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    SM Corporation Hammer '86 (incl. JD Twitch Optimo Remix)

    Shock World Service
    • SM Corporation – Hammer (1986 Studio Version)
    • SM Corporation – Hammer (A JD Twitch Optimo Mix)
    • SM Corporation – (After The) Hammer (Great Lakes Mystery Version)
    • 1. Hammer (1986 Studio Version)
    • 2. Hammer (A JD Twitch Optimo Mix)
    • 3. (After The) Hammer (Great Lakes Mystery Version)

    ** Limited edition of 270 **

    Recorded in 1986 but unreleased until now, Hammer is an electropop record underpinned by an industrial baseline and metallic percussion. The band recorded the track using metal workshop implements, on a cheap Yamaha keyboard with an attached microphone.

    The first remix by JD Twitch, one half of Glasgow's hugely respected DJ duo, Optimo,  taps heavily into the SM Corporation's original industrial and electro influences such as Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy, Severed Heads & Hard Corps.

    The second mix, from Great Lakes Mystery, takes it somewhere different. The Dublin producer adds new vocals and live cello to a sampled voice from the original, creating an ethereal and evocative extended version.