Originally released via Terraform Records in 1995, %u2018Systems E.P. 1%u2019 was certainly too ahead of its time to meet with success back in the day. That said, as years went by, so swelled the reputation of this sextet of visionary, alien-engineered jams, soon turning the once $1 bin find into a highly sought-after item on the second-hand market. Much to the displeasure of hardline speculators but for the greatest joy of skint %u201990s sound lovers, KOC reissues the Systems experience in full force and effect.



Harbouring a trio of submersible ambient-tech and 303-driven breaksy weapons, Red Shift%u2019s own dedicated A-side has lost nothing of its soul-fulfilling appeal. Getting the ball rolling, %u20183rd Moon%u2019 skippers us to brightly hued sound niches, where trancey acid motifs merge with slo-moving ambient pads and uptempo breakbeat on a frenzy. Laced with a hint of bleepy abstraction, the more lascivious, piano-laden %u2018Audity%u2019 then shifts the scope to further introspective depths before %u2018Himalayas%u2019 takes us on a mind-expanding ride across imaginary snow-capped summits and lushly forested slopes.



Flip it over and here comes Ether and their mightily explosive %u2018Detonator%u2019 %u2013 a wild and woolly acid number that shall not go without conjuring up memories of the early Prodigy%u2019s mid-nineties rave exploits. Not to be confused with that of his contemporary Australian counterpart, Escape Artist%u2019s %u2018Rain Eternal%u2019 evokes the soulful RnB suavity of Sade%u2019s classics, adorned with otherworldly organic warbles and addictive piano stabs. Constants of Nature vibey closer %u2018Slow Symmetry Breaking%u2019 rounds off the journey on a further distinctively atmospheric note, perfect to muster up the energy and drive to take it on the lam from our crazy world.