Akathisia release date: February 5, 1997 label: Mute Records format(s): CD, Double LP availability: buy now 1. Quiet Room (44) 2. Angular Momentum 3. Haloparidol 4. Vagus Nerve 5. De-Orbit Burn Hovercraft's first full-length release came after signing onto Blast First, a division of Mute Records. Once they signed their deal with Mute, Hovercraft records became increasingly easier to find in various record shops worldwide. Material from this particular release was the basis for the Scanner Remixes (see below). It is interesting to note that if you look at the Double LP version of the album, you will find the following etched onto the records themselves: Side A: "Do You..." Side B: "Dare To..." Side C: "Enter The..." Side D: "Black Hole?"
	Newman Passage - A Souvenir Compilation release date: February 1997 label: Mute Records format(s): CD availability: out of print 1. Singing Pier - Bruce Gilbert 2. Pico - Labradford 3. Angular Momentum - Hovercraft 4. Soli - Bruce Gilbert 5. De-Orbit Burn Remix - Hovercraft/Scanner 6. Elec. Security - Labradford This compilation CD is said to have been released with a European fanzine, and was also going to be given away for free at a Labradford/Hovercraft/Gilbert tour which resulted in only one show in London. After the tour cancellation, copies of this album were said to be sold by various sources.
	Kerouac - Kicks, Joy, Darkness release date: April 8, 1997 label: Rykodisc Records format(s): CD availability: buy now 11. Hymn (with Eddie Vedder) On a tribute album for the legendary poet, Jack Kerouac, Hovercraft teams up with Eddie Vedder, who does a spoken word piece over music done by Campbell and Sadie. In addition to the track from Hovercraft, there are many great works on this album from individuals such as Michael Stipe, Hunter S. Thompson, Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, and William Burroughs.
	Scanner Remixes release date: August 12, 1997 label: Mute Records format(s): CD, LP availability: buy now 1. Vagus Nerve 2. De-Orbit Burn Remix This single features two remixes of Akathisia tracks from the British DJ known as Scanner.