Originally released as a double album on Rift in 1983, then rereleased with extra tracks in Japan in 1990, the explorative rock trios of Locus Solus provided the blueprint for what was eventually to become Painkiller. Featuring pivotal Downtown luminaries Arto Lindsay (DNA, Ambitious Lovers), Anton Fier (Golden Palominos), Ikue Mori (DNA), Wayne Horvitz (Pigpen), Peter Blegvad (Slapp Happy, Art Bears), Christian Marclay, Whiz Kid and M.E. Miller, these influential recordings are as exciting today as all the other new crap on Tzadik, if not moreso. -Tzadik