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TOKEN 082LP
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Double LP version. 180 gram vinyl; Includes CD. Inigo Kennedy has released upwards of 100 records since he started in 1996, cementing his esteemed aesthetic and revealing his digital mastery further with each release. This immense discography embraces both the traditional and the ambitious; prevalent fundamentals and established concepts meet discord, clashes in texture and supreme use of space. Kennedy's 2007 record Identify Yourself was Token's first release. Although Kennedy was well-established by this point, that inaugural step taken together, with Token as a newcomer, began the much-needed growth of the label in a period of time when techno music yearned painfully for a refresh. This was the beginning of a close relationship between artist and label that has remained fruitful through the 11 years of Token's existence. Kennedy is now long-recognized as an integral contributor to Token's output; the label is the indisputable natural home for his sixth album, and in turn he continues to play his part in advancing Token's evolving sound with this release. Strata expands conceptually on the idea of planetary layers alluded to in Magma/Mantle, released in February 2018 (TOKEN 079EP). The album progresses through levels of ornate drama, opening with "Clarion Call (Return to Nothing)", a full-length refix of the celebrated introduction from Kennedy's 2015 release of the same name (TOKEN 058EP), showing off the best of his melodic manipulation and creativity in sound design. This delicate grace is cut through spectacularly by the jaggedness of the approaching textures of "Trapezoid", while the elegant and icy beauty of "Stillness Expanded" is impacted by the noisy and epic "Reminiscence", which grand and almost clerical in its resounding majesty. "Shudder" grounds the record in restrained grit and provides functionality, while the opening fanfare of "Breaking Point" advances yet another degree of energy. The record's built-up intensity is broken at its conclusion by the sleepy, acid-tinged "Oblivion" -- one that bumps along with a drowsy breakbeat and invites the mind to wander. With Strata, Kennedy proves once again that his reserves of passion, skill, and potency are far from depleted; that there is yet more to be discovered in the depths of his imagination.
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TOKEN 082CD
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Inigo Kennedy has released upwards of 100 records since he started in 1996, cementing his esteemed aesthetic and revealing his digital mastery further with each release. This immense discography embraces both the traditional and the ambitious; prevalent fundamentals and established concepts meet discord, clashes in texture and supreme use of space. Kennedy's 2007 record Identify Yourself was Token's first release. Although Kennedy was well-established by this point, that inaugural step taken together, with Token as a newcomer, began the much-needed growth of the label in a period of time when techno music yearned painfully for a refresh. This was the beginning of a close relationship between artist and label that has remained fruitful through the 11 years of Token's existence. Kennedy is now long-recognized as an integral contributor to Token's output; the label is the indisputable natural home for his sixth album, and in turn he continues to play his part in advancing Token's evolving sound with this release. Strata expands conceptually on the idea of planetary layers alluded to in Magma/Mantle, released in February 2018 (TOKEN 079EP). The album progresses through levels of ornate drama, opening with "Clarion Call (Return to Nothing)", a full-length refix of the celebrated introduction from Kennedy's 2015 release of the same name (TOKEN 058EP), showing off the best of his melodic manipulation and creativity in sound design. This delicate grace is cut through spectacularly by the jaggedness of the approaching textures of "Trapezoid", while the elegant and icy beauty of "Stillness Expanded" is impacted by the noisy and epic "Reminiscence", which grand and almost clerical in its resounding majesty. "Shudder" grounds the record in restrained grit and provides functionality, while the opening fanfare of "Breaking Point" advances yet another degree of energy. The record's built-up intensity is broken at its conclusion by the sleepy, acid-tinged "Oblivion" -- one that bumps along with a drowsy breakbeat and invites the mind to wander. With Strata, Kennedy proves once again that his reserves of passion, skill, and potency are far from depleted; that there is yet more to be discovered in the depths of his imagination.
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TOKEN 079EP
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Token mainstay Inigo Kennedy had no fewer than three collaborative tracks on Momentum, the release put together to celebrate ten years of the label's output (TOKEN 078CD/LP, 2017). The similarities between "Magma" and "Mantle" are almost as striking as their individual qualities. "Magma", with a refreshingly candid lead, is soaked in reverb and sprawling with variations that gradually increase in complexity, carried by diffused sub-harmonic pads. "Mantle" is more percussion focused. Much of its movement is dictated by a pitch-bent woodiness that meanders in stereo while the composition rumbles on and opens up to a powerful crescendo.
