Regis / Portion Reform - Guilt / Still Life mp3 album

I don't know how many listener's have actually taken notice of the fact that half of David Sumner's remix of Still Life is actually the track Montage, recorded under his more known Function alias, and found on "Substance Vol. 1" under the Infrastructure New York imprint [inf-08]. This remix starts at the 02:09 point of the actual Montage tune, which coincides with the moment when the percussion kicks in gear. Then, at around 04:15 it suddenly fades out, resurfacing as a three minute industrial drone. Basically, the Still Life remix is partially an already existing track and part a previously unheard composition. It is a good piece in its own right, but my God, the real action and your money should be 100% focused on Montage, which is a career defining cut. Whoever has their doubts about mr. Sumner's abilities and intricate production techniques needs not go past that one.LFO's take on Regis sounds just like you'd expect it to sound. Loaded with low droning and vibrating sounds like those of a pissed off queen bee, running at a neck snapping pace with broken beats and gradually ascending eerie synths, this is an interesting interpretation of Karl O'Connor's otherwise oppressive banger off his "Penetration" album. LFO give it a proper Leeds warehouse repaint, and while it maintains its original tough charms, Mark Bell fully injects his musical vision into this one and it shows.Personally, I much prefer the original versions of both these tracks. Not only that, but the short catalog of IM Records has some indispensable releases, and this may not be one of them. My advice would be getting any of the following first: Christian Wunsch's "Master Avalanche", Takaaki Itoh's "Killing All Anarchists" or Archae & Grovskopa's "Dwell" - all of which rank among the finest works the respective artists have ever done. That part accomplished, you can treat yourself to this one.

I only just found out about this release, but I was glad when I saw your comment because all I could think was "this is just Montage" and no-one else seemed to comment on it. What I find striking though, is that this came out nine months before Substance Vol. 1 (March 2003 vs. December 2003) and I can't find an original of "Still Life". I wonder why these tracks came out in this manner.