Portion Control
1983-86 - Hit The Pulse To Purge...
Portion Control are a highly influential British electronic group who formed in London in 1979. Their early, innovative use of synths, drum machines and samplers inspired a subsequent generation of acts that included Depeche Mode (who they toured with in 1984), Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Nine Inch Nails and Orbital. Following decades of staunch independence, Portion Control signed to Artoffact Records in late 2025. Alongside new material, the label is curating and reissuing the group's back catalogue as a series of box sets, allowing their work to be fully appreciated at last. The first of these sets is scheduled for release on 14th August 2026. Entitled '1983-86 - Hit The Pulse to Purge', the 4xCD package and digital variant consists of 74 tracks that include the 1983 mini-LP 'Hit The Pulse', the full length albums '..Step Forward' (1984) and 'Psycho Bod Saves The World' (1986), the classic original 12" singles 'The Great Divide', 'Go-Talk' and 'Raise The Pulse', plus the 'Purge' EP (1986). Additional material includes B sides, compilation tracks, rarities, remixes, demos and two concert recordings from 1984 and 1985. The first example from the set is a rebuild of the classic 'Refugee' VIDEO from the 1984 album '..Step Forward'. With its subject matter more relevant than ever, Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly grasped the opportunity to create this remix. All 74 tracks have been fully remastered by Paul Lavigne at Kontrast Mastering. 16 have never previously been released, with a further 12 appearing on CD and digitally for the first time. The 4xCD box set is packaged in a 5 panel ecopak with a 24 page booklet containing archive photos and a new design by Stefan Alt. All new, 5th regular studio album from the most popular Danish post-punk trio! The album follows three digital singles ('Resound', 'Southern Skies' and 'Endurance') Formed in 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Foreign Resort has spent 10 years creating and honing an explosive yet melancholy post-punk sound that is as rich as it is exciting, and as immediate as it is dark and deep. Their previous album 'Outnumbered' (Artoffact 2019) was a big success with our customers, and so was the following remix-album 'OutRemixed' (Artoffact 2021), that featured remixes by good names of the Post-Punk scene, such as Traitrs, Then Comes Silence, Creux Lies, Hapax, Bootblacks...) The band combines the shadowy mysticism of The Cure's "Po*nography"-era with a driving production aesthetic akin to LCD Soundsystem. Intricate reverb-enveloped guitar lines glide over Steffan Petersen's bass and Morten Hansen's powerful drumming, all while Mikkel Borbjerg Jakobsen's taut and sincere vocal delivery demands attention. The Foreign Resort have toured relentlessly, addicted to the allure of America's lost highways, sharing bills with bands like The Soft Moon, She Past Away, Ash Code, Slowdive and many more. They played live at important festivals, such aas Wave Gotik Treffen, SXSW, Iceland Airwaves, NCN and countless others. To present their all new album live, the have already been booked this years' 'NCN' and 'Sarstedt Open Air'-Festivals in Germany! CD 1 - Hit The Pulse, the Illuminated singles and Step Forward (2026 Remaster) 1-7 from "Hit The Pulse" mini-album [1983]; 8-10 single A-sides [1983-84]; 11-23 from "Step Forward" album [1984] CD 2 - The Great Divide, Psycho-Bod Saves The World, Purge (2026 Remaster) Track 1 single A-side [1985]; 2-12 from "Psycho-Bod Saves The World" album [1986]; 13-16 from "Purge" extended play [1986]; 17-19 2k+ versions [various sources and dates] *Previously unavailable on CD ~Previously unreleased CD3 - B sides and demos 1983-85 (2026 Remaster) Tracks 1-10 single B-sides [1983-85]; 11-13 compilation tracks [1984-2022]; 14-19 demos / mix [1985-86] *Previously unavailable on CD ~Previously unreleased CD 4 Live 1984-85 (2026 Remaster) Tracks 1-8 at Potanus, Amsterdam/Netherlands on 1/4/84; 9-15 at Dolce Vita, Lausanne/Switzerland 6/12/85 *Previously unavailable on CD ~Previously unreleased