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TOKEN 074EP
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Inigo Kennedy's refined, courageous sound continues to be a definitive element of Token's output. After the NCG EP (TOKEN 062EP, 2016) and Surrender/Castles In The Air (TOKEN 067EP, 2016), Kennedy is back with a three-track EP. "Tornado" is vast and cinematic. A thundering kick becomes ripe with swelling strings followed by a bright, wistful lead and long, suspenseful breaks. "Glacier" is more measured in its expression, with icy keys playing out a restrained sentimentality over an earthy groove. "Voyager" is energetic; crisp and crunchy percussion melds into an ever-moving melody that wavers in-and-out of the foreground.
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TOKEN 067EP
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Inigo Kennedy is back with Surrender/Castles In The Air. "Surrender" begins with a textured awakening. The inter-mixture of slow swells and attentively-dashed accents in a range of timbres guides the listener blindly towards a shocking, strident interruption when the percussion is suddenly introduced with full and resolute force. "Castles In The Air" retains a similar theme. Gloomy, lingering chords begin and then pause with more than a moment lingering in reverb. When the full arrangement appears, it kicks at least twice as hard as the introduction could ever have prepared the listener for.
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TOKEN 058EP
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Inigo Kennedy, who has been releasing on Token since the label's inception in 2007, follows his 2014 album Vaudeville (TOKEN 043CD/LP) with Clarion Call. The EP opens with pads that swell to euphoric heights before crashing into a jittering hyper-sequenced groove. "The Fold" lumbers forward in an off-center rhythmic direction, wrong-footing the beat at every turn. The kicks of "Kepler" climax in a percussive workout before the fragments recede into the surroundings. Kennedy has a special talent for marrying earth-shattering dynamics with rapturous atmospheres. Clarion Call is an EP with sorrowful depth and technical power in equal measures.
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TOKEN 054EP
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Inigo Kennedy's Vaudeville album (TOKEN 043CD/LP) was undoubtedly one of Token's highlights of 2014. Now, following Antigone's twisting Cantor Dust EP (TOKEN 053EP) and Ø [Phase]'s sweltering Tunnel Vision/Internal Conflict 12" (TOKEN 052EP), "Requiem," a standout cut from Vaudeville, is resurrected across an all-star remix EP. Efdemin drops the mesmeric riff down a few semitones alongside nitro-charged rhythms. Raster-Noton mainstay Kangding Ray provides a skittering, paranoid recast of the track. Regis harnesses the original's bulging low end, putting his characteristically rugged stamp on the track. Dasha Rush brings discordant piano melodies and distant voices together in a thoroughly disorienting reinterpretation.
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TOKEN 043LP
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Double LP version with CD. From his first EP release in 1996, British producer Inigo Kennedy has built a sound which embraces both the traditional and the ambitious, as well as the emotional, organic energy of live performance. Continuously studying the effects and capability of digital equipment, Kennedy has released in excess of 100 records, either as himself or through alternative monikers (Reducer, Tomito Satori). He has released these records on labels such as Missile, Semantica, and his own Asymmetric. Since 2007, Inigo Kennedy and Belgian label Token Records have had a particularly close and fruitful relationship. Kennedy had three releases on the Ghent-based label in 2013, including the thumping "Emitter" and spiraling epic "Cathedral." Inigo now returns to Token -- and with a project that feels like the culmination of all those years and all those records. In true, theatrical manner, Vaudeville is a collection of differing themes -- from the abstract and freakishly odd to the direct and resonant. And just as the Vaudevillian shares a common purpose with his co-stars as the "voice of the city" ("voix de ville"), there runs through the center of this record a clear narrative for urban experience. "Narrative" presages the mood with a cold wind, before "Birth" emerges with rain on the ground and a helicopter searching in the swirling darkness. "Requiem," next, is more direct, as a warm kick and frenzied timbres interlock; the rumble recalls echoing and unhappy machinery. As one cornerstone of the record, "Plaintive" is Requiem's anxious but happier brother: an organ winds its way down a slope, as soft toms herald the start of reflection on a heroic journey. "Lullaby" has a deep and echo-laden undercurrent, building from afar but also warm and so incredibly close. "Vallecula" is lower-slung still, the atmosphere rough and unpredictable. "Winter" is the rolling patter of rain through clashing snare taps and dragging hi-hats, solid thumps in haunted isolation. "Petrichor" strides like a king through his realm, again wrapped in dank surroundings. "Aleph" is the coolest act, a tremor of synth and an icy kick of determination. It's a race through the streets in sturdy boots, swirling in its certain melody. And at last there is the final cornerstone -- "NGC5128" (a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus). A reflective end, this galactic rumble is late-of-bar heavy, and has a fitting space-synth jagging in and out.
