Entirely remastered at D&M and cut with 3 bonus locked grooves not found on the 1998, 2003, or
2012 editions, Karl O’Connor’s banging Regis 1998 blueprint is back in circulation for the techno
ultras..
The tracklist has been reshuffled from all previous versions. The A-side now runs thru ‘Hands of a
Stranger’ and the cold pipes of ‘Disease Through Affection’, and is backed with the chewy grind of
‘Body Unknown’ and the tonkin’ hustle of ‘Barriers’, while the C-side revolves ‘Concentrate’ along
with 3 hefty locked grooves and the D-side includes ‘Escape From Yourself’ and the panic-inducing
trample of ‘Indifference’.
It hardly needs to be reiterated but this set includes some of the meanest examples of late ‘90s UK
techno, and more specifically, the Birmingham sound that Regis forged so definitively with this
album, alongside efforts by his peers, Surgeon, Female, and Mick Harris. If you weren’t party to
the original pressing, this one stands out thanks to the remastering, which really highlights the
pebbledash grain and clangorous industrial atmospheres of the original recordings, which surely
set this record and sound apart from the crowd.
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21st anniversary edition of Regis’ sophomore album on Downwards
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Newly remastered and recut with 3 bonus locked grooves.
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Crucial, definitive late 90’s Uk Techno’
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New artwork
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New master and vinyl cut by D&M, Berlin
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500 Copies[info sheet from distr.]