in 1995 george sarah as t.h.c. signed with fifth colvmn records and released death by design in january 1996. the album consisted of hard techno and ambient electronic music. half the album was co-produced by q a.k.a. uberzone. later that year an ep was released titled 'consenting guinea pig'. in 1996 george sarah toured the eastern usa on a three-week tour to perform both releases. in september of that year as t.h.c. george joined fellow fifth colvmn label mates 'death ride 69' performing bass on a 6-week tour supporting my life with the thrill kill kult across the u.s.a.