Luke Slater (born 12 June 1968) is an English

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, DJ and

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, who has concentrated on

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since the beginning of the 1990s. He achieved break through commercial success with his tracks "Love" (1997) and "All Exhale" (1999). Luke Slater 1 24

As well as releasing many tracks and albums under his own name, Slater has recorded and performed under a number of aliases; he has released music under more than 10 different names; the best known being Planetary Assault Systems,Battolla, Melani.
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Early life

Born in Reading and raised in

Horley Horley is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England, south of the towns of Reigate and Redhill. The county border with West Sussex is to the south with Crawley and Gatwick Airport close to the town. It has its own econ ...

, Slater's early sound dalliances with his father's reel to reel

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and his

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stints led to work in local record shops, including Jelly Jam in

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. By 1988, Slater was immersed in the early

acid house Acid house (also simply known as just " acid") is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The style is defined primarily by the squelching sounds and basslines of the Roland TB-303 electronic bass synt ...

scene, DJing in London's

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Music

Slater began releasing original tracks under various aliases, following his single debut in 1989 with "Momentary Vision".Hoffman, Dave.
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Peacefrog Records Peacefrog Records is a British independent record label based in London, England. The label produces releases in many different styles of electronic music, as well as branching out into folk and indie artists such as José González, Nouvell ...

, with nearly a dozen of releases as The X-Tront and as Planetary Assault Systems. After releasing four albums on Peacefrog, he issued 1997's '' Freek Funk'' and ''Wireless'' two years later. His tracks "All Exhale" (2000) and "Nothing at All" (2002) reached number 74 and number 70 respectively on the UK Singles Chart. His first volume of the mix series ''Fear and Loathing'' appeared in 2001, on the React label. ''Alright on Top'' (2002) was an "album of songs" with vocals from Ricky Barrows and others featured on every track. The second volume of ''Fear and Loathing'' appeared in late 2004. Slater has released a mix for the Fabric DJ-mix series, and has reinvented innumerable tracks in remixes from artists such as

Depeche Mode Depeche Mode are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists ...

and

Ken Ishii is a Japanese Disc jockey, DJ and record producer from Sapporo. He graduated from Hitotsubashi University. He has released work under his own name as well as under the pseudonyms FLR, Flare, UTU, Yoga, and Rising Sun. Ishii had his first relea ...

to more recent remixes for Radial and Soul Designer. In 2006, Slater set up his own label, Mote-Evolver, releasing limited 12" records and digital downloads through the Mote-Evolver and N.E.W.S. websites. In 2014, he launched a podcast entitled ''The Spacestation''.

Pseudonyms

*Planetary Assault Systems (releases on

, Mote-Evolver, Figure, Token and Ostgut Ton) *The 7th Plain (releases on General Production Recordings and Ostgut Ton) *Clementine (releases on Djax Records) *L.B. Dub Corp (releases on Mote-Evolver and Ostgut Ton) *Own name (releases on Peacefrog Records, novamute,

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller (music producer), Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure (duo), Erasure, Einstürze ...

and Mote-Evolver)

Selected discography

As Luke Slater *''X-Tront Vol. 2'' (1993) *'' Freek Funk'' (1997) *''Wireless'' (1999) *''Alright on Top'' (2002) As The 7th Plain *''My Yellow Wise Rug'' (1994) *''The 4 Cornered Room'' (1994) *Chronicles I,II,III (2018) As Planetary Assault Systems *''The Drone Sector'' (1997) *''The Electric Funk Machine'' (1997) *''Atomic Funkster'' (2001) *''Temporary Suspension'' (2009) *''The Messenger'' (2011) *''Arc Angel'' (2016) *”Straight Shooting" (2019) *Plantae (2019) *Sky Scraping (2021) With LSD *''

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Mixmag ''Mixmag'' is a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine published in London. Launched in 1983 as a print magazine, it has branched into dance events, including festivals and club nights. History The first issue of ''Mixmag'' was printe ...

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'', 28 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019 As L.B. Dub Corp * Unknown Origin (2013) * Side Effects (2018) * Saturn To Home (2024)

References

External links

Mote-evolver websiteLuke Slater at DiscogsLuke Slater para fans de habla Hispana
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