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Seb Taylor recently released a collection of Digitalis tracks on Bandcamp. It was a very very pleasant surprise. 
http://sebtaylor.bandcamp.com/album/the-early-years-1995-2000

1. S.P.I.R.A.L. 06:50

2.Kyphi 07:08

3.Figments of Reality (Trance Mix) 06:07

4.Slotek 06:20

5.Spiked 06:47

6.Dr Sembei 05:35

7.Widga 05:47

8.Repeater 06:41

9.The Mind Gap 07:49

10.No Analysis 06:41

11.Ambisquij 05:59

12.3rd State (Freak Bass Mix) 04:25

13.Waving Not Drowning 06:03

14.Satori 07:28

15.What Else U Got? 06:57

16.Magick Mirror 07:32

17.Not Human 06:23

18.Rapid Eye 06:20

19.Repeater (Clone Mix) 06:56

20.Falling Down 06:04

21.Delta Key 07:53

22.Double Helix 06:15

23.Too Close 06:27

24.Loup Garou 06:20

25.Mutagen 06:43

26.Chaos By Design 06:54

27.Osho Drums 06:14

28.Figments (Funkopath Remix) 05:58

29.Telepresence 07:03

30.Soma Junkie 06:08

31.The Improbable Voyage 05:35

32.Yab Yum Soul 05:43

33.Shakta 07:32

34.Somaton 04:29

35.The Siren 06:11

36.Morphology 06:18

37.Serene Obscene 05:06

38.Figments... (Chilled Mix) 06:36

Can't quite believe It's been 25 YEARS since I released my first record!

To mark the occasion I have collected EVERY Digitalis 12", Album & Compilation track from 1995 to 2000 & put them into this 'Anniversary' release.

Includes Releases from 21:3, Indica, Matsuri, Roost Records, Dragonfly, Flying Rhino, Phantasm & Resonoise Records.

BONUS 1: A special 16 page PDF booklet chronicling my own journey through the underground UK Rave / Club / Trance Scene in the mid nineties. It truly was a golden era & I feel lucky to have been part of it.

BONUS 2: An (optional) extra download of unreleased demo tracks, old flyers & gig footage from '94-'95. Simply follow the instructions in the PDF booklet if you're interested in such artifacts from the scene ;)*

Cheers all!

Seb

* 'Bonus 2' is still being prepared / compiled, so may require a little patience :)

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"Many of these Digitalis tracks were produced on nothing more than an Atari ST, a 12 bit Roland sampler (with 2 Mb memory), A BOSS Mini Mixer & just 1 effects unit (My trusty Alesis Quadraverb GT) - luckily I had scored 2 incredible analogue synths while I was a student in Salford, Manchester, I think they were my saving grace. The SCI Pro One & The Korg Delta (which I still have & use regularly) are both brilliant machines, & I got them for £75 each! Amazing. It was not until 1997 that I received my first album advance (when my Shakta act was signed to Dragonfly / Big Life) and I started to acquire more serious equipment like a mackie 24:8 mixing desk & a G3 Mac computer. The majority of these tracks on this 25 yr collection were produced before that transition, however.”The debut album & a couple of the first compilations to include Digitalis tracks
View from the stage at Brixton’s renowned ‘Fridge’ venue“It is worth nothing that some of these tracks here were written start to finish in a matter of hours (Not days, mind you - hours! With one significant release having less than two hours work put into it! I’m not going to say which one, haha). Our Vinyl distributor Alpha Magic needed to master a release the next day & I was pretty ill with the flu, but The Indica Records label managers convinced me to push through & there you go.... Crazy times.To sum up, let’s say.......95% raw energy, 5% production Skills...So anyway - if you’re a fan of meticulous production probably best to stay away - but this was undoubtably one of the the most significant stages of my musical life. The energy and enthusiasm is UNDENIABLE!...... It ALL sprang from this :)Thanks for joining me on the journey!”  Seb Taylor 2020"

(from Digitalis - The Early Years liner notes )

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