Subjects, The - Dark Matter / Beyond

Absolutely smashing stuff from the Limelight-era Mills. For whichever reason (surely, it involves copyrights and money; this reads "Licensed from Frank De Wulf Productions", the Two Thumbs re-re-release, which was already licensed from ULR One, itself licensed from Undertow), this is the one pressing that is solely credited to The Subjects. The original tracks are the exact same anyway: hard Acid techno of a high caliber.
Spinning Atoms' remix leaves the Acid out and loads the kickdrum with growth hormones to produce the heavy, hard-hitting techno that was popular in the late '90s. The Headcleaner version surfs on the clubbier sound that emerged then and sounds even more dire now than then. It has very little to do with the original and, unlike its ancestor, did not age very well.

"Dark Matter", Superb minimal industrial techno originally released circa 1992/93. Quite militant but very funky with those wicked 303s. Sharp drum programming and rough mixing, what a tune! Still gives me goose bumps when I hear the opening filtered/muffled vocal sample intro...proper dark, hard dancefloor business...