"Process" (catalogue number "O-Ton 109") is the 2017 debut EP by the techno group LSD, a collaboration between Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function (aka Dave Sumner).The band's title comes from the first letter of each of the member's names, and is a play on the shorthand for Lysergic acid diethylamide. See Eede, Christian (2017) The tracks are described as focused on "the psychedelic aspects of techno",Holbrook, Cameron. "Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function launch new LSD imprint". Mixmag, 28 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019 and an "interpretation of stroboscopic intensity on the summit of psychedelic experiences - permeated with moments of hypnotic and atonal melodies".Williams, Harrison. "Function, Luke Slater and Steve Bicknell debut LSD project on Ostgut". Mixmag, 11 October 2017. Norman Records
The three producers had worked together at various points over the previous 25 years; Slater and Bicknell remixed various of each others tracks during the early 1990s, Bicknell and Sumner had performed live together, while Sumner appears on a 2015 release from Slater's 'LB Dub Corp' project."L.B. Dub Corp / Function / Substance". Norman Records. Norman Records The EP was preceded by live concerts in 2016 at the Amsterdam Dance EventYeung, Vivian. "Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function debut as LSD with new EP". crackmagazine.net, 11 October 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2019 and at Berghain in Berlin.
"Process" was released as a 12 inch on 17 November 2017"LSD O-TON 109". ostgut.de. Retrieved 8 June 2019 by the German label, Ostgut Ton,Eede, Christian. "Luke Slater, Function & Steve Bicknell Launch LSD Label". The Quietus, 28 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019 with sleeve art-work by Brazilian-born New York-based artist Eli Sudbrack, aka Assume Vivid Astro Focus.
Track listing All tracks written and produced by Slater, Bicknell and Sumner.
Process 1 - 5:08 Process 2 - 8:26 Process 3 - 10:40
Follow up In May 2019, LSD announced the formation of a self-titled record label off-shoot, and the planned release of a six track album, Second Process, on 28 June. The song titles follow on directly after "Process 3", and are numbered "Process 4" to "Process 9". After the tracks were pre-released on SoundCloud, they were described as "melodic and mind-melting techno with surreal atmospheres and propulsive drum-programming."
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External links LSD - Process 1 LSD - Process 2