Berlin techno institution Pan-Pot launched a new chapter for their long-standing imprint Second State with the arrival of PLANET1, a various artists transmission.
PLANET1 marks the first sonic broadcast from the Second State mothership in 2026 with four tracks, four precision-engineered weapons, one coordinated disturbance in the known dancefloor continuum. It’s less a VA, more a map to somewhere stranger.
Pan-Pot open the portal with ‘Altered State’, a track designed to scramble the border patrols of consciousness. Built for rooms without clocks and crowds that don’t blink, it doesn’t play fair – it bends reality until it sweats.
Emerging Indian producer Stoked has steadily carved a name through driving, peak-time techno and releases on respected underground imprints. On ‘Splintercell’, he delivers a stealth-tech weapon forged in digital shadow – a precise, high-impact cut that infiltrates, slices through perception, and vanishes before the smoke machine can catch up.
Mexican DJ/producer Redraft Memories is known for atmospheric, emotionally-charged techno that bridges melody with power, earning support across Europe’s underground circuit. Teaming up with Spanto, a rising force in the Italian scene recognised for his energetic, groove-driven selections, ‘Elevate’ arrives like a hypnosis device disguised as a club track.
Berlin-based artist Victoria Engel crafts deeply textured electronic music shaped by cinematic tension and late-night introspection. Her debut on Second State, ‘Unfolded Memory’, feels like a prophecy whispered through a laser grid – dangerous and engineered for bodies in motion.
Composed of Tassilo Ippenberger and Thomas Benedix, Pan-Pot have spent over a decade shaping global techno through Second State, nurturing both established heavyweights and the next wave of uncompromising talent. With PLANET1, they initiate a new compilation series that extends the label’s future-facing vision: raw and unapologetically built for the floor.
With PLANET1, Pan-Pot have entered a new era for Second State, they invite the dancefloor to step into the unknown.