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TOKEN 043CD
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From his first EP release in 1996, British producer Inigo Kennedy has built a sound which embraces both the traditional and the ambitious, as well as the emotional, organic energy of live performance. Continuously studying the effects and capability of digital equipment, Kennedy has released in excess of 100 records, either as himself or through alternative monikers (Reducer, Tomito Satori). He has released these records on labels such as Missile, Semantica, and his own Asymmetric. Since 2007, Inigo Kennedy and Belgian label Token Records have had a particularly close and fruitful relationship. Kennedy had three releases on the Ghent-based label in 2013, including the thumping "Emitter" and spiraling epic "Cathedral." Inigo now returns to Token -- and with a project that feels like the culmination of all those years and all those records. In true, theatrical manner, Vaudeville is a collection of differing themes -- from the abstract and freakishly odd to the direct and resonant. And just as the Vaudevillian shares a common purpose with his co-stars as the "voice of the city" ("voix de ville"), there runs through the center of this record a clear narrative for urban experience. "Narrative" presages the mood with a cold wind, before "Birth" emerges with rain on the ground and a helicopter searching in the swirling darkness. "Requiem," next, is more direct, as a warm kick and frenzied timbres interlock; the rumble recalls echoing and unhappy machinery. As one cornerstone of the record, "Plaintive" is Requiem's anxious but happier brother: an organ winds its way down a slope, as soft toms herald the start of reflection on a heroic journey. "Lullaby" has a deep and echo-laden undercurrent, building from afar but also warm and so incredibly close. "Vallecula" is lower-slung still, the atmosphere rough and unpredictable. "Winter" is the rolling patter of rain through clashing snare taps and dragging hi-hats, solid thumps in haunted isolation. "Petrichor" strides like a king through his realm, again wrapped in dank surroundings. "Aleph" is the coolest act, a tremor of synth and an icy kick of determination. It's a race through the streets in sturdy boots, swirling in its certain melody. And at last there is the final cornerstone -- "NGC5128" (a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus). A reflective end, this galactic rumble is late-of-bar heavy, and has a fitting space-synth jagging in and out.
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TOKEN 041EP
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Inigo Kennedy releases his first full length on Token, Vaudeville. In true, theatrical manner, Vaudeville is a collection of differing themes -- from the abstract and freakishly odd to the direct and resonant. And just as the Vaudevillian shares a common purpose with his co-stars as the "voice of the city" ("voix de ville"), there runs through the center of this record a clear narrative of the urban experience. Here is a single to portend the full show: Lullaby/Petrichor.
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TOKEN 036EP
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2014 repress. In 2007, Token was born with the release of Inigo Kennedy's Identify Yourself. Since then, each of his EPs has been a milestone in the label's growth and this new three-tracker promises to be no different. After his widely-acclaimed Cathedral and Emitter/Collector, Inigo reveals his third EP for 2013: three no-nonsense tracks in his distinctive style: dark, refined and so very magnetic. Busiest year for Token so far, and it's not over yet.
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TOKEN 032EP
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Inigo Kennedy strikes back with a monumental new two-tracker. Both tracks emerged from the same studio session and definitely complement each other. While the pounding drums are omnipresent on this release, "Emitter" leaves us euphoric, while "Collector" is less explosive, more persistent.
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TOKEN 027EP
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2014 repress. Token presents a new three-tracker from Inigo Kennedy. Title-track "Cathedral" has you floating under its arches at a sheer height above the heads of its worshipers, while "Chamber" takes you back down straight to the center of the dancefloor. Closing the EP is the graceful "Accordion," which could be the soundtrack to a lucid dream -- dark, refined and oh-so magnetic.
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TOKEN 024EP
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Double A-side. Inigo Kennedy's style is hard to define. It can be dark, dreamy, fast, slow, hard-hitting, industrial, melodic or more, but you always know it's him. "Spectre" hits hard yet gloomy with relentless drums bathed in reverb and a strange synth line. "Wonderhorse" is built on the same foundations but explores a more melodic and psychedelic trajectory.
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TOKEN 010EP
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"After nearly 2 years, Token is at its 10th release. Inigo Kennedy put Token on the map with a huge first release. Identify Yourself was recognized by many as the best techno release of 2007 and immediately raised high expectations for the following releases. One year later he confirmed again with Token 5, Bite Back. Now Mr. Kennedy returns with Onwards & Wrongwards, a storming 3-tracker to celebrate the 10th Token installment. 'Signal II' is a solid dancefloor track, with cold stabs & percussion driven by huge energy, which works on every dancefloor. On the flipside you can find 'Bosh': hard big-room-techno with a devastating breakdown. We dare you to play this. The B-side is closed with the beautiful and epic 'Filaments,' which flirts with both electronica and techno. Token: essential techno, part 10."
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