Thrust

The mid-1990s Past, Present, Future EP puts that recording beside material with a more personal historical purpose. Its final B-Poet passage preserves a Fantastic Voyage radio appearance from 1988. In a 2018 interview, Thrust explained that including it allowed listeners to hear the voice of Rage, whom he remembered elsewhere on the record.

The title also reflected his interest in spirituality and the relationship between different moments of a life. That idea gives the EP a wider frame than a collection of disconnected performances: older voices, immediate studio work and the prospect of continuing as an artist all sit within the same record.

Thrust described financing the release himself through Frankenstein’s Knowledge of Self label. The two already knew one another and studied at the same music institute, with Frankenstein working on production while Thrust pursued the business side. The arrangement gave him a practical way to learn how his own music could reach listeners.

That attention to the finished record extended to its sound. His account of travelling to New York for mastering makes the EP feel like a deliberate independent undertaking, not an accidental demo that escaped the studio. Later digital editions brought the material back into circulation, including a separately issued SCAM remix in 2021. The relaxed surface of Do You Understand? carries a considerable amount of work behind it.