The 7th Plain - Chronicles 1

New (old) release comprised of 3 tracks from his 1994 albums and 5 previously unreleased, possibly from Playing With Fools. I am a massive fan of Luke Slater's releases under this alias, easily as good as Black Dog, B12 etc IMO. I would have preferred a rerelease/remaster of the 2 existing albums with extra tracks or finally releasing Playing With Fools, but there you go.

Available from the usual places...  Bleap, Boomkat, yada yada.

Boomkat Product Review:

I've had a CD copy of My Yellow Wise Rug (which, annoyingly, I can't currently find anywhere and consequently can't stick it on my Sonos and other devices) since its original release on GPR. Oddly, I only remember it from back when I was a student as being quite good, and had kind of written it off since.

I see now, having been reminded of it by this new release, that this was a foolish thing to have done. This stuff is just blissful. Someone on Discogs describes some of it as being like Global Communication meets Kenny Larkin, which actually sums it up rather well. Can't wait for my vinyl copy to arrive.

Maybe we will see the re-release of those two albums if Ostgut Ton can license them. I really hope so, but if this series of Chronicles ends up covering the, completely I'll still be happy.

Come on watmm, there's some great tracks on here, the whole album is on Soundclod...

https://soundcloud.com/ostgutton-official/the-7th-plain-boundaries?in=ostgutton-official/sets/the-7th-plain-chronicles-i-a-ton-01

https://soundcloud.com/ostgutton-official/ken-ishii-extra-the-7th-plain-remix?in=ostgutton-official/sets/the-7th-plain-chronicles-i-a-ton-01

His My Yellow Wise Rug and The 4 Cornered Room albums are real classics, as good as anything, I always wished he kept on doing the ambient techno stuff instead of going with the more straight up techno he carried on with. Will check this out.

One of my fave tracks ever was the 7th Plain one on Shut Up and Dance: Updated, think it was Ostgut's first cd, was for a ballet in Berghain. It's spine-tingling.

  On 8/11/2016 at 9:32 PM, MDF said:

His My Yellow Wise Rug and The 4 Cornered Room albums are real classics, as good as anything, I always wished he kept on doing the ambient techno stuff instead of going with the more straight up techno he carried on with. Will check this out.

I completely agree, I've tried some of his other aliases and always found it too harsh and monotonous for home listening. Apart from the limited Morganistic stuff I've heard...

Does the 'I' mean more volumes are coming from The 7th Plain or will they be different artists? I already have a lot of 7th Plain stuff and this release isn't exactly a huge collection.

The 'Freek Funk' album he did under his real name also makes for excellent home listening IMO.

From Luke Slater's Facebook...

A huge thank you to Luke Slater for offering us access to the wonderful stores of The 7th Plain and allowing us to share this music with you. Chronicles I is the first part of a series of double LPs that will revisit early 90's previously released and never released 7th Plain material of which Luke says in his own words: “The 7th Plain had its core in melancholy, hope, and surrealism and beauty, a kind of true faith from my opened third eye...“. "The 7th Plain - Chronicles II will follow early next year"

this one is so great

  On 10/1/2017 at 1:15 PM, Berk said:

this one is so great

 

https://youtu.be/dw93OKCrnoY

Luke is the cream of the early 90s ambient techno crop.

Love that To Be Sureal EP, the only one I own on vinyl.

I wonder if we'll ever get Chronicles II?

It's like trying to get blood from a stone, even when there is a plan to release the old unreleased tracks, it's stretched out over aeons.

Yes, seeing my post above from August last year made me realise that

chronicles II and III incoming, along with a boxset option thing:

http://ostgut.de/label/record/232

  On 11/7/2018 at 5:06 PM, species8472 said:

chronicles II and III incoming, along with a boxset option thing:

 

http://ostgut.de/label/record/232

Super pumped about this. Already preordered the cds.

  On 11/7/2018 at 5:39 PM, Extralife said:

 

  On 11/7/2018 at 5:06 PM, species8472 said:

chronicles II and III incoming, along with a boxset option thing:

 

http://ostgut.de/label/record/232

Super pumped about this. Already preordered the cds.

 

no super boxset?

  On 8/11/2016 at 9:32 PM, MDF said:

His My Yellow Wise Rug and The 4 Cornered Room albums are real classics, as good as anything, I always wished he kept on doing the ambient techno stuff instead of going with the more straight up techno he carried on with. Will check this out.

Completely agree with this statement!! Really dig Luke Slater's 7th Plain stuff. Time Melts is one of my favourite tunes!!! GPR did release some good stuff back in the day!!!

  On 10/1/2017 at 1:58 PM, Extralife said:

 

  On 10/1/2017 at 1:15 PM, Berk said:

this one is so great

 

Luke is the cream of the early 90s ambient techno crop.

 

Totally!!

  On 11/7/2018 at 5:59 PM, species8472 said:

 

  On 11/7/2018 at 5:39 PM, Extralife said:

 

  On 11/7/2018 at 5:06 PM, species8472 said:

chronicles II and III incoming, along with a boxset option thing:

 

http://ostgut.de/label/record/232

Super pumped about this. Already preordered the cds.

no super boxset?

Honestly trying to cut down on my vinyl. Cds also sound quite nice in my car where I spend most of my listening time.

ffs dat boxset *drools*

These are out now and predictably amazing.

mentioned it in the burial thread, but the new 7th plain remix of love is incredible.

  On 6/21/2019 at 9:20 PM, species8472 said:

mentioned it in the burial thread, but the new 7th plain remix of love is incredible.

 

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Damn. Thanks for that

not sure if this needed its own thread so i'll post it here.

new 17 min luke slater remix in 7th plain style - really really excellent.

https://heatheredpearls.bandcamp.com/album/cast-remixes-part-i

  On 1/21/2021 at 7:27 PM, species8472 said:

not sure if this needed its own thread so i'll post it here.

new 17 min luke slater remix in 7th plain style - really really excellent.

https://heatheredpearls.bandcamp.com/album/cast-remixes-part-i

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Thanks! Love 7th Plain

  On 1/21/2021 at 7:27 PM, species8472 said:

new 17 min luke slater remix in 7th plain style - really really excellent.

Amazing find, thank you. Now, if only someone leaked a decent rip of Playing With Fools... Slater's not going to release it, ever. I'd like to at least hear it.