Free Reign II
Following the success and critical acclaim of Free Reign the previous year, Clinic released Free Reign II, a largely dub reworking of the original album, produced by revered producer Daniel Lopatin. It mutates the already mind-clouding originals into something heavier, narcotic and more hypnotic than before.
Clinic asked Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin to mix their 2012 album, Free Reign, only to shelve all but two of his submissions. On this complete album overhaul, the Liverpool band reinstate Lopatin's mixes and rejig the sequencing to astonishing effect.
Remix albums have something of a deserved bad name: often lazily tossed off cash cows trying to convince the consumer to pay out for the same product twice. Yet another Blade Runner Director's Cut, if you like.