Environ is proud to present the Metro Area 15th Anniversary Edition,
(remastered classic incl DL card) Metro Area's eponymous debut album,
meticulously remastered using the original source tapes and generously
spread across three slabs of vinyl. The12-track triple LP and digital
package combines all the songs from both the original US and licensed
European releases, and features new commemorative artwork unique to this
edition. In the late nineties, the budding producers Morgan Geist and
Darshan Jesrani bonded over their shared love of slower tempos and '70s
and '80s NYC club culture. Obsessed with record digging and the sounds
they heard on late-night "club classics" radio shows—and turned off by
current releases they saw as artlessly "updating" sublime disco by
sampling, filtering and subjugating them with huge kick drums —the duo
set out to discover how their favorite old 12" records were made. They
naturally gravitated towards extended dubs of songs—full of strange
mistakes and echoing backing tracks—instead of the better-known vocal
versions. Lacking the big budgets and gear that made so many of their
favorite classic records come together, they were forced to take a
guerrilla approach. They reprogrammed their techno-oriented arsenal of
secondhand synths and samplers, using novel digital recording technology
to capture live instrumentation and prioritizing mood over hooks, and
the resulting music was just wrong enough to sound unlike anything else
being released at the time.After just four underground 12" releases, the
duo—now well-known as Metro Area—released their first and only album,
Metro Area, in the fall of 2002. Fifteen years later, it's time to
celebrate the culmination of their shared history and inspiration once
again. Environ is proud to present the Metro Area 15th Anniversary
Edition, Metro Area's eponymous debut album, meticulously remastered
using the original source tapes and generously spread across three slabs
of vinyl. The 12-track triple LP and digital package combines all the
songs from both the original US and licensed European releases, and
features new commemorative artwork unique to this edition.