slater and Ø [Phase] Combine For Live Stream and Second RoogUnit EP on Mote-Evolver

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Luke Slater and Ø [Phase] combine for the second release under their RoogUnit guise on Mote-Evolver this April with the ‘Nu Rebels Club’ EP.

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Global Vibe Radio 210 Feat. Dimi Angélis (Luke Slater / Planetary Assault Systems Special)

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Dutch techno producer/DJ and ANGLS label boss Dimi Angelis delivers quite the treat for this week’s Global Vibe Radio.

This is the recording of his recent ANGLS Luke Slater/Planetary Assault Systems live stream special, featuring over three-hours of tracks by the Mote-Evolver boss and no one else.

Enjoy the full recording below, and be sure to follow us on SoundCloud and share the mix if you enjoy it!

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Premiere: Luke Slater Invites Rising UK Artists Rene Wise and Billy Turner for Mote-Evolver’s “Parallel Series”

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Rising UK artists Rene Wise and Billy Turner each deliver two deep techno cuts for the sixth chapter of Mote-Evolver’s Parallel Series’, curated by label founder Luke Slater.

Inaugurated by Luke Slater (as L.B.Dub Corp) and ASC in 2011, Parallel Series has continued to host split releases from the likes of Shifted, Samuli Kemppi, Bas Mooy, Chris Finke, Developer, Truncate, Sev Dah, Jeff Rushin, and more.

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Movement Detroit Announces Saturday Lineup with LSD, Amelie Lens, Josh Wink, Octave One and More

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Paxahau and Movement Electronic Music Festival are taking a different approach to their lineup announcement this year.

In the fall of 2018 they went live with a lineup teaser, revealing the first 10 names scheduled to play the yearly appointment at Hart Plaza on the bank of the Detroit River. Amelie Lens, DJ Nobu, Heiko Laux, DJ Bone, Hot Since 82, Floorplan, Orbital and Stephan Bodzin were all announced then, showcasing the diversity that Movement has been known to bring.

Today, they announced their full Saturday lineup, featuring LSD (Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function), Amelie Lens, Carl Craig, Disclosure, Loco Dice, Maya Jane Coles, Octave One, Seth Troxler, Soul Clap, Stacey Pullen and more.

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Luke Slater Reveals Planetary Assault Systems Double-EP on Mote-Evolver Titled “Straight Shooting”

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Fresh off much essential reissues of his seminal debut album for Peacefrog, ‘The Electric Funk Machine’, and the initially 2017-released ‘The Light Years Reworks’, which featured an incredible cast of remixers, UK techno mastermind Luke Slater resurfaces as Planetary Assault Systems with a crisp double-package of his signature deep-rolling, hypnotic big-room churners.

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