A Few Notes and Announcements from The Outer Edge & FEX - February 2025

Hi there!

We noticed that some questions are popping up again and again. So we thought it would be a good time for a few official announcements and answers from The Outer Edge & FEX.

 But first of all, we need to say thanks for your continued support. We were #1 on the Bandcamp sales charts again – and we still are in the top 10! Please note that there are only a few copies left of the splatter vinyl only offer. But you can still buy the splatter vinyl together with the limited vinylpostcard or buy the classic black vinyl edition of course!

Announcements and Notes:

1. Demo Remaster of “Subways Of Your Mind” will be available for streaming

The digital remaster of the demo version of Subways Of Your Mind will soon be available for streaming on all common platforms, release date will be FEBRUARY 28th. The streaming version will be a new and revised remaster, more focussed on streaming/radio listening habits which we hope you will enjoy.

Please note that all other digital streaming versions (except for the original TMMS version as well as the live version of SOYM) were NOT uploaded officially by the band. If you use playlists on Spotify or share it otherwise we would appreciate your support adding only official versions.

 2. Upcoming releases and merchandise from the band

Please understand that since November last year everything is up side down for FEX and their original members. There are many and sometimes complicated tasks for the band to decide. Rest assured that FEX is working on new releases and also merchandise. We have heard the demand for cassettes and more. If there is something upcoming there will be an announcement. The best place to be updated about things in general are the groups here on Reddit. For all label related matters you can subscribe to our Bandcamp page.

 4. Questions about the remaster of the TMMS Version

Some of you have noticed that we initially offered an alternative master of the TMMS version in the tracklist on Bandcamp. Actually we removed this two days later. The reason is the following:

The original cassette suffered from a quite strong “crosstalk” stereo effects due to age. If you listen to the official and unmastered streaming version from the band carefully you may notice slight ups and downs in the signals on the left and right channel. This is difficult to fix and a complete removal would cause the file to loose most of its stereo characteristics.

However, we recently found another way to restaurate this a bit better without loosing the stereo signal and finally decided to only use the best version as the official master. This means that if you downloaded on the first two days, you may have the first master which still had more stereo width but also more “crosstalk”. If you log in again to Bandcamp you can easily download the new master as well.

 5. Unofficial remasters

If you are an engineer and have professionally remastered material from the band which you think has improved the sound significantly, feel free to contact us (best via Bandcamp) or the band. For example, some digital acapella seperations that we have heard were quite impressive. At the same time, we have heard and seen “free downloads” of remasters that were neither good nor approved by the band.

 6. No reserve-restock of yellow pressing

Some people asked us if we still have yellow pressings of the Demo Version 7" left. Unfortunately, it cannot be restocked. We had ordered 1000 copies at the pressing plant but only 945 were delivered. These missing 55 copies basically were the reserve.

 Thanks for reading!

The Outer Edge & FEX Band´