For the occasion  “Pulse + Still & Raw” and “No Comment + Politics Of Pressure” will be re=released on vinyl and in a deluxe vinyl box edition, FRONT 242 also decided to re-release the rerecorded & remastered 2004 edition of their debut album “Geography” as a deluxe collector box edition. The vinyl-sized carton box features a military camouflage design with a spotted varnish printed FRONT 242 logo and a die-cut “2” across the upper cover (once assembled with the two other limited collector box sets released for the anniversary series, you get the “2-4-2” cut across the 3 box sets).

The “Geography” anniversary collector box is strictly limited to 1242 copies and includes the following items:

• 1 x FRONT 242 “Geography” LP (black 180 gr vinyl)
• 1 x FRONT 242 “Geography” CD carton sleeve (with 3 bonus tracks)
• 1 x FRONT 242 “Geography limited” LP (black 180 gr vinyl) – A collection of songs taken from the “Geography” sold-out limited 2CD box edition released by Alfa Matrix in 2004 including pre-FRONT 242 material under the PROTHESE and UNDERVIEWER monikers as well as special instrumental and aerial version of FRONT 242 early songs.
• 1 x FRONT 242 “take one / see the future” (crystal transparent  7″ vinyl) – an exclusive 7” single which could have been released back in the early days…!
• 1 x V/A – Sounds From The Matrix 08 (carton sleeve CD) – A bonus Alfa Matrix label compilation featuring 18 label mates of FRONT 242.
• 1 x “front by front” lanyard (printed white on black)
• 1 x « geography » laminated live pass
• 2 x “Geography” posters on art paper (315 mm x 220 mm)

Originally released in 1982, FRONT 242’s debut album “Geography” was already re-released later in 2004 by Alfa Matrix in a fully remastered and remixed version using modern technology while staying faithful to the spirit of the original versions and augmented with the bonus track “He runs too fast for us” which did not appear on the original LP back in the early eighties.

It is this uplifted version of the album which today gets released on vinyl format. A true “classic” record in electronic music history which became such an influential album on the development of industrial / EBM music throughout the 80’s and far beyond and which constitutes the layers on which FRONT 242 was constructed.

Tracklist :

FRONT 242 “Geography” LP (black 180 gr vinyl)

SIDE A

1. Operating Tracks
2. With Your Cries
3. Art And Strategy
4. Geography II
5. U-Men
6. Dialogues
7. He Runs Too Fast For Us

SIDE B

1. Least Inkling
2. GVDT
3. Geography I
4. Black White Blue
5. Kinetics
6. Kampfbereit

* A carton sleeve CD version of this album is also included in each Vinyl with 3 bonus tracks:

1. Ethics
2. Principles
3. Body To Body

FRONT 242 “Geography limited” LP (black 180 gr vinyl) 

SIDE A

1. PROTHESE : Couteaux
2. PROTHESE : Conditionnel Humain
3. PROTHESE : Chanson
4. UNDERVIEWER : Syncussion
5. UNDERVIEWER : Mood
6. UNDERVIEWER : Labo
7. UNDERVIEWER : Trouble

SIDE B

1. FRONT 242 : Body To Body « inst »
2. FRONT 242 : Principles « inst »
3. FRONT 242 : U-men « inst »
4. UNDERVIEWER: I Remember
5. FRONT 242 : Kampfbereit « inst »
6. FRONT 242 : In November
7. FRONT 242 : ControversyBetween « aerial »
8. FRONT 242 : Sample D « aerial»

FRONT 242 “take one / see the future”
(crystal transparent  7″ vinyl)

Side A

1. See The Future

Side B

1. Take One

V/A – Sounds From The Matrix 08
(carton sleeve CD compilation)

1. KOMOR KOMMANDO . das oontz
2. SHAUN F . drty fckn dsko (hard mix)
3. SEIZE . virtual love
4. PSY’AVIAH . sweet hard revenge
5. NEIKKA RPM . warped
6. DIFFUZION . one way
7. VIRGINS O.R PIGEONS . born in sin (DJ Psycon mix)
8. LEAETHER STRIP . aengelmaker (dagmar’s edit)
9. ACYLUM . crazy
10. MESMER’S EYES . judgement day
11. KRYSTAL SYSTEM . alakor
12. HELALYN FLOWERS . psychic vamp
13. UNTER NULL . your fall
14. DUNKELWERK . harkers verderben (shortcut)
15. SCHWARZBLUT . der abschied
16. KANT KINO . we are kant kino
17. IMPLANT . we are noise
18. ESSENCE OF MIND . watch out

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The new November 2012 “4.4U” bundle gathers the following bands:
Belgium’s very own vintage keyboard duo METROLAND open the ball with an exclusive version of the album song “Theme For Metroland”: an aural mixture of melodic synths, robotic vocals and analogue drum machines.

Strong from the detonating success of their recent “Powerswitch” album under the AESTHETISCHE moniker, Brazilian EBM veterans offer us today an exclusive new song “Blausäure” which might be announcing a forthcoming new EP! A powerful stomping dark elektro piece with an old school touch.

Coming next, cult American artist Gary Dassing created an exclusive new MENTALLO & THE FIXER track for the event. A heavy multi-layered synthetic song full of tortured vocal samples and hammering beats.

And for those who did survive to the sonic assault so far will run for shelter. Closing this new “44U” edition is nobody else but FRONT 242’s studio mastermind with his solo project DANIEL B. PROTHÈSE who is revealing with the exclusive “SSumme3” the first bleeps of his forthcoming album…

This EP is only available as a download via Bandcamp (see player below).

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