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Thanks for the words and sentiments. I'm in touch with Weirdcore often and the videos for the stages should happen in time. Aphex live work etc. for upcoming and previous shows took a lot of his creative time through the past couple of years. There's no deadline or rush for this to appear, but it will.

I can confirm there is no box for the vinyl's. It's better this way, as boxed items I always used to find get less play. CD wise the tracks are exactly the same as on the vinyl and stretched over 4CD's this time. Similar packaging is used for this set as was used with the first 3CD set. All Stage 6 news will filter out around 5pm GMT unless there is a glitch somewhere. Final preparations are ongoing my side now for its smooth roll out. Thanks always for the support.

Yeah I'm sorry to read that Ganus. Dementia is not a subject taken lightly this side. My Uncle Ernie who was interviewed on the old vvmPIG record passed away earlier this year after battling it for some time. It's something which effects us all and will continue to do so as average life expectancy increases. The new series for me gets more interesting but also a lot more challenging to listen too and create when we hit the next two stages before the final stage.

Thanks everybody for the kind words and support for these releases. I'd like to add a few notes here about the series for you. The first three stages are merely a set up for the final three stages. The third stage release which is coming can be seen memory wise as being slightly post 'an empty bliss' with some self awareness still that there's a problem. At the moment everything is still quite coherent and this continues through this stage with a lot of work previously heard but in altered forms. The first three stages will also work if shuffled randomly. Work is advanced now on Stage 4 with possible directions opening now for Stage 5. I can say that Stage 3 doesn't really hint at where Stage 4 will begin or go. The final three stages are all post awareness stages so anything can and will happen, so they do stand separately from the first series of works. The purpose of this series was always to get to work on these latter stages which if created out of the overall context would have made no sense at all. I'm about to receive the Weirdcore video for Stage 2 which was delayed due to his Aphex Twin touring commitments so this will be uploaded in due course. There is a 3CD set coming in October with the first three stages which features all new artwork from my comprade Ivan Seal. The audio on this set is exactly the same as the vinyl and on the downloads. There will be a one off performance too in London in December at The Barbican where Weirdcore will do visuals and I'll be there with Ivan and whisky so maybe see some of you there.