Fear of the Digital Remix

Description

Fear of the Digital Remix is a remix album by the American electronic music combo Deitiphobia, released on MYX Records in 1995, a division of Frontline Music Group, distributed by Diamante Distribution. The album was recorded by Bob Moon at his Moonsong Studio in Riverside, California; and at Vineyard Studios in Anaheim, California. Digitally edited remixes by Michael Knott who also produced the album.

All the songs on the album were created by Michael Knott using samples from two earlier Deitiphobia albums, Fear of God and Digital Priests – the Remixes, which he digitally edited to produce songs that barely resembled the originals they were taken from.

All songs on this project were originally written and recorded by DEITIPHOBIA. They were creatively procured and extracted, then digitally spindled, folded and otherwise manipulated until they hardly bore a resemblance to the original masters (Fear of God, Blonde Vinyl, 1991 and Digital Priests: the remixes, Blonde Vinyl, 1992). By adding his misunderstood genius, Michael Knott was able to create a veritable plethora of new and interesting sounds. Think of it as a sonic painting using the sounds of DEITIPHOBIA as the colors. The collage contained on this album is his creation as a tip of the hat between friends. [Excerpt from the sleeve notes]

Explanations first. Deitiphobia are Wally Shaw and Brent Stackhouse who through a series of ground breaking albums have fused dance into punk/industrial to create their own unique thrilling brand of surreal dance rock. On this album the dynamic duo passed the masters from Blonde Vinyl albums ‘Deitiphobia’ (1991) and ‘Digital Priests: The Remixes’ (1992) over to Christian rock pioneer Michael Knott (whose Aunt Betty’s Ford, pundits predict, are soon to become a major mainstream outfit). Mr Knott has so digitally spindled and folded the tracks that they have taken on a whole new dizzying character of their own. Fragments of sermons lock into jarring guitar samples, lolloping dance grooves spin off into mind boggling chunks of industrial noise. Lovers of the avant guarde have already heralded this album as one of the most inventive and arresting ever to gain release on a subculture label. Not always easy to listen to but seldom have the senses been so assaulted by any album. [Tony Cummings, Cross Rhythms, December 1995]

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CD tracklist:

01. T.V.
02. Blind Hate
03. Exorcist
04. Need
05. Religious Fanatic
06. Mastermind
07. Wilbur
08. The Late Pastor Harry Dean
09. Arc
10. B-Movie
11. Vamp Jesus

Note: Simultaneously released on cassette and CD by MYX Records.

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