DEEP HEET VOL. 4

TRACKLISTING

A1 Planetary Assault Systems - Desert Races
A2 Planetary Assault Systems - Life Rhythm
B1 Planetary Ass ault Systems - Random Kingdom
B2 Planetary Assault Systems - Lazer Organi cal



INFO





Since 2 006, the Deep Heet series of recordings has shown the public an especially disti nctive side of the production work of Planetary Assault Systems. With a unique ' engine room' ambience and a focus upon maintaining a continual surge of pure ene rgy, each volume in the Deep Heet collection has lived up to that title, subtly suggesting the kind of sustained and voluntary temperature rise that has traditi onally given way to spiritual or visionary experiences. Just check out tracks su ch as "Flat Tire" from Volume 3, with its hard percussive edge accompanied by a pervasive hiss like boiling matter changing into gas. P.A.S. helmsman Luke Slate r also thinks highly enough of this series to re-work tracks like "Whistle Viper in recent live sets, or to offer up others (e.g. Raid") for remixing by Mote- Evolver allies.





It's only appropriate, then , that the 50th overall release on Mote-Evolver should also be the fourth overal l volume of Deep Heet. In keeping with Slater's recent forward-thinking self-ass essments like the "Planetary Funk" anniversary series, this is simultaneously a summary of past successes and another new evolution in style and content. This new set of four highly concentrated cuts shows how effective Planetary Assault S ystems can be at fueling the imagination by fusing together rhythmic and inciden tal elements into a unified, animated meshwork, without even a prominent melody to help out. For example, on the compelling track "Lazer Organical," listeners w ill find themselves in the midst of a testing range where thick arcs of coherent plasma ricochet off of the walls.





Deep Hee t Vol. 4 also showcases Slater's aptitude for choosing just the right moments to deviate from a steady groove: on the mesmerizing bubblebath of "Random Kingdom, he allows listeners to sink into the rising sonic foam before interjecting wit|No h some sharp metallic hits. The leadoff track "Desert Races" proceeds in similar fashion, weaving a web of luminous sequencer patterns around the listener befor e and cutting in with sudden fluctuations or distortions that function like a hy pnotist's suggestions after an entranced patient has become fully responsive. "L ife Rhythm," on the other hand, is a total immersion session in which Slater's p resence seems to recede into the background and listeners themselves may begin i magining overtones and sonic ephemera that weren't programmed into the original track.