Luke Slater is returning with a new Planetary Assault Systems album.
Titled Planetary People, the record arrives on May 15 through Ostgut Ton and marks the first full Planetary Assault Systems release on the legendary Berlin label since 2019’s Plantae.
Across more than three decades, Slater has remained one of techno’s most respected and consistently evolving figures, balancing raw functionality with futuristic sound design and uncompromising underground energy. Under the Planetary Assault Systems alias especially, his work has long occupied a distinct space between industrial tension, hypnotic groove and deep warehouse intensity.
According to the announcement, Planetary People was shaped not only inside the studio, but directly through interaction with dancefloors, crowds and live club environments.
That relationship between production and physical space has always been central to Slater’s music. Rather than creating tracks detached from performance context, Planetary Assault Systems releases often feel built specifically for movement inside large rooms — evolving through repetition, pressure and emotional momentum.
The new album follows last year’s Reassembled, a remix collection featuring reinterpretations from Chlär, Len Faki, Oscar Mulero and several other major underground techno names.
This time, Slater returns with a fully original body of work spanning thirteen tracks, including the digital-only closer Presently My Soul Grew Stronger.
The album moves through titles including Into The Night, Labyrinth, Quadrant 10, Thunder Major and Beton Brut, suggesting another journey through the darker and more physical side of Planetary Assault Systems’ sonic universe.
Full tracklist:
- Into The Night
- Labyrinth
- Quadrant 10
- Sermon Of The Light Tides
- Brave Cosmo
- Retina Burn
- Thunder Major
- Beton Brut
- No Ninja
- Ha Jam
- Lynx
- Generation Slip
- Presently My Soul Grew Stronger (Digital Only)
The release also arrives during another intense touring period for Slater, who continues performing globally with upcoming appearances scheduled in Amsterdam, Bogotá and Buenos Aires before the end of the month.
Few artists connected to techno’s original generations have maintained the same level of relevance and consistency across decades while continuing to push their sound forward.
Planetary Assault Systems remains one of the clearest examples of that longevity.
With Planetary People, Luke Slater once again reconnects the raw physicality of the dancefloor with the futuristic imagination that has defined his work from the beginning.
