Sasha – Airdrawndagger

These test press copies have got to be the best sounding tests I think I have ever heard.

Gorgeous pressing but a slight concern, either i'm paranoid or Requiem still has the outro delay keys from bloodlock....

Dead silent, awesome pressing and mastering, well done! The music does not need any more words, especially the 3rd vinyl is my go to. Number 216.

Any pressing or manufacturing issues, artefacts, noise etc on this one?

a good spiritual partner to "Clandestine Electronic Subculture" album. These two are epitomy of afterparty albums. One is light and another is dark

Perfect electronic album, a masterpiece must have go buy it

Many dance albums fail in my opinion because outside of the DJ mixes you rarely want to hear what can essentially be a lot of the same stuff - they can become just another this and that with thuddy intros and quite desultory affairs - depends of course if it’s vinyl or CD - at lest then it’s a mix source on a 12” … so you’d rarely sit through and listen to a whole album. I’m putting even the good ones in that category like BT’s ima, Deep Dish Junk Science etc… Leftism being the exception… ok and Dubnobassnohean… and Exit Planet Dust … the brown album — ok and probably a few others… but you know what I mean… As an album format, dance music can get tiresome

Airdrawndagger however is a really great listening experience from start to finish. It really delves down deep too before tracks like Bloodlock appear. It’s intense

The re released vinyl sounds fantastic

Best electronica album ever made.
I'm so grateful to have discovered this outstanding piece of art more than twenty years ago.
Thanks, Alexander.

Anyone else notice the programming, order of tracks, is not that of the original release when issued on compact disc back in 2002? The vinyl release starts with 'Wavy Gravy' where the original album had this as the closing track (bonus) track.

I have to say I much prefer the original sequencing from 2002. I LOVE this pressing but it's jarring to have to listen to the album "out of order."

Here are both versions posted for comparison:

2002 CD Version
1 Drempels
2 Mr Tiddles
3 Magnetic North
4 Cloud Cuckoo
5 Immortal
6 Fundamental
7 Boileroom
8 Bloodlock
9 Requiem
10 Golden Arm
11 Wavy Gravy

2020 Vinyl Version
A1 Wavy Gravy
A2 Immortal
B1 Mr Tiddles
B2 Bloodlock
C Fundamental
D Boileroom
E1 Drempels
E2 Magnetic North
E3 Cloud Cuckoo
F1 Requiem
F2 Golden Arm

It's a little weird, but I thought this version of Magnetic North was missing one synth track in the second half. Compare the original and this version (remastered or?...). Otherwise, this reissue sounds great.