Lost Signal is the one-man project of Philadelphia's Charles Rehill. Formed in the late 90's, Rehill had been working on music for a short time when he put together the 5-track demo entitled "Command". The promise in the demo attracted the attention of the Canadian label Inception Records, who expressed interest in signing the band. However, both Rehill and the label felt an outside producer would be necessary to bring the production level of the band up a bit. Rehill had recently been introduced to A23's Tom Shear by fellow Philadelphian Isaac Glendening of the band Cesium-137, whom Shear had assisted with the recording of a demo. Shear was impressed with the demo, and agreed to produce Lost Signal's debut. The result was 'Catharsis', a 12-track collection of powerful, emotionally driven EBM fueled by soaring melodies, pounding dance beats, and Rehill's world-weary lyrics. Despite a series of mastering and manufacturing delays, the album was released to wide critical acclaim and many were eager to hear what Rehill would do next. Unfortunately, they would have to wait 5 years to find the answer to that question. After a series of personal misfortunes, Rehill sold his equipment and was forced to walk away from the project. Fortunately for us, however, the itch to create music eventually returned to Rehill and he gradually began rebuilding his studio and working on new material. Before he knew it, he had enough material for a full album and got back in touch with Shear to ask him to listen to what he had done for some production advice. Shear was blown away by the new tracks and almost immediately offered to release the new album on 23db Records. In the fall of 2006, "Eviscerate" was released to wide critical acclaim and rapid sales. It was as if the project had never gone away.
The success of "Eviscerate" lead many new fans to ask if the band's long out of print debut would ever be re-issued. Before too long, Shear and Rehill discussed putting the album out again, but with an entirely new mix and mastering job. The result was "Catharsis Redux" a digital-only rerelease of the album with a much cleaner and more current sound.
