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Album
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Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed live, the majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at times while listening to the other parts using headphones. Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, historically, the term album was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage the word was used for collections of pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, the LP record, or 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. It was adopted by the industry as a standard format for the album. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, the term album had been carried forward from the early nineteenth century when it had been used for collections of short pieces of music. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, as part of a trend of shifting sales in the music industry, some commenters have declared that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs, Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yess Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. There are no rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as albums. These are known as box sets, material is stored on an album in sections termed tracks, normally 11 or 12 tracks. A music track is a song or instrumental recording. The term is associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks. When vinyl records were the medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves
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Electronic music
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In general, a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, purely electronic sound production can be achieved using devices such as the theremin, sound synthesizer, and computer. During the 1920s and 1930s, electronic instruments were introduced and the first compositions for instruments were composed. Musique concrète, created in Paris in 1948, was based on editing together recorded fragments of natural and industrial sounds, Music produced solely from electronic generators was first produced in Germany in 1953. Electronic music was created in Japan and the United States beginning in the 1950s. An important new development was the advent of computers for the purpose of composing music, algorithmic composition was first demonstrated in Australia in 1951. In America and Europe, live electronics were pioneered in the early 1960s, during the 1970s to early 1980s, the monophonic Minimoog became once the most widely used synthesizer at that time in both popular and electronic art music. In the 1980s, electronic music became dominant in popular music, with a greater reliance on synthesizers, and the adoption of programmable drum machines. Electronically produced music became prevalent in the domain by the 1990s. Contemporary electronic music includes many varieties and ranges from art music to popular forms such as electronic dance music. Today, pop music is most recognizable in its 4/4 form. At the turn of the 20th century, experimentation with emerging electronics led to the first electronic musical instruments and these initial inventions were not sold, but were instead used in demonstrations and public performances. The audiences were presented with reproductions of existing music instead of new compositions for the instruments, while some were considered novelties and produced simple tones, the Telharmonium accurately synthesized the sound of orchestral instruments. It achieved viable public interest and made progress into streaming music through telephone networks. Critics of musical conventions at the time saw promise in these developments, ferruccio Busoni encouraged the composition of microtonal music allowed for by electronic instruments. He predicted the use of machines in future music, writing the influential Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music, futurists such as Francesco Balilla Pratella and Luigi Russolo began composing music with acoustic noise to evoke the sound of machinery. They predicted expansions in timbre allowed for by electronics in the influential manifesto The Art of Noises, developments of the vacuum tube led to electronic instruments that were smaller, amplified, and more practical for performance. In particular, the theremin, ondes Martenot and trautonium were commercially produced by the early 1930s, from the late 1920s, the increased practicality of electronic instruments influenced composers such as Joseph Schillinger to adopt them
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New Orleans
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New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The population of the city was 343,829 as of the 2010 U. S. Census, the New Orleans metropolitan area had a population of 1,167,764 in 2010 and was the 46th largest in the United States. The New Orleans–Metairie–Bogalusa Combined Statistical Area, a trading area, had a 2010 population of 1,452,502. The city is named after the Duke of Orleans, who reigned as Regent for Louis XV from 1715 to 1723, as it was established by French colonists and it is well known for its distinct French and Spanish Creole architecture, as well as its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. New Orleans is also famous for its cuisine, music, and its celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The city is referred to as the most unique in the United States. New Orleans is located in southeastern Louisiana, straddling the Mississippi River, the city and Orleans Parish are coterminous. The