Mr. Berry said of the release: "the source material for the heavily granular processed sound that makes up elixir stems from another album of mine titled Simulacra to be released shortly by Infraction. Not so much a remix album but a different take on material that had a strong pull on me, wanting me to return to it and explore the permutations that digital editing software allows." 

Keith Berry is one who gathers many moments of sound over a period of time. The material for this recording (and Simulacra on Infraction Records) traversed through berry's editing system like an alchemist's mystery-liquid, distilling through his alembic and becoming a final sonic spirit that takes innumerable forms and can no longer be recognized. This process is so beyond words and creates work that is further beyond words; the listener enters a Complete Void.