PHOX/THE DEMON

by SEM

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defjeff1769 Awesome!! Thank you for re-issuing this top notch set of electro classic!! I had no idea this was same person as Deadly Avenger moniker too. Thank you! 🙏

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Pre-order of PHOX/THE DEMON. You get 3 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

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releases May 17, 2024

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Standard CD jewel case with clear tray, onbody printing and obi strip. Shrinkwrapped. Limited to 120 copies. Initial orders come with a Bytes sticker (while stock lasts).
**** 20 copies are signed by the artist on the obi strip and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis ****

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1.	Phox 05:02	buy track
2.	V5
3.	Phox Logan Strings
4.	Area 5 05:11	buy track
5.	Red Dragon
6.	Symmetron 06:07	buy track
7.	Hybrid
8.	Bonus II

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Reissue of the killer 1990s electro EPs by SEM (aka Damon Baxter, who would go on to record as Deadly Avenger). The original 12”s have been out of print since they were released on J Saul Kane’s Electron Industries imprint in 1995 and 1996. They have never been available digitally. With the original masters MIA, the tracks have been lovingly remastered from vinyl by Keith Tenniswood, who as part of Two Lone Swordsmen knows a thing or two about producing top-notch electro music. The resulting tracks feel like they could have been recorded yesterday, but have also stayed true to the rawness of the source material.

This is the real deal, electro music worthy of comparison with the work of the pioneers and representing the core values of the original old-school style — thumping 808 beats, analogue synths, fierce basslines, B-Boy stylings and dystopian sci-fi strings worthy of Vangelis or John Carpenter.

There is scant information about SEM online, with most of the responses lost in the mists of time… However, SEM was popular with Dave Clarke, who in 1996 included ‘Phox’ on his X-Mix (Electro Boogie) compilation mix, which found SEM in exalted company, alongside tracks by electro legends such as Hashim, Imperial Brothers, Model 500, Elektroids, LFO and Dynamix II. On release, when SEM was played at a club in Detroit, punters queued to get a track ID. Robert “Children” Miles included ‘Red Dragon’ on his 1997 In the Mix compilation. More recently, Helena Hauff featured ‘Hybrid’ on a mix for Radio 1.

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releases May 17, 2024

Written and produced by Damon Baxter
Mastered by Keith Tenniswood
Design by Yomama and Ben Turner

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SEM Brooklyn, New York

SEM was an early artist name for Damon Baxter aka Deadly Avenger. He released two 12"s of old-school electro and Detroit techno under the moniker in 1995 and 1996 on Electron Industries. They are being reissued in 2024 by Bytes and are available digitally for the first time. SEM lives! What's next? Watch this space... ... more

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