city and parish are bounded by the parishes of St. Tammany to the north, St. Bernard to the east, Plaquemines to the south, and Jefferson to the south and west. Lake Pontchartrain, part of which is included in the city limits, lies to the north, before Hurricane Katrina, Orleans Parish was the most populous parish in Louisiana. As of 2015, it ranks third in population, trailing neighboring Jefferson Parish, La Nouvelle-Orléans was founded May 7,1718, by the French Mississippi Company, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, on land inhabited by the Chitimacha. It was named for Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, who was Regent of the Kingdom of France at the time and his title came from the French city of Orléans. The French colony was ceded to the Spanish Empire in the Treaty of Paris, during the American Revolutionary War, New Orleans was an important port for smuggling aid to the rebels, transporting military equipment and supplies up the Mississippi River. Bernardo de Gálvez y Madrid, Count of Gálvez successfully launched a campaign against the British from the city in 1779. New Orleans remained under Spanish control until 1803, when it reverted briefly to French oversight, nearly all of the surviving 18th-century architecture of the Vieux Carré dates from the Spanish period, the most notable exception being the Old Ursuline Convent. Napoleon sold Louisiana to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, thereafter, the city grew rapidly with influxes of Americans, French, Creoles, and Africans. Later immigrants were Irish, Germans, and Italians, Major commodity crops of sugar and cotton were cultivated with slave labor on large plantations outside the city. The Haitian Revolution ended in 1804 and established the republic in the Western Hemisphere. It had occurred several years in what was then the French colony of Saint-Domingue
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Bangkok
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Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep. The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres in the Chao Phraya River delta in Central Thailand, over 14 million people live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, significantly dwarfing Thailands other urban centres in terms of importance. Bangkok was at the heart of the modernization of Siam—later renamed Thailand—during the late 19th century, the city grew rapidly during the 1960s through the 1980s and now exerts a significant impact on Thailands politics, economy, education, media and modern society. The Asian investment boom in the 1980s and 1990s led many multinational corporations to locate their headquarters in Bangkok. The city is now a regional force in finance and business. It is a hub for transport and health care, and has emerged as a regional centre for the arts, fashion. The city is known for its vibrant street life and cultural landmarks. The historic Grand Palace and Buddhist temples including Wat Arun and Wat Pho stand in contrast with other tourist attractions such as the scenes of Khaosan Road. Bangkok is among the top tourist destinations. It is named the most visited city in MasterCards Global Destination Cities Index, Bangkoks rapid growth amidst little urban planning and regulation has resulted in a haphazard cityscape and inadequate infrastructure systems. The city has turned to public transport in an attempt to solve this major problem. Five rapid transit lines are now in operation, with more systems under construction or planned by the national government and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. The history of Bangkok dates at least back to the early 15th century, because of its strategic location near the mouth of the river, the town gradually increased in importance. Bangkok initially served as a customs outpost with forts on both sides of the river, and became the site of a siege in 1688 in which the French were expelled from Siam. After the fall of Ayutthaya to the Burmese Empire in 1767, the newly declared King Taksin established his capital at the town, in 1782, King Phutthayotfa Chulalok succeeded Taksin, moved the capital to the eastern banks Rattanakosin Island, thus founding the Rattanakosin Kingdom. The City Pillar was erected on 21 April, which is regarded as the date of foundation of the present city, Bangkoks economy gradually expanded through busy international trade, first with China, then with Western merchants returning in the early-to-mid 19th century. As the capital, Bangkok was the centre of Siams modernization as it faced pressure from Western powers in the late 19th century, Bangkok became the centre stage for power struggles between the military and political elite as the country abolished absolute monarchy in 1932
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Amsterdam
