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For the past 5 months I've been working on an industrial EP. A lot of rear end was busted and a lot of booze was consumed in its creation. I think a lot of you may dig it since it seems you guys have a taste for the glory days (80s and early 90s). http://iiomusic.bandcamp.com/ Feedback is completely welcome both positive and negative. Also I'm trying to figure out if this is good enough to approach labels with. Or if I need to continue to work on the sound and polish before really pushing out.
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Danger - Octopus! posted:I'm not good at detailed musical criticism, but I really like this. It definitely has a strong old-school vibe, especially the vocals. Parasite is my favourite track of the six and has a kinda interesting sound that works for me. Parasite was my favorite of this batch. I'm glad you liked it. Wikipedia Brown posted:The rock drum samples definitely give it an older industrial rock sound, too. I'm enjoying it. I'd like a bit more textural variety between songs, though, as it gets a bit samey. (Although there's something to be said for having a cohesive sound. It's easy to get carried away with the freedom afforded by electronic music.) Thanks for the kind words and critique. I did hit a patch at one point where I thought I was getting a bit samey so I definitely understand your view. And yeah I know it's obvious but I love Skinny Puppy and X Marks the Pedwalk. As for a label it's more about hitting a wider audience. I'm not really interested in making money but having as many people who may like this style of music hear my stuff.
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May 9, 2012 20:24
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Wikipedia Brown posted:Rainer talked to I Die: You Die about this business: http://www.idieyoudie.com/2012/05/an-interview-with-thomas-rainer-of-nachtmahr/ Holy poo poo, I feel like that guy embodies everything wrong with the scene. No politics in music? The genre was founded on social and political commentary. The early uses of military imagery was a negative statement about current political climates. I've been out of the loop for a bit with modern industrial but I'm seriously seeing the mindset of hair metal bullshit and decadence seeping into the scene.
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May 24, 2012 20:35
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I think I'm just getting old cause I totally missed the boat on this. When did music like this get considered industrial?
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May 24, 2012 21:09
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Vorlonesque posted:As for the whole discussion of what is or isn't industrial music...that never goes well...nobody ever agrees on that poo poo and I know of people who will say that anything that isn't Throbbing Gristle 1970's style stuff isn't industrial. I've reached a point where I don't even care what people categorize as industrial or electro or EBM or aggrotech or what-the-gently caress-ever. Completely agree but if Faderhead is considered part of the industrial scene we should invite LMFAO to join the club as well.
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May 26, 2012 16:37
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The Cleaner posted:Dead When I Found Her I have to chime in and say this project is awesome. Found it by accident a year or so ago and this album has had heavy rotation in my car. Also check out his soundcloud he's got some great covers. http://soundcloud.com/deadwhenifoundher
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May 30, 2012 18:15
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I think a lot of what the video portrayed needed to be said and I agree that as an audience we should be a little more discerning with what we support. The depictions of women being used is just a repeat of the late 80s hair metal mixed in with the fetish scene that's walked in tandem with industrial over the years. Get some women in leather and latex have them gyrate around and then collar them to the artist. Cut and Print. As for the fascist imagery, it was a device used by early artists to convey a point of freedoms being taken away. It was a slap to the face for any media coverage to try and get a message out by actually shocking the audience. Now it's merely fashion and trying to fit an image, it's literally becoming the look/uniform of a counter culture scene. There seems to be a problem with more and more artists out there trying to produce the next big club track and instead of conveying a thoughtful message or even a slap to the face to try and wake some people up. From my perspective the genre has done a 180 and instead of throwing institutional standard out the window it's completely homogenized itself to try and cash in on a genre that historically doesn't make money.
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Jun 11, 2012 18:09
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Danger - Octopus! posted:There was a whole bunch of bands I liked in the early 00s who all abruptly stopped releasing anything, and I eventually worked out from interviews I saw later that it was because they'd been students/unemployed while they made music and then ended up getting jobs and not having time any more. That's the loving truth, working full time will make writing/recording an album take 6 months to a year to finish. Unemployed I guesstimate it taking about a month.
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Jul 19, 2012 15:21
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MUFFlNS posted:Does anybody have any recommendations for bands similar to Ministry in the 90s? I'm referring to the albums Psalm 69, Filth Pig and The Dark Side Of The Spoon to be precise. To give a better idea of the style I love, here's a few songs Check out Pigface, Pig, Leaether Strip, Pop Will Eat Itself, and Revolting Cocks. Uncle Al has been involved in a poo poo ton of projects and there's a crew of musicians that played/toured together often that have a similar sound but definitely not identical. PIG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjG4brhkllw RevCo (I actually loved the new lineup) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4HCkRgCU9g Pop Will Eat Itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76wSk1j02_4
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Aug 24, 2012 18:03
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Zaiquiri posted:Has anyone seen the Thrill Kill Kult on their tour or does no one care about them anymore? I missed them when there were here and am wondering if I missed out on anything. I've seen them a few times over the years and it's always a good time. It's cheesy and tongue in cheek fun and they're always solid live. It's just a little odd when you see them after their set and they're barely awake from all the drug use.
