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Independent label Tino Corp. will release Meat Beat Manifesto's Storm the Studio R.M.X.S album Sept. 23, 2003. Meat Beat Manifesto's now-classic first album Storm the Studio was initially released in 1989. Here, it has been remixed and "reanimated" by a diverse and highly respected group of artists and producers in the spirit of the original record's core amalgam of hip-hop, dub, electronic sounds and hard beats. Storm The Studio R.M.X.S. features 13 exclusive remixes by electronic artists, including experimental hip-hop's sound activist High Priest of Antipop Consortium, conceptual beat-merchant DJ Spooky, beloved noise-guru Merzbow, technology terrorist Scanner and of course, sound manipulation master, Meat Beat Manifesto vs. his Tino Corp. partner D.H.S, a.k.a. Ben Stokes. As this project evolved, it became clear that there was an eclectic array of artists for whom Storm the Studio had made a deep and lasting impression. The resulting tracks grew out of the contributing artists' enthusiasm towards applying their own creative stroke to the original music, a masterful and cohesive tribute in this wholly engaging set of outstanding remixes. The original Storm the Studio was written and recorded following a studio fire that consumed the master tapes slated to be MBM's debut album. Over the years, Storm the Studio has come to be considered by many critics and fans as a vital and influential album in the indie music scene. STS is being reissued on Lakeshore:run Recordings this summer along with Armed Audio Warfare, both with new packaging and mastering.