The Remote Viewer was originally released in CD-R format by Coil. The three track album was released in 2002 May in an edition of 500 copies, the first three of which were signed and numbered, then auctioned off. The album was later re-edited by Peter Christopherson and expanded to include a second CD of two new tracks. The second edition was released in August 2006 on the same day as the expanded version of Black Antlers.