Luke Slater

Luke Slater (born June 12, 1968 in Reading , England) is a British techno musician and DJ .

Life

From the late 1980s he worked as a DJ in various London clubs. Slater's first own recording was released in 1989 under the pseudonym Momentary Vision . Since then, Slater has published his work on various record labels , often using different pseudonyms. His recordings, produced under the pseudonym Planetary Assault Systems , appear on the British label Peacefrog Records . As Clementine he publishes his work on the Djax Records label . He uses his own name for the Novamute label .

In addition to his own productions, Slater is also active as a remixer , who has reworked works by Depeche Mode , Ken Ishii , Alter Ego , Slam , Ballistic Brothers , Joey Beltram , Kenny Larkin , Newcleus and many other artists , among others .

In March 2006, Luke Slater founded his own label Mote-Evolver . The first release was a recording under the pseudonym Planetary Assault Systems as a 12-inch record.

From April to end of May 2008 organized an international Slater remix competition on the net label FOEM on which hundreds of musicians took part from all over the world. The main prize was a release of the winning remix on the Mote-Evolver label , which has not yet been released.

After a long relationship through his work as a resident DJ in Berlin's Berghain , his new album was released in June 2009 under the alias Planetary Assault Systems on the Berghain label Ostgut Ton .

After working with Nadja Saidakova , the first solo dancer of the Berlin State Ballet and Berghain on “Shut Up And Dance! Updated "in 2007, Slater and Saidakova worked together again in 2009 for the" Egopoint "project. Egopoint was choreographed by Saidakova, while Slater composed the music under his pseudonym The 7th Plain .

Albums

• X-Tront Vol. 1 (1992)
• X-Tront Vol. 2 (1993)
• 92-94 (1997)
• Freek Funk (1997)
• Wireless (1999)
• Alright On Top (2002)

Web links

• Luke Slater at Discogs (English)
• Luke Slater's label