ALL OUT WAR is a new label from Richard Hardcastle aka Solid State, based in Sheffield, UK. Richard is known for his Product of Society edits on Society Recs, and work on Toko, Guidance, Primitive and Cookhouse Recs in the late 90s / early 00's. (See www.myspace.com/solidstatecircus for full biog). The first ALL OUT WAR release is Prisoners of Wax Vol 1, new edits by Solid State, mastered for vinyl by WARP legend Rob Gordon here in Sheffield. The Disco elements that marked their first 3 Society releases are back in full effect... --- A: 'America' - A radical extension of a French track from 1978, complete with fierce bass and guitar riffs, scything strings and urgent vocals... plus police sirens for added drama... All out disco war! --- AA1: 'Shortwave Radiation' - tames a once-sprawling, 9 minute-plus synth-strumental behemoth. This 6 1/2 minute version lowers the tempo and cuts the flabbier excesses of the original to produce a far leaner, fitter Space Monster. --- AA2: 'If U Love Me' started life as a quaint little Spanish number in 1977. This version ditches the verses, allowing the intro and chorus to take centre stage. The resulting track has a hypnotic, spacey atmosphere... a quiet storm!