Process (EP)

{{short description|2017 EP by LSD}}

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| name = Process

| type = Extended play

| artist = LSD

| cover = LSD Process 2017.jpg

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| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2017|11|17}}

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| genre = Techno

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| label = Ostgut Ton

| producer = Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell, Dave Sumner

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| next_title = Second Process

| next_year = 2019

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"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. "[https://mixmag.net/read/luke-slater-steve-bicknell-function-lsd-imprint-news 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. "[https://mixmag.net/read/function-luke-slater-and-steve-bicknell-debut-lsd-project-on-ostgut-ton-news 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."[https://www.normanrecords.com/records/157864-l-b-dub-corp-function-zehn-drei 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. "[https://crackmagazine.net/2017/10/luke-slater-steve-bicknell-david-sumner-debut-lsd-new-ep/ 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"[http://ostgut.de/label/record/206 LSD O-TON 109]". ostgut.de. Retrieved 8 June 2019 by the German label, Ostgut Ton,Eede, Christian. "[https://thequietus.com/articles/26540-luke-slater-function-steve-bicknell-lsd 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.