Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon

Originally released in 1992, Satyricon remains the "bold and daring" peak of Meat Beat Manifesto (Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens). Moving away from the abrasive "garage-rock" chaos of their earlier work, the album takes the listener on a "musical journey" through a more refined, "otherworldly" landscape of high-fidelity breakbeats, deep bass, and cinematic sampling. Featuring iconic sound clips from films like Dark Star and Videodrome, the record served as a "hallucinatory revelation" for the electronic scene, influencing everyone from The Chemical Brothers to Orbital.

After being out of print for over 30 years, Play It Again Sam (PIAS) reissued this masterpiece in late 2024. This reissue delivers the "pulsating urgency" of the original in a modern, audiophile-friendly format. While critics have noted that it streamlines the sprawling original sequence into a single LP format, it remains a "mandatory addition" for those wanting to experience hits like "Mindstream" and "Edge of No Control" on high-quality wax.