| Process | |
| Type: | Extended play |
| Artist: | LSD |
| Cover: | LSD Process 2017.jpg |
| Genre: | Techno |
| Label: | Ostgut Ton |
| Producer: | Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell, Dave Sumner |
| Next Title: | Second Process |
| Next Year: | 2019 |
"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).[1] The tracks are described as focused on "the psychedelic aspects of techno",[2] and an "interpretation of stroboscopic intensity on the summit of psychedelic experiences - permeated with moments of hypnotic and atonal melodies".[3]
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.[4] The EP was proceeded by live concerts in 2016 at the Amsterdam Dance Event[5] and at Berghain in Berlin.
"Process" was released as a 12 inch on 17 November 2017[6] by the German label, Ostgut Ton,[7] with sleeve art-work by Brazilian-born New York-based artist Eli Sudbrack, aka Assume Vivid Astro Focus.
All tracks written and produced by Slater, Bicknell and Sumner.
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, are numered "Process 4" to "Process 9". After tracks were pre-released on SoundCloud, they were described as "melodic and mind-melting techno with surreal atmospheres and propulsive drum-programming."[2]