ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY: XX ANNIVERSARY REMIXX

We are excited to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of ‘Origin Of Symmetry’ by releasing ‘Origin Of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX’ on Warner Records. The new edition features remixed and remastered audio plus re-imagined artwork and will be released on digital formats on June 18th before two vinyl packages follow on July 9th.

In revisiting the album what we found was the original mixes on the singles, like ‘Plug In Baby’ and ‘Bliss’, were pretty good so they were the hardest ones to improve. It was the deeper album tracks like ‘Micro Cuts’ where we were able to make massive breakthroughs.

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As the album’s anniversary approached, Muse asked Rich Costey, who has produced or mixed material on almost every subsequent record, to revisit the original recordings. Whereas most remix albums aim to radically rework the material, or to switch to an entirely different genre, the band and Costey wanted to provide a renewed clarity with a more open, dynamic and less crushed sound. This highlights parts and ideas previously buried or muted on the original mixes, like a harpsichord on ‘Micro Cuts’ and Abbey Road recorded strings on ‘Citizen Erased’, ‘Megalomania’ and ’Space Dementia’.

The ‘XX Anniversary RemiXX’ also adds ‘Futurism’ to the tracklist. Originally a bonus track on the album’s Japanese edition and subsequently tagged to the end of the album on streaming services, ‘Futurism’ now adds a burst of energy to bridge the gap between ‘Feeling Good’ and ‘Megalomania’. This reflects its placing on the 2019 box set ‘Origin of Muse’.

‘Origin of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX’ is completed with a modernised reimagination of the album’s cover art courtesy of Sujin Kim. The visual artist has created a hyper-realistic 3D rendering of William Eager’s original cover image.

Haven't listened to the og for some time now so can't quite draw a comparison but enjoying this a lot. Mannnn this sounds so crispy. Also just amazing rendition of the album art

surprised this hasn’t been made earlier

What genre is this

origin was in desperate need of a remixing but i still love the original for what it is

Space opera of the music world

Peep the fan community earlier and it's kind of a mix bag. Majority believes there's def has been improvements

fam posted all that for muse

i’m just glad futurism is getting put in the tracklist

idk if i want to get the physical yet. maybe tho

some of these songs are really good like space dementia, futurism and micro cuts, but as an album it’s kinda f***ed the way they delt with the sd-micro cuts transition.

think i’ll stay with the og