Excursions on the version as Children of the Bong celebrate 30 years of Sirius Sounds by soliciting remixes of their entire catalogue.

It's been 30 years since Sirius beamed its sounds to planet Bong and to celebrate, the band contacted friends, old and new, to interpret those frequencies in new ways. Some headed for the dancefloor and others stuck by the bass bins, but all imparted musical wisdoms that take tracks from Sirius Sounds and its descendant, Not Sirius, to new constellations. These are very Sirius Versions!

Children of the Bong were formed in the early 1990s by Rob Henry and Daniel Goganian and soon found acclaim for their fiery acid melodies and earthy dub rhythms, with Melody Maker describing them as creating 'the perfect soundtrack for a swirling lightshow'. They released one album, Sirius Sounds, on Planet Dog in 1995, as well as a couple of tracks on the label's compilations and a Peel Session recorded for BBC Radio 1, before disappearing in a haze of smoke. In 2023 they re-emerged to release their long lost second album, Not Sirius, on Disco Gecko.

Sirius Versions showcases both the range of the duo's sonic spectrum and the outsized influence their debut album has had on artists since its release. The various artists who have contributed remixes span generations and genres, with the end results flowing from blissed-out beats to freeform freakouts, organic dubtronica to trancefloor hustlers, with some psychedelic space-funk thrown in along the way.

'The willingness of all these great artists to get involved in this project has absolutely blown us away! The care and attention to detail that they've put in to each remix has breathed new life into our tracks and makes 30 years ago feel like it was only yesterday!' (Rob Bong)

Sirius Versions celebrates the joy of Children of the Bong's original creations, highlighting their continuing resonance and glowing legacy. Join these home-grown adventurers for one last trip to Sirius.

Track Listing

• Squigglasonica (Kaya Project Remix)
• Breathe (Banco de Gaia Remix)
• Life On Planet Earth (Encounters Remix)
• Dubber FX (100th Monkey Remix)
• Symbol i (Earthling in Dub Remix)
• UVF (S.O.N.A.T.I.O.N.'s Freq'd Out Dub) GBCSF2500011
• Underwater Dub (Tor.Ma In Dub Remix)
• Aphelion Force (Dream Cycle Inc. Remix)
• Ultrascope (Sonasha Remix)
• In Flight Trance (Zion Train Remix)
• Babylon 4 (The Lone Stuntman's Dub)
• The Veil (dr trippy Remix)
• Ionospheric State (Simon Power's Quantum Particle Remix)
• Squigglasonica (Shunt Voltage Remix)

Additional Details

Label: Disco Gecko Recordings

Genre: Electronic/DJ/Scratch

Run Time: 76:46 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 08/08/25

UPC: 5038719017724