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MOTE 059EP
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Steve Rachmad, aka Sterac, returns to Luke Slater's Mote-Evolver imprint this May to release the Numbers EP. Since his earliest days in the scene, Amsterdam's Steve Rachmad has created a legion of monikers to cover his compositions' variety and broadness. One of them being Sterac which focuses on the deeper and more obscure end of the techno genre. The Sterac discography consists of signature cuts, spread out over genre-defining labels such as M-Plant, Tresor, Klockworks, Afterlife, Mote-Evolver, Indigo Aera, and Delsin. His Numbers EP sees Steve drop the first release of 2021 under his Sterac alias as he makes a return to Luke Slater's Mote-Evolver label with four tunnelling techno tracks. Kicking off the release is "Ghost 37", which employs vacillating grooves, ominous synths and intricate mechanics before "Lost Track 22" fuses sizzling 303s, dynamic drums and mammoth, alien-sounding modulations. On the flip, "Rey Fur 2.1" keeps the energy flowing with a high-impact clapper featuring bustling fx and expansive tones until "Tr-15" masterfully rounds off the EP with twisting synth flutters, rattling highs and hypnotic bass grooves intricately unfolding underneath.
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TOKEN 066LP
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Steve Rachmad's, aka Sterac, extensive collection of projects over the years has provided a wealth of inspiration in its many forms. Although much of Rachmad's music has been influential on the development of Token from the beginning, there is one body of work in particular that encapsulates the essence of the label, in a classic and inimitable form. Scorp was an alias and label project operating between 2000 and 2004. Although not the best known of Rachmad's many aliases, its importance was not overlooked by discerning tastemakers at the forefront of the techno movement at the time. This compilation contains nine tracks in total, selected from these releases, plus one track previously unreleased from the same period. These ten tracks clearly demonstrate Token's alignment with this classic sound, exhibiting Rachmad's mathematical precision in employing bare-bones percussion to captivate, doing away with the formality of a lengthy introduction and urging a hypnotic state with immediate effect. All of the music has been remastered.
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MOTE 042EP
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Dutch producer Steve Rachmad aka Sterac presents his first release on Luke Slater's Mote Evolver label, a series of hypnotic, uncluttered drum-machine experiments. The Roland 808 can feel like a tired cliché when it comes to techno, yet Rachmad's manipulation of the tool is nothing short of masterful. "Stroke 1" marches forward, steady and resolute, with heavily processed elements. Across "Stroke 2," the synths feel hazy and out of focus, jutting forward between Rachmad's stuttered rhythms; the track shares a celestial space-age feel with "Stroke 3." "Stroke 4" is a frantic percussive workout incontestably rooted to the dancefloor.
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