FROM THE ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE:

Having this in front of me makes me wonder if I'm still in 2011, and how a decade passed so quickly (hopefully I'll be around long enough to reminisce about that sentence again in 2044 or so). As you may know, Circumanalis Records stopped its regular operations in 2011. There have been two brief reappearances in 2014 and 2018 to release some leftovers from the archives and now, in 2022, it's happening again with another blast from the past: Powerset Axiom - Industrial Action! This one has been announced before, as it was planned as a final Circumanalis Records (and Powerset Axiom) release in 2011. Initially, two tracks were planned: "Industrial" and "Action!", and the first one was already about two thirds complete in 2010 but, as things sometimes love taking an unpredictable turn, the release was left unfinished and archived for better times. After digging through some old CD-Rs (yes, some still work!), I've found the fully laid out project, samples, sound snippets and ideas for "Industrial", as well as some rough sketches for "Action!". I gave it some thought, felt that the right time had finally come, and decided that I should splice up both tracks and condense them into one now that I could work with all the separate elements in the songs. In the end, 25% of this conjoint track was further manipulated, arranged and recorded now in 2022, while taking care not to stray away from the original ideas, sounds and possibilities of the time when this was conceived. And it's definitely interesting to hear how I imagined this 12 years ago - I wanted to make a completely different record for the last Powerset Axiom release, so I went overboard with adding rhythm and mostly leaving previous genres and styles. Planned duration of the cassette was also ambitious - it was meant as an almost hour long full length release, but this is now also halved so you'll find "Industrial Action!" filling both sides of the tape (funny, cassette labels were planned - and already printed - as two different sides... I was almost that close to releasing it on time). To wrap it up, I'm really glad this finally sees the light of the day, it puts an end to a certain period in time, and it will be a nice addition to your collection as it's strictly limited to 8 hand-humbered copies, with DIY covers printed on tracing paper, all in the best Circumanalis Records manner you all remember and love.