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Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands, although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague. Amsterdam has a population of 851,373 within the city proper,1,351,587 in the urban area, the city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The metropolitan area comprises much of the part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe. Amsterdams name derives from Amstelredamme, indicative of the citys origin around a dam in the river Amstel, during that time, the city was the leading centre for finance and diamonds. In the 19th and 20th centuries the city expanded, and many new neighborhoods and suburbs were planned, the 17th-century canals of Amsterdam and the 19–20th century Defence Line of Amsterdam are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered a world city by the Globalization. The city is also the capital of the Netherlands. Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters there, and seven of the worlds 500 largest companies, including Philips and ING, are based in the city. In 2012, Amsterdam was ranked the second best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit and 12th globally on quality of living for environment, the city was ranked 3rd in innovation by Australian innovation agency 2thinknow in their Innovation Cities Index 2009. The Amsterdam seaport to this day remains the second in the country, famous Amsterdam residents include the diarist Anne Frank, artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh, and philosopher Baruch Spinoza. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the world, is located in the city center. After the floods of 1170 and 1173, locals near the river Amstel built a bridge over the river, the earliest recorded use of that name is in a document dated October 27,1275, which exempted inhabitants of the village from paying bridge tolls to Count Floris V. This allowed the inhabitants of the village of Aemstelredamme to travel freely through the County of Holland, paying no tolls at bridges, locks, the certificate describes the inhabitants as homines manentes apud Amestelledamme. By 1327, the name had developed into Aemsterdam, Amsterdam is much younger than Dutch cities such as Nijmegen, Rotterdam, and Utrecht. In October 2008, historical geographer Chris de Bont suggested that the land around Amsterdam was being reclaimed as early as the late 10th century. This does not necessarily mean there was already a settlement then, since reclamation of land may not have been for farming—it may have been for peat. Amsterdam was granted city rights in either 1300 or 1306, from the 14th century on, Amsterdam flourished, largely from trade with the Hanseatic League
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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Trent Reznor
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Michael Trent Reznor, known professionally as Trent Reznor, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and film score composer. As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Reznor is best known as the founder and his first release under this pseudonym, the 1989 album Pretty Hate Machine, was a commercial and critical success. He has since released eight studio albums and he left Interscope Records in 2007 and was an independent recording artist until signing with Columbia Records in 2012. Reznor was associated with the bands Option 30, The Urge, The Innocent, outside of Nine Inch Nails, he has contributed to the albums of artists such as Marilyn Manson and Saul Williams. In 1997, Reznor appeared in Times list of the years most influential people, while Spin magazine has described him as the most vital artist in music, Reznor was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, the son of Nancy Lou and Michael Reznor. He has English, German, and Irish ancestry and he is a descendant of George Reznor, who founded the Reznor Company, a heating and air conditioning manufacturer, in 1888. Reznor grew up in Mercer, Pennsylvania, after his parents had divorced, he lived with his maternal grandparents, while his sister Tera lived with their mother. Reznor began playing the piano at the age of twelve and showed an aptitude for music. In a 1995 interview, his grandfather, Bill Clark, remarked, Music was his life and his former piano teacher Rita Beglin said that he always reminded me of Harry Connick, Jr. when he played. Reznor has acknowledged that his life in Pennsylvania left him feeling isolated from the outside world. In a 1994 interview with Rolling Stone, he referenced his choices in the industry, However. At Mercer Area Junior/Senior High School, he learned to play the tenor saxophone and he was a member of both the jazz and marching band. Former Mercer High School band director Dr. Hendley Hoge remembered Reznor as very upbeat, Reznor also became involved in theater while in high school. He was voted Best in Drama by classmates for his roles as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Reznor graduated in 1983 and enrolled at Allegheny College, where he studied computer engineering. While he was a student at Mercer Area Junior/Senior High School, Reznor joined local band Option 30, after a year of college, Reznor dropped out and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to pursue a career in music. His first band in Cleveland was the Urge, a cover band, in 1985, he joined The Innocent as a keyboardist, they released one album, Livin in the Street, but Reznor left the band after three months. In 1986, he joined local band Exotic Birds and appeared with them as a band called The Problems in the 1987 film Light of Day. Reznor also contributed on keyboards to the band Slam Bamboo during this time, Reznor got a job at Clevelands Right Track Studio as an assistant engineer and janitor
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Duplais Balance
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Duplais Balance is a box set by Coil, first available for preorder in November 2006 and offered for sale in mid December. The box set was produced in an edition of 250. According to the merchant, the box set contains the following,1 Absinthe Duplais Balance 0. 5l – 60%2 Absinthe glasses 2 Absinthe spoons 1 Coil CD Animal are you. We are pleased to announce a collaboration with Absinthe-Distribution Lion, manufacturers and distillers of fine Absinthes, the supply of these is highly limited so order now to avoid disappointment
