Section 25 - From The Hip (2025 Reissue)

Factory Benelux presents an expanded 4xCD (53-track) box set remaster of 'From The Hip', the pioneering 1984 electro album by cult Factory Records group Section 25, produced by Bernard Sumner of New Order.

The original 1984 album appears on Disc 1, newly remastered by Peter Beckmann, along with the megamix and Restructure versions of Hilltop, along with non-album singles Beating Heart and Dirty Disco II.

Disc 2 features newer Hilltop remixes by Stephen Morris, Wrangler and Outernationale, as well as a BBC radio Kid Jensen session and the original 1983 album demos for From the Hip. 

Disc 3 collects together various electronic sketches and demo tracks from 1983 and 1984, plus several more remixes, while Disc 4 captures desk-recorded highlights from shows in Baton Rouge and Los Angeles during their North American tour in 1985, showcasing the hard sequencer patterns and TB-303 ‘bass squiggle’ later adopted as a signature sound of acid house.

The box and inner wallets reproduce the original iconic cover art by Peter Saville and Trevor Key, which features the cryptic colour-coding favoured by Saville at that time. The 16 page booklet contains liner notes by Jon Savage, Bernard Sumner, Vin Cassidy and Angela Cassidy.