* 2025 lucky restock, totally sold out at the label. 300 copies on red vinyl. * A holy grail of electronic music reissued on vinyl for the first time in 30 years, originally issued by Konrad Becker aka Monoton in 1982 on a tiny run of 500 copies, this release has achieved certified holy grail status in the world of electronic music, marked out as a genuine milestone by successive waves of respected institutions and featuring in The Wire magazine's '100 Records That Set The World On Fire' and Woebot's '100 Greatest Records Ever' list.

As a child of the '60s inspired by popular sci-fi who creatively matured during the late '70s era of Kraftwerk and kosmische, Konrad Becker was obsessed with ideas of automated machine music, applying "meta-mathematical structures, natural constants and resonance patterns in models of bionic psycho-active automat music." This aesthetic is clearly reflected in the LP artwork featuring blank staves begging to be transformed and the music itself, a monotonous moire of motorik rhythm and stark synthetic tones perhaps best compared with the likes of Conrad Schnitzler, Craig Leon or Suicide, and hailed as "the square root of Basic Channel, Kompakt and Oval" by the ever-trustworthy Matt "Woebot" Ingram.

This is methodical, masterfully trippy and forward thinking electronic music that consolidates opposing ideas with unsentimental and forward thinking vision while rooted in something primally affective and mysterious. A CD reissue appeared nearly ten years ago, and this faithful edition marks thirty years since it was last pressed to vinyl, making it an essential acquisition for collectors and enthusiasts of pioneering electronic music. The deluxe presentation honors the importance of this seminal work while ensuring its continued availability for new generations of listeners to discover its groundbreaking approach to automated composition and synthetic sound design.