The new EP from Ali Wells takes a political stance inspired by the recent UK general election.
Tom Russell’s first solo EP in three years kicks off an artist-focused series on Perc Trax.
A vast canon of potential candidates is whittled down to just 10 as the best record sleeves of the year are decided.
The forthcoming release features a disc of unreleased material from Perc Trax regulars and new faces as well as a mix from label boss Ali Wells.
The Japanese artist brings his destructive style of techno to Perc Trax by supplying the UK label with his first solo EP.
The UK techno heavyweights deliver another four tracks of hardware techno on the Perc Trax Ltd imprint.
The “eyebrow-raising” vocal techno duo’s next release will follow up a string of Killekill hits with a release on Ali Wells’ label.
Untold, Tessela and Clouds all feature on forthcoming remix 12″.
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to think about Ali Wells’ music as anything other than explicitly political. Despite the problematic nature of drawing any parallels between the declining standards of living in the country and an increased enthusiasm for so-called “industrial” techno and darker strands of electronic music as a whole, it would be hard not to see track titles such as “London We Have You Surrounded” from his debut album and “Cash 4 Gold” from 2012’s A New Brutality EP as anything less than a reflection of his own unease at the economic and political conditions the UK is facing after the boom years.
James Manning talks to Ali Wells about the path to his bracing second album, The Power And The Glory.
The UK techno producer will release his second album through his own Perc Trax label in February.
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Pete Swanson, Burial Hex, Prostitutes and more feature on the noise and experimental compilation due next month.
The German industrial legends and Perc will supply the first release on the experimental-focused Perc Trax sub-label.
Leading into the impending release of Perc and Truss’ first collaboration, we have a 12” copy of Spiker to give away, plus a whole stack of other Perc Trax vinyl and CDs.
The pair talk to Juno Plus about their first collaboration on the Perc Trax Ltd sub label.
Sawf’s Discogs entry states merely that he/she is ‘devoted to techno’. As descriptions go, it is not the most expansive, but it does in broad terms sum up what Sawf is about and has seen the producer gravitate towards like a small number of minded labels such as M_Rec and Audio Assault since first emerging on Perc Trax back in 2009.
Shadowy industrial techno producer Sawf delivers a new type of power electronics to Perc Trax – preview here.
After close to a decade of running Perc Trax, Ali Wells finally succumbs to the temptation of expanding operations to include sub labels. Given the mother ship’s unpredictable path and its role in championing new artists, it’s no surprise that the first release on Perc Trax Ltd does not come from a household name.
Forward Strategy Group return to Perc Trax with a new EP entitled The New Formal.