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Peter Christopherson
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Peter Martin Christopherson was a musician, video director, commercial artist, designer and photographer, and former member of British design agency Hipgnosis. He was one of the members of the Industrial Records band Throbbing Gristle. After the disbandment of Throbbing Gristle, he participated in the formation of Psychic TV along with Genesis P-Orridge, Christopherson participated in the reunification of Throbbing Gristle and, after his relocation to Thailand in 2005, composed an album for his solo endeavour The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. Christopherson died in his sleep on 25 November 2010, Christopherson was born on 27 February 1955 in Leeds, UK. His father, Derman Christopherson, was a professor of engineering who became master of Magdalene College, Cambridge prior to receiving a knighthood. Following school, Christopherson studied computer programming, theatre design and video at the State University of New York at Buffalo in New York, Christopherson was a founding member of Throbbing Gristle, who are credited with creating the industrial music genre before disbanding in 1981. Throbbing Gristle members Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti formed their own group, while Christopherson, Balance met Christopherson as a Throbbing Gristle fan and the two became intimate partners. Christopherson worked on the first two Psychic TV albums, Force the Hand of Chance and Dreams Less Sweet, joined by Balance on the latter, the two performed live several times with Psychic TV prior to forming their own project Coil. Strictly a recording project, Coil consisted of Christopherson and Balance, while Steven E. Thrower occasionally played bass guitar, Balance was the lyricist and also played Chapman Stick and some keyboards. In 1987, Christopherson explained the sound of Coil, A ‘big movie theater’ ambience, we’ve always liked movies about Turkish prisons and Roman galleys. Most contemporary music draws its imagery from the past 30 years, but there’s a whole wealth of imagery from earlier times that’s fascinating to draw from. Over two decades, Coil released a myriad of recordings, in addition to contributing to the work of other artists and they recorded parts of the album The New Backwards at Nothing Studios in New Orleans, US, owned by musician Trent Reznor at the time. In the liner notes of the 2008 CD release, Christopherson wrote, Thanks to everyone there, despite Christophersons long and extensive history as a musical artist, he only released two tracks under the name Peter Christopherson. In 2005, following the death of Balance, Christopherson relocated from England to Bangkok, Thailand and he also released the final Coil CDs—The Remote Viewer, Black Antlers. And The Ambulance Died in His Arms and The New Backwards—on the bands own Threshold House label. Throbbing Gristle also reformed for a few concerts in 2005 and announced a new album called Part Two, the group announced several additional concerts in 2007 for the promotion of the album. In 2007 Christopherson released the album of The Threshold HouseBoys Choir. The album, Form Grows Rampant, consists of five parts or songs, One tour promoter who organized a Threshold HouseBoys Choir concert described it as easily the most shocking thing I have ever experienced. In 2008 Christopherson and Ivan Pavlov started a new project called Soisong, the band officially premiered in Tokyo on 9 March 2008 and later performed several shows in Europe, having self-released their debut EP
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Gold Is the Metal (With the Broadest Shoulders)
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Gold Is the Metal was the third album released by Coil in the year 1987. It is not a proper follow-up to 1986s Horse Rotorvator, but more a collection of outtakes and demos from the Scatology, Horse Rotorvator, some obviously correspond to earlier and later released material, while others do not appear anywhere else. The Last Rites Of Spring includes a sample by Stravinsky, also used extensively in The Anal Staircase, the musicians involved in this album were, John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Stephen Thrower, Alex Fergusson, Jim Thirlwell, Billy McGee, and Andrew Poppy. The standard 12 was released by the label Threshold House with the catalogue number LOCI1, the first edition was pressed on red vinyl. The second edition was black and the third was transparent, in addition,25 copies on red vinyl were released with an unfinished sleeve. The first initial copies of this album were shipped with the free 7 singles The Wheel/The Wheal, the Wheel/The Wheal was believed to be shipped with the first 500 copies, then The Wheal/Keelhauler with an unknown additional copies. A special art edition of the 12 was released in an edition of 55 under the Threshold House label with the catalogue number LOCI3, in 1988, the album was also released on CD by the labels Normal and Threshold House. The Normal release had a number of NORMAL77 and was released in the Netherlands. The Threshold House release had a number of LOCI1 and was released in the United Kingdom. A Total of 1,000 numbered copies were produced during this pressing, the last three tracks have indexing problems. In 1996 the album was repressed under the label Threshold House with catalogue number LOCI CD11, the artwork for this release is entirely different for this album. The album is subtitled Returning to the Purity of the Current and this version still suffers from indexing problems. In 2006, the 1996 version of the album was available for download at Coils official site, thresholdhouse. com, in aac, mp3. This album is available for download. The CD pressings included the extra tracks Hellraiser and The Wheal, Side A, Last Rites of Spring Paradisiac Thump For Us They Will The Broken Wheel Boy in a Suitcase Golden Hole Cardinal Points Side B, Red Slur
