Portion Control are a highly influential British electronic group who formed in London in 1979. Their early, innovative use of synths, drum machines and samplers inspired a subsequent generation of acts that included Depeche Mode (who they toured with in 1984), Nitzer Ebb, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Nine Inch Nails and Orbital.
Following decades of staunch independence, Portion Control signed to Artoffact Records in late 2025. Alongside new material, the label is curating and reissuing the group’s back catalogue as a series of box sets, allowing their work to be fully appreciated at last.
The first of these sets is scheduled for release on 14th August 2026. Entitled ‘1983-86 – Hit The Pulse to Purge…’, the 4xCD package and digital variant consists of 74 tracks that include the 1983 mini-LP ‘Hit The Pulse’, the full length albums ‘..Step Forward’ (1984) and ‘Psycho Bod Saves The World’ (1986), the classic original 12” singles ‘The Great Divide’, ‘Go-Talk’ and ‘Raise The Pulse’, plus the ‘Purge’ EP (1986). Additional material includes B sides, compilation tracks, rarities, remixes, demos and two concert recordings from 1984 and 1985.
The first example from the set is a rebuild of the classic ‘Refugee’ VIDEO from the 1984 album ‘..Step Forward’. With its subject matter more relevant than ever, Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly grasped the opportunity to create this remix.
All 74 tracks have been fully remastered by Paul Lavigne at Kontrast Mastering. 16 have never previously been released, with a further 12 appearing on CD and digitally for the first time. The 4xCD box set is packaged in a 5 panel ecopak with a 24 page booklet containing archive photos and a new design by Stefan Alt.

CD 1 – Hit The Pulse, the Illuminated singles and Step Forward (2026 Remaster)
01 Chew You to Bits (version) 02 Discord 03 Crash Weight Gain 04 Eat Your Heart 05 Thrust Angle 06 Death by Venom (Ricochet mix) 07 Abbo Dabbo 08 Raise the Pulse (12″ version) 09 Rough Justice (12″ version) 10 Go-Talk (12″ version) 11 Refugee 12 Under the Skin 13 Mutie 14 Tex-Mex 15 Tongue Beat 16 Micro Box 17 Micro Box 2 18 Real Estate Cult 19 Tin 20 Havoc Man 21 319 22 Scramble 23 Son of go talk
1-7 from “Hit The Pulse” mini-album [1983]; 8-10 single A-sides [1983-84]; 11-23 from “Step Forward” album [1984]

CD 2 – The Great Divide, Psycho-Bod Saves The World, Purge… (2026 Remaster)
01 The Great Divide (12″ version) 02 Brain Scraper Death Dive 03 Siren City 04 Breaker Breaker 05 Danger Zone 06 Screen of Death 07 Coming for You Baby 08 Fistful of Creds 09 Trashville Baby 10 Cut and Thrust 11 Hot Matter 12 Soap Distant 13 Raise the Pulse 14 Go-Talk 15 The Great Divide 16 Karateka 17 Brain Scraper Death Dive (Rebuild) 18 Refugee (Rebuild by Rhys Fulber)* 19 Chew You to Bits (Rebuild) 20 Chew You To Bits (Instrumental 2.5)~
Track 1 single A-side [1985]; 2-12 from “Psycho-Bod Saves The World” album [1986]; 13-16 from “Purge” extended play [1986]; 17-19 2k+ versions [various sources and dates]
*Previously unavailable on CD ~Previously unreleased

CD3 – B sides and demos 1983-85… (2026 Remaster)
01 Collapse 02 Bite My Head 03 Justice 04 The Man who did backwards Somersaults 05 Upside down 06 Drag down 07 Divided 08 Bolt it down 09 The Great Divide (Instrumental)* 10 Total Recall* 11 24* 12 IDL Dragdown* 13 Displaced Hybrid Refugee 14] Scramble (Instrumental) (Demo)~ 15 Cut and Thrust (Demo)~ 16 Heart of the Matter (Demo version 1)~ 17 Heart of the Matter (Demo version 2)~ 18 Taste of Love (Demo)~ 19 Conscience (Arthur Baker demo mix)~
Tracks 1-10 single B-sides [1983-85]; 11-13 compilation tracks [1984-2022]; 14-19 demos / mix [1985-86]
*Previously unavailable on CD ~Previously unreleased

CD 4 Live 1984-85 (2026 Remaster)
01 Intro~ 02 Eat Your Heart* 03 Abbo Dabbo* 04 Crash Weight Gain* 05 Betrayal* 06 Box* 07 Go-Talk* 08 Raise the Pulse*
09 Tex-Mex~ 10 Real Estate Cult~ 11 Drag down~ 12 Karateka~ 13 Havoc Man~ 14 Bolt it down~ 15 H.O.T. Matter~
Tracks 1-8 at Potanus, Amsterdam/Netherlands on 1/4/84; 9-15 at Dolce Vita, Lausanne/Switzerland 6/12/85
*Previously unavailable on CD ~Previously unreleased

Limited RED Vinyl edition, featuring 10 key tracks from the 4CD-edition above!
Tracks:
A1 Chew You to Bits (version)
A2 Under the Skin
A3 Danger Zone A4 The Great Divide (12″ version)
A5 H.O.T. Matter
Track A1 from “Hit The Pulse” mini-album [1983]; A2 from “Step Forward” album [1984] A3,A5 from “Psycho-Bod Saves The World” album [1986]; A4 single A-side [1985]

B1 Brain Scraper Death Dive
B2 Go Talk (Purge version)
B3 Raise the Pulse (Purge version)
B4 Havoc Man
B5 Abbo Dabbo
Track B1 from “Psycho-Bod saves the World” album [1986]; B2, B3 from “Purge” extended play [1986]; B4 from “Step Forward” album [1984]; B5 from “Hit The Pulse” mini-album [1983]