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About a year ago, we said goodbye to Output Recordings, the hyperprogressive UK dance label helmed by Trevor Jackson. Output had a fine run in its day, making ten years' worth of strange sounds well-suited for both dance floor shaking and chin-stroking-- sometimes both at the same time!

Output's new output might've dried up, but they're back to say goodbye with one last hurrah. Selections from the Output discography have been compiled and reissued as I Hate Music: A Compilation of Output Recordings 1996-2006, double CD/single DVD set the label will release November 12.

The CDs gather 30 tracks from the Output catalog, including gems by Four Tet, Fridge, Mu, Black Strobe, and Jackson's own Playgroup. The DVD collects 37 videos from the same crew.

Noticeably absent are cuts from the Rapture and LCD Soundsystem; the press release for the compilation explains that this is "due to 'monsters' and major label bullshit." Monsters? Ah, that would be a reference to Jackson's statement that one of the reasons he shuttered the label was "I saw people I thought were my friends turn into monsters." Yikes.

I Hate Music is the last release from Output; the companion remix 12" I Hate... Remixes is the first release from new label Process Recordings. It features Output tracks by Colder, Kreeps, Dempsey, and Lopazz, remixed by Optimo, Mungolian Jet Set, Tomas Almgren and Nutaike, respectively. It also lands November 12.

Disc one:

01 Fridge: "Lojen"
02 Four Tet: "Glasshead"
03 7 Hurtz: "Beatbox"
04 Gramme: "Crooks and Criminals"
05 Sonovac: "Human Fly"
06 Icarus: "Cyan"
07 Skull: "Flump"
08 The Boy Lucas: "There Are Great Monsters Going Past"
09 Tall Blonde: "Don't Stop"
10 Colder: "Crazy Love"
11 Dempsey: "ODB on the Run"
12 Dead Combo: "You Don't Look So Good"
13 Playgroup: "Make it Happen"
14 Black Strobe: "Innerstrings"
15 DK7: "The Difference"

Disc two:

01 Manhead: "Birth, Death, Work, School"
02 Lopazz: "I Need Ya"
03 Mu: "Paris Hilton"
04 San Serac: "Tyrant"
05 DK7: "Where's the Fun"
06 Colder: "To the Music"
07 Kreeps: "All I Wanna Do is Break Some Hearts"
08 George Demure: "Main Attraction"
09 Luke Abbott: "B,B,B,B,B,B,B,B,B,B"
10 7 Hurtz: "3 Sisters"
11 Sonovac: "Fooling Around"
12 Kate Wax: "Beetles & Spider"
13 Circlesquare: "7 Minutes"
14 Mongrel Wireless: "You and I"
15 How to Cure Dyslexia: "Afternoon"

DVD:

01 Fridge: "Helicopters"
02 Sonovac: "Level 14"
03 Soft Verge: "Fever"
04 Gramme: "Lovely"
05 Four Tet: "Glasshead"
06 The Boy Lucas: "There Are Great Monsters Going Past"
07 Circlesquare: "Sub-Reminisce"
08 Icarus: "Natural"
09 Playgroup: "Make It Happen (original version)"
10 Icarus: "Birds"
11 The Boy Lucas: "Johnny and Luther"
12 Playgroup: "Number One"
13 Black Strobe: "Me and Madonna"
14 Colder: "Crazy Love"
15 DK7: "The Difference"
16 Tall Blonde: "Don't Stop"
17 Lopazz: "I Need Ya"
18 Playgroup: "Make It Happen"
19 Colder: "Shiny Star"
20 7 Hurtz: "Tokyo Storm"
21 Rekindle: "Ice Skating Girl"
22 Circlesquare: "Non Revival Alarm"
23 DK7: "White Shadow"
24 Dead Combo: "You Don't Look So Good"
25 Mu: "Paris Hilton"
26 Dead Combo: "Splinters"
27 Circlesquare: "7 Minutes"
28 DK7: "Disarm"
29 Manhead: "Bswd"
30 Circlesquare: "7 Minutes"
31 Colder: "Wrong Baby"
32 George Demure: "Main Attraction"
33 Kreeps: "All I Wanna Do Is Break Some Hearts"
34 5 Mic Cluster: "Empty Pockets"
35 Luke Abbott: "B,B,B,B,B,B,B,B,B,B"
36 Colder: "To the Music"
37 How to Cure Dyslexia: "Little Else"

I Hate... Remixes:

A1 Colder: "To the Music (Optimo remix)"
A2 Kreeps: "All I Wanna Do Is Break Some Hearts (Mungolian Jet Set remix)"
B1 Dempsey: "ODB on the Run (Tomas Almgren remix)"
B2 Lopazz: "Blood (Nutaike remix)"