Holger Czukay will release a new version of Plight & Premonition, twice as long (!) as the original. I always hoped to hear more of this music and different, longer versions… There are some remixed versions on David Sylvian’s Camphor, and there are some fantastic recordings available with Approaching Silence and Ember Glance, but that’s where my knowledge ends. I haven’t found any works comparable to these albums. Flux + Mutability and Plight & Premonition remained unique in all these years. I can’t wait to get this new release.

It was first mentioned in Holger Czukay’s news-article #111, but then postponed in news-article #112.

In the early 90s I collected all releases under the t:me recordings label, but in 1996 they went bankrupt. The old em:t releases are still some of the most precious items in my collection, and this is not just because they have become very highly priced collector’s items.

In 2003 somebody relaunched em:t and released new albums including gel-sol, acid, gaudi:testa etc. They never managed to reach the standard they defined with the first releases, and with their latest international peoples gang album the story ended again. I saw that the price for this album immediately increased to 18 GBP, but I saw that Amazon still has some less expensive copies out there. I doubt that the new releases since 2003 will ever become as desirable as the early releases until 1996. In my opinion they had been ahead of their time in 1994-96, both in terms of music and design concept. The new releases since 2003, however, felt a bit behind of their time. But I might be wrong…

In any case, I feel sad about both times they had to discontinue their business and end a wonderful series of extraordinary electronic ambient recordings and very interesting artists. I’m afraid they won’t come back again this time.