five years after his last album release luke slater returns to ostgut ton with a new planetary assault systems longplayer, titled arc angel. after 22 light-years luke slaterÕs planetary assault systems keeps exploring space and time with different musical means. staying true to the projectÕs initial mission statement, slater comments on the new yet familiar musical direction: Òfor me music has to go forward. iÕd feel i was cheating by sticking to tried and tested formulas. thereÕs a valid use for these, but this album has its own agenda.Ó with arc angel, planetary assault systems departs to new musical frontiers by focussing on melody, but staying rooted in the purist values of techno that slater shaped over his decades- and generations-spanning career.

inspiriert vom post-minimalismus und modernen klassizismus von zeitgenšssischen produzenten wie nils frahm, max richter oder steve reich, legt sasha ein neues album in der -late night tales reihe vor, das seinen bewŠhrten style aus club-electronica und trance/progressive um neue facetten erweitert und bereichert. so hšren wir einen neuen, hypnotischen, sŸchtig machenden sound, prŠsentiert im longplayerformat, irgendwo zwischen einem mixset, studioalbum und soundtrack zu einem imaginŠren, nŠchtlichen spaziergang. der song bring on the night-time ist eine vocal-kooperation mit ultraista, dem projekt des radiohead-produzenten nigel goodrich, der auch zusŠtzliche keyboards beisteuert

body function and vatican shadow have combined forces on Ôgames have rules for hospital productions, simultaneously stripping back each producers more prevalent production elements - the dancefloor-focused techno structures of function, the experimental cassette-roots of vatican shadow - to create an album of dynamic electronic ambient music, equal parts rhythmic and atmospheric.

over the last sixteen years moods & grooves has amassed a staggeringly impressive label family that includes names like theo parrish, mr g, kyle hall, rick wade, andres & kenny dixon jr. aka moodymann. this may the legendary detroit label returns with a seminal double vinyl album from veteran dj & producer joe le bon entitled ‘house music love music.

m=minimal released the vinyl of this classic record last year and as the cd has been unavailable for a long time too, we decided to make a special edition.

rome s egisto sopor has been making waves with his releases for quite a while now: he put out a cdr album on legowelt s strange life records and a cassette on the much admired 100% silk label, both under the name polysick. as theawayteam he released the dvd relax & sleep and cd star kinship on japanese label maomoo. he is also one half of the low-key video unit aavv, whose work has graced many of the important releases of the new lo-fi electronic movement. digital native is his first album properÑfifteen tracks of glowing, nocturnal, analog grace that recall the days of acid house and early techno, but with a mood and intent designed for watching images dance on closed eyelids. it s no surprise that his work as a video artist resonates so strongly with the music he makes. polysick has tapped straight into the synthetic pleasures of early dance musics otherworldly pulses: the hypnotic arpeggios of italo disco, soaring detroit chords, cosmic disco, the -fourth world music- of jon hassell and the library exotics of piero umiliani. this is body music for the resting body. imagine the nexus of early acid house and italo music used for mental therapy, exotic traveling and imaginingÑexciting the brain waves and journeying into imagined spaces.

this is not a collection of thisisnotanexit records biggest releases from our biggest acts. thisisnotanexit is the most interesting record label in the world today. after three years of fighting this is our first report from the frontline put together with a cassette recorder and a notepad.