Process (EP)

Process
EP by
LSD
Released11 May 2017 (2017-17-11)
GenreTechno
LabelOstgut Ton
ProducerLuke Slater, Steve Bicknell, Dave Sumner
LSD chronology
Process
(2017) 		Second Process
(2019)

"Process" (catalogue number "O-Ton 109") is the 2017 debut EP by the techno group LSD, a collaboration between Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function (aka Dave Sumner).[1] The tracks are described as focused on "the psychedelic aspects of techno",[2] and an "interpretation of stroboscopic intensity on the summit of psychedelic experiences - permeated with moments of hypnotic and atonal melodies".[3]

The three producers had worked together at various points over the previous 25 years; Slater and Bicknell remixed various of each others tracks during the early 1990s, Bicknell and Sumner had performed live together,[3] while Sumner appears on a 2015 release from Slater's 'LB Dub Corp' project.[4] The EP was preceded by live concerts in 2016 at the Amsterdam Dance Event[5] and at Berghain in Berlin.[3]

"Process" was released as a 12 inch on 17 November 2017[6] by the German label, Ostgut Ton,[7] with sleeve art-work by Brazilian-born New York-based artist Eli Sudbrack, aka Assume Vivid Astro Focus.[6]

Track listing

All tracks written and produced by Slater, Bicknell and Sumner.[6]

  • Process 1 - 5:08
  • Process 2 - 8:26
  • Process 3 - 10:40[3]

Follow up

In May 2019, LSD announced the formation of a self-titled record label off-shoot, and the planned release of a six track album, Second Process, on 28 June. The song titles follow on directly after "Process 3, are numered "Process 4" to "Process 9". After tracks were pre-released on SoundCloud, they were described as "melodic and mind-melting techno with surreal atmospheres and propulsive drum-programming."[2]

Notes

  1. ^ The band's title comes from the first letter of each of the member's names, and is a play on the shorthand for Lysergic acid diethylamide. See Eede, Christian (2017)
  2. ^ a b Holbrook, Cameron. "Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function launch new LSD imprint". Mixmag, 28 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019
  3. ^ a b c d Williams, Harrison. "Function, Luke Slater and Steve Bicknell debut LSD project on Ostgut". Mixmag, 11 October 2017. Norman Records
  4. ^ "L.B. Dub Corp / Function / Substance". Norman Records. Norman Records
  5. ^ Yeung, Vivian. "Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function debut as LSD with new EP". crackmagazine.net, 11 October 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2019
  6. ^ a b c "LSD O-TON 109". ostgut.de. Retrieved 8 June 2019
  7. ^ Eede, Christian. "Luke Slater, Function & Steve Bicknell Launch LSD Label". The Quietus, 28 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019