Sabresonic (Remastered)

1993 debut album by the trio of Andrew Weatherall, Jagz Koonerand Gary Burns. Unavailable on vinyl and CD since originalrelease. Remastered from the original tapes by Matt Colton,contains Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix) for the first time on the2LP edition.

Coming off the back of his work on the era-definingScreamadelica album by Primal Scream, not to mentiongroundbreaking remix work for the likes of New Order, MyBloody Valentine and the Happy Mondays, Weatherall was asrevered by fans of indie guitar music as he was namechecked byhardcore ravers. The increasing demands on his services ledto a studio partnership with Kooner and Burns, forming theproduction trio The Sabres Of Paradise (named after a1960 book about a Muslim chieftains efforts to repel aRussian invasion).

The opening track on Sabresonic (named after the popularweekly club night Weatherall was then running) started life as aremix of the Primal Scream track Dont Fight It Feel It butgot so radically mutated that it turned into something entirelynew. As well as reflecting on contemporary trends in dancemusic (Inter-Legen-Ten-ko is a swipe at the IDM genre name),the album also brought in older influences – R.S.D is anacronym for Red Stripe Dub, the deep influence of King Tubbyet al evident at various points throughout the album, whilstthe epic icy vistas of the 14 minute+ Clock Factory areinformed by the electronic experiments of industrial groups suchas Coil. The album also flagged future trends in electronic music,with the timeless Smokebelch II (Beatless Mix), a beautifulre-work of an old Chicago house tune by Lamont Booker,becoming a staple of chillout compilation CDs for the rest ofthe decade.