I did not see this coming.
Lost Cause (Part Two) came out on Mighty Force Records on 28th August 2022. Four years ago this Friday. And this week, completely out of nowhere, it has re-entered the Bandcamp charts and is currently sitting at number one in both Acid and Electro, with top five positions across multiple other genres. I found out when I checked Facebook and Bandcamp this morning and had to look twice.
Four years. Number one. I genuinely don’t know what to say about that except thank you, to everyone who has bought it, shared it, played it in sets, written about it, or simply listened to it at the right moment. Lost Cause (Part Two) is a record I am deeply proud of and knowing that it is still finding new listeners four years after it came out means more than I can properly articulate.
If you haven’t heard it yet, now is clearly the time.
Listen to Lost Cause Part Two on Bandcamp
And here is the thing I really want to say: Fragile World comes out on Friday. 28th August 2026. Three days away.
The timing of Lost Cause (Part Two) returning to the top of the charts in the same week that its follow-up is released is the kind of thing you couldn’t plan if you tried. It feels like the universe making a point. The music finds its audience in its own time and on its own terms, and sometimes it circles back around just when you need reminding of that.
Fragile World is twelve tracks of Detroit techno, breakbeat and ambient electronica, mastered by Dan Schoco, with cover imagery by my brother Charles Thorne, and released on Mighty Force Records. It is the best thing I have made. I have been saying that to myself quietly for months and I am now saying it out loud.
Friday. Four years after Lost Cause Part Two to the day. It’s time.