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Sep 28, 2012 18:57
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For the past few years I've been really into a band called Health. It reminds me of the early industrial scene like if TG/Psychic TV made an album with Sonic Youth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwJMIqpByoA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps0Q0fzbjrs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCptwLAJ6HA
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Oct 1, 2012 15:05
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mcstanb posted:Health are really awesome, especially the work they did for the Max Payne 3 soundtrack. Their facebook updates on the other hand lead me to think they're 14. Chatted with them after a show and that's their humor. John (asian dude) does a lot of their off color posts.
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Oct 1, 2012 20:34
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New Dead When I Found Her album is out and it's really good. A lot more chill than his first album. I definitely recommend giving it a listen.
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Oct 9, 2012 15:10
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W424 posted:Does the new Dead When I Found Her sound mostly like New Age of Reason that was on the review on idieyoudie? That track pretty much killed any interest I had. Nah, New Age of Reason was definitely the most pop oriented track on the album in my opinion. The album actually reminds me a lot of Too Dark Park in tone.
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Oct 10, 2012 13:16
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Just finished my first full length album for my solo project IIO. Older industrial styled music and yes I listen to a lot of Skinny Puppy and you'll hear a lot of their influence in the album. I was thinking of trying to get it on GBS but I wanted to run it by you guys first. I put it up for free on Soundcloud and Bandcamp if you guys are interested and want to take a listen. Bandcamp http://iiomusic.bandcamp.com/album/reflect Soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/iio-industrial/sets/reflect/
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Nov 4, 2012 23:52
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CAT rear end now!!! posted:Awesome! I really liked your debut EP and I'm excited to hear more from you. Downloaded this in the morning but didn't have a chance to start listening until now - I'm just five songs in currently, but this is sounding fantastic. I can definitely hear the Skinny Puppy influences, but for some reason your music reminds me of more of early-ish Project Pitchfork (maybe it's the melodies and general synthiness?) and, especially in the vocals department, early Terminal Choice. Good stuff. Thanks for the kind words. I've heard someone else describe my tone similar to Terminal Choice which is funny since I never listened to them before. Once again I greatly appreciate you taking time to listen to the album. Makes it all worth while.
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Nov 5, 2012 19:26
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kangal posted:It occurs to me I should leave this here: Loving this, thanks for sharing
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Nov 14, 2012 03:53
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Made a cover track of Ke$ha's Die Young for the New Year. I swear that pig mask was the best drunk buy I've ever made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArzO2Butfqs
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Jan 2, 2013 21:13
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Danger - Octopus! posted:The original is unironically one of my fave tracks from last year, but your cover is awesome too. Your pig mask is kinda creepy. Thanks I enjoyed making it. I saw that mask for sale at a local drinking hole a few months ago and I had to buy it.
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Jan 3, 2013 01:06
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CAT rear end now!!! posted:Welp, the snippets off the new Project Pitchfork album BLACK sound loving amazing Not bad there are definitely a few tracks on there I really like. I'll be picking this one up. On a side note. I finished a new music video for a track on my past industrial album. Feedback is always welcome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzlS70pSirU
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Jan 15, 2013 14:03
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I just finished a Revolting Cocks cover for the musician's lounge rockstar competition. I thought you guys might enjoy it. https://soundcloud.com/iio-industrial/iioioioii-gently caress-money-revolting Feedback is always welcome as well.
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Mar 29, 2013 05:39
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CAT rear end now!!! posted:On the subject of people wanting Skinny Puppy to make a new "classic" Skinny Puppy album and not getting one: Ogre himself said he's not the same angry person as he was. I love classic SP but I also love their new stuff outside of a track or two on each album. I'm sure everyone who has worked with music projects has questioned if they should continue doing the same thing to maintain consistency or to branch out and try something new. The way I see the new SP is they're now the older guys standing at the bar watching a show instead of being neck deep in the pit. They're enjoying the music but they're not as focused on the audience as they were before. As for fans berating a musician on exploring their options, they run the risk of sounding like a NIN fanatic. (no offense intended as I enjoy NIN and Trent's projects)
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May 16, 2013 18:27
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TOOT BOOT posted:I don't think the issue is so much that they're not retreading the TDP sound or whatever (and Skinny Puppy's sound has changed a lot from album-to-album so there is no definitive classic sound), it's just that the post-reunion stuff just flat out isn't as good as the stuff they did before. I'd be perfectly content if they did an album that was an entirely new sound for them, but with songwriting as good as the old stuff. Thus far it hasn't happened. I respectively disagree about the quality loss but to each their own. I'd say the quality has improved in production, song writing, and musicianship.
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May 16, 2013 21:06
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Brutal Resonance just posted a pretty bad rear end streaming mix tape on their site with indie industrial bands. They have some interesting tracks from bands I haven't heard before. *cough* Also my track Eraser is on there. *cough* http://www.brutalresonance.com/viewblog.php?id=2205 It's pretty drat rewarding after busting rear end that some of my music is getting some press.
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May 29, 2013 17:46
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DeusExMachinima posted:This is a good playlist and your song is pretty catchy. I'm also loving the ruthless Thanks  Entropist posted:Yes, thanks for the link! Your stuff is good, but your artist name is too drat hard to remember, no wonder no one is listening to it The name used to be IIO until I found out some techno producer is keeping the name on lockdown. As for Last.fm they have me on lock down until a certain number of people basically buy my music and aggregate it or some poo poo like that. Though it is on Spotify for streaming. Also if anyone wants the full album for