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Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2
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Musick to Play in the Dark Vol.2 is an album by Coil currently in its third pressing in CD format, it was also released in double 12 vinyl format. Musick to Play in the Dark Vol.2 was the second of two albums attributed purely to a style called moon musick, which signify their change from a group to a moon group. Musick to Play in the Dark Vol.1 was the first installment, an Emergency is sung by Rose McDowall. The lyrics of Batwings have many references to Musaeum Clausum written by Sir Thomas Browne and this song was also played at John Balances funeral service and Peter Christopherson described it as a language that only he knows. The first 1,000 mail-order copies of the CD came with Coil Presents Time Machines as a bonus, four different versions of this album were pressed onto two 12 vinyl records, A standard edition limited to 1300 numbered copies. A special edition limited to 50 copies with one light blue record, the records themselves have plain white labels, with gold leaf attached to the label on side four. A special Trauma edition is said to be limited to 26 copies and it was pressed white vinyl with plain white covers smeared with John Balances own blood during a psychotic/demonic episode. These also contain the cover picture and prints from the amethyst edition listed above, initially, only 11 copies were to be sold with the remainder being held by Coil in their personal archive, but the edition was expanded due to high demand. This album was recorded by Peter Christopherson, Jhonn Balance, Thighpaulsandra, the phrase The key to joy is disobedience, there is no guilt, there is no shame is whispered at the beginning of Batwings. A shorter version of Batwings appeared on the Russian compilation Пособие для начинающих and this album is currently unavailable in CD format. Something –5,02 Tiny Golden Books –12,19 Ether –11,32 Paranoid Inlay –7,17 An Emergency –1,18 Where Are You, –7,53 Batwings –11,32 Side A, Something -. John Balance Peter Christopherson Thighpaulsandra Rose McDowall, vocals on An Emergency Moon Musick website
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Nothing Records
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Nothing Records was an American record label specializing in industrial rock and electronic music, founded by John Malm Jr. and Trent Reznor in 1992. Nothing Records became largely defunct in 2004 due to a lawsuit by Reznor against John Malm, the label became inactive as a whole following several further releases—the Beside You in Time home video was the labels final release. Nothing Records is most famous for its two original signings, Trent Reznors own band Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson. In September 2004, coinciding with Trent Reznor leaving New Orleans for the west coast and this later proved to be the end of the associated record label as well. Speculation among listeners that the label could continue ceased when Reznor successfully sued co-founder John Malm for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty, in a May 5,2005 post to nin. com, Trent wrote, To be clear, my involvement with Nothing Records is over. Is Nothing Records alive or an entity, youd have to ask John Malm. Nothing studios is still in New Orleans and Im not sure what Ill do with it, Ill figure that out when I finish touring. While With Teeth and its following singles carry the Nothing Records logo, beside You In Time was the last release to carry the Nothing Records logo on its packaging. The logo also appears in the end credits, year Zero and its single Survivalism do not carry the Nothing logo. Since early 2004, the website, NothingRecords. com, has closed down. Additionally, Coil was under contract for a record but it was never delivered, Nothing also distributed music from Warp Records, Sheffield, Englands venerable electronic music label, under an exclusive license in the U. S. with albums by Autechre, Plaid, and Squarepusher. This distribution deal ended when Warp expanded operations into the U. S. market in 2001, Nothing also managed to secure the U. S. release of two albums from Englands Blue Planet Recordings. The two albums were slightly different than the UK releases, Plugs Drum and Bass for Papa included an extra disc of tracks from earlier EPs, and The Bowling Greens One Pound Note omitted one track from the UK release due to problems with sample clearance. Nothing Records was founded by Trent Reznor and his former manager John Malm Jr. in 1992, in response, Reznor secretly began recording under various pseudonyms to avoid record company interference. TVT ultimately put together a deal with Interscope Records, in which they would retain some financial stake. However, Interscope President Jimmy Iovine looked to him more creative freedom. Reznor stated, We made it very clear we were not doing another record for TVT, but they made it pretty clear they werent ready to sell. So I felt like, well, Ive finally got this thing going, flood and I had to record Broken under a different band name, because if TVT found out we were recording, they could confiscate all our shit and release it
