'Mutator' was recorded alongside Vega's longtime collaborator Liz Lamere at his NYC studio from 1995-1996, and it serves as a document of a particularly fertile time in his creative life. He had 11 full-length solo albums come out during the '80s, '90s and '00s - plus numerous collaborations, and Suicide records 'A Way of Life' and 'Why Be Blue'. 'Mutator' wasn't shelved intentionally, but Vega's back-to-thegrindstone M.O. meant that he had moved on to making his next record before this one was finished. Lamere and Vega's friend and confidante Jared Artaud (The Vacant Lots) rediscovered the raw, unmixed recordings from the 'Mutator' sessions in the Vault in 2019. Soon after, they mixed and produced them into the visionary album that was lurking within those tapes.

1. Trinity
2. Fist
3. Muscles
4. Samurai
5. Filthy
6. Nike Soldier
7. Psalm 68
8. Breathe