Luke Slater

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Luke Slater
Birth nameLuke Slater
Also known as
  • Planetary Assault Systems
  • 4 Slots for Bill
  • The 7th Plain
  • Clementine
  • Deputy Dawg
  • Earnest Honest
  • Krispy Krouton
  • L.B. Dub Corp
  • Lloyd Owes Me a Packet
  • Morganistic
  • Offset
  • Plug
  • Translucent
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Origin Reading, England
Genres Techno, electronic
Occupation(s) DJ, producer
Years active1989–present
Labels
Website http://www.lukeslater.com/

Luke Slater (born 1968) [1] is an English electronic musician, DJ and record producer, who has concentrated on techno since the beginning of the 1990s. He achieved break through commercial success with his tracks "Love" (1997) and "All Exhale" (1999).

Contents

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; [2] the best known being Planetary Assault Systems, [3] [2] and LSD. [4]

Early life

Born in Reading and raised in Horley, Slater's early sound dalliances with his father's reel to reel tape recorder and his drumming stints led to work in local record shops, including Jelly Jam in Brighton. [5] By 1988, Slater was immersed in the early acid house scene, DJing in London's Heaven nightclub.

Music

Slater began releasing original tracks under various aliases, following his single debut in 1989 with "Momentary Vision". [6] Releases followed on Djax as Clementine, on General Production Recordings as 7th Plain, and as Morganistic (with Alan Sage), [6] and especially on Peacefrog Records, [7] with nearly a dozen of releases as The X-Tront and as Planetary Assault Systems. [6]

After releasing four albums on Peacefrog, he issued 1997's Freek Funk [5] and Wireless two years later. His tracks "All Exhale" (2000) and "Nothing at All" (2002) reached #74 and #70 respectively in the UK Singles Chart. [8] 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. [9]

Slater has released a mix for the Fabric DJ-mix series, and has reinvented innumerable tracks in remixes from artists such as Depeche Mode and Ken Ishii 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. [10]

Pseudonyms

Selected discography

As Luke Slater

As The 7th Plain

As Planetary Assault Systems

With LSD

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References

  1. ↑ Gonsher, Aaron M. (21 November 2013). "The messenger: a comprehensive guide to UK techno institution Luke Slater". Fact Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 Leight, Elias. "Luke Slater Talks Finding Inspiration for New Planetary Assault Systems Album". Billboard, 12 September 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023
  3. 1 2 Battolla, Melani. "Planetary Assault Systems - Devotion". Resident Advisor, 1 Jul 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2023
  4. ↑ McDermott, Matt. "Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and David Sumner return as LSD with new 12-inch". Resident Advisor , 24 Jan 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2023
  5. 1 2 3 Colin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 311/2. ISBN   0-7535-0252-6.
  6. 1 2 3 Hoffman, Dave. "Luke Slater: Fabric 32". Popmatters , 19 February 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2019
  7. ↑ Cooper, Sean. "Artist Biography by Sean Cooper". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  8. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 507. ISBN   1-904994-10-5.
  9. ↑ Glazer, Joshua. "ear And Loathing, Vol. 2: Mixed By Luke Slater". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 June 2019
  10. ↑ Luke Slater (27 January 2014). "Luke Slater 'The Spacestation' Radio Show Episode 1 (27th Jan 2014)" (Audio upload). Luke Slater/'P.A.S. on SoundCloud. SoundCloud. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  11. ↑ Williams, Harrison. "Function, Luke Slater and Steve Bicknell debut LSD project on Ostgut". Mixmag , 11 October 2017. Norman Records
  12. ↑ Holbrook, Cameron. "Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function launch new LSD imprint". Mixmag , 28 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019
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