DCE-001 returns with purpose. For the first time in 30 years, Systematic Breakdown is repressed in a strictly limited edition: just 100 hand-numbered copies, made at Analog Dreams with care and reverence, but also available to buy digitally.

Originally a dancefloor staple in the mid-90s, Systematic Breakdown stood out for its unconventional main synth motif—its movement still cuts through a set with urgency and grit. Famous for its massive buildup and release, drawing directly from the raw energy of early DCE live shows.

Gyre 303 locks into a driving acid bassline that channels classic DCE-era techno, rolling with uncompromising momentum. Solarize blends fluttering acid pulses with whaling PWM synth leads that feel like a solar storm tapping at your consciousness.

Outback Uplink captures the moment DCE first sent its signal to the world. Before global connectivity meant anything, this track was our line cast into the void—an announcement from Australia: “We are here.”

Finally, Angels carries a it’s message in a secret in its groove. Originally cut in reverse by the legendary Ron Murphy—Detroit master cutter, whose sonic fingerprints are all over early DCE history—this backwards cut is the hidden “Easter egg.” It blends distortion, hip-hop-style beats, acid bass, and reverse cymbals into one collision of experimentation. Now it returns as proof that DCE has always been pushing sonic genre boundaries..

The early DNA of DCE visualised in the labels “DNA strip,” the tactile presence of hand numbering, the backwards-cut tribute—these are the markers of a release that bridges past and future. Systematic Breakdown is a key part of the labels history, but it’s alive again!

Systematic Breakdown EP (30th Anniversary Edition)

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Systematic Breakdown

DCE Records is an Adelaide South Australia based underground electronic music label that has been producing music since the early 1990’s and is still active to this day.

"The initial onslaught is high-compression rumbling, a primal, heartbeat bassline which seems to be absorbed by your chest cavity, rather than heard... Some sounds are muffled, it is as if their music has been fed in a thick, muddy stream through a rusted, iron filter. Gradually the listener becomes aware of a gossamer thread-like melody being woven around a subtle undulation in pitch. How long has that sound been tweaking at your subconscious? Instinctively, you know that it's been there all along, you just didn't realise until now. Without warning, DCE move up a gear and pour a rich riff of raw funky beats into the mixture. Sharp toothpicks of high-hat static stab the atmosphere. More and more layers reveal themselves, moving with the ominous fluidity of spiritual underworld messengers.".. Words - Remote