Clock DVA release 45th-anniversary remaster of ‘Thirst’ on The Grey Area of Mute
Clock DVA reissue “Thirst” as a 45th-anniversary remaster on The Grey Area of Mute, out 5 June 2026 on double thirst-red 2LP, CD and digital with bonus tracks.
Clock DVA (Photo by Adi Newton)
Clock DVA has released a 45th-anniversary remastered reissue of “Thirst” through The Grey Area of Mute. The Clock DVA “Thirst” reissue is the second instalment in Mute’s campaign to reissue the Sheffield industrial and post-punk group’s catalogue, following the 2025 remaster of “White Souls in Black Suits”. The reissue appears on double thirst-red 2LP, CD and digital.
“Thirst” was first issued in 1981 on Fetish Records . It was Clock DVA’s second album, following the 1980 debut “White Souls in Black Suits”, and marked the band’s move from the improvised, tape-driven approach of that debut into a sharper, song-based framework.
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What the Clock DVA ‘Thirst’ reissue includes
The 2026 edition was cut from the original tapes with input from surviving members and carries the original sleeve notes by Genesis P-Orridge. It expands the original nine-track album with live recordings, the original single mixes of “4 Hours” and “Sensorium”, and two newly recorded DVATION 2026 versions by the current line-up. Side-Line previously reported on the remastered “Sensorium” two-track single issued ahead of the album.
Clock DVA – “Thirst” 2026 tracklist
- “Uncertain”
- “Sensorium”
- “White Cell”
- “Piano Pain”
- “Blue Tone”
- “North Loop”
- “4 Hours”
- “Moments”
- “Impressions of African Winter”
- “The Opening (Live at The Lyceum)”
- “Remain Remain (Live at The Lyceum)”
- “4 Hours (Single Mix)”
- “Sensorium (Single Mix)”
- “4 Hours (DVATION 2026 Version)”
- “Sensorium (DVATION 2026 Version)”
The vinyl edition is a double thirst-red 2LP set, issued in a standard pressing and a signed art-card edition, while the CD comes in an eco card sleeve. The reissue is also available digitally and can be streamed and ordered via the official “Thirst” 2026 remaster page.
The original recordings feature Adi Newton (voice, clarinet, manipulated tapes, piano, modified guitar, EMS Synthi E), Steven J. Turner (bass and treatments), Charlie Collins (saxophones, African flute, African thumb piano), Paul Widger (guitar) and Roger Quail (drums). The album was recorded at Jacobs Studio in Surrey and produced and engineered by Ken Thomas with the band, with artwork by designer Neville Brody.
About Clock DVA
Clock DVA are an industrial, post-punk and electronic group from Sheffield, formed in 1978 by Adi Newton and Steven “Judd” Turner. The name pairs Anthony Burgess’ Nadsat slang from “A Clockwork Orange” with the Slavic word for “two”. The band worked early on with treated tape loops and EMS Synthi E electronics, releasing cassette material before the 1980 debut “White Souls in Black Suits” on Industrial Records; that debut returned in a remastered edition on The Grey Area of Mute in 2025, when Side-Line covered the single “Brigade”.
“Thirst” followed in 1981 on Fetish Records and reached the top of the UK indie charts. Newton later steered the project toward a more electronic direction, signing to Polydor for “Advantage” (1983) before moving into sample-based and cybernetic work on releases including “Buried Dreams” (1989) and into the early 1990s.
Newton also ran The Anti Group Communications (T.A.G.C.) as a separate research vehicle; Side-Line reported on the vinyl reissue of its 1994 album “Iso-Erotic Calibration”. The band reactivated in 2008 with a new line-up and has since revisited its catalogue, including the vinyl release of rare tracks on “Re-Konstructed”. The 45th-anniversary “Thirst” reissue continues this chronological re-presentation of the group’s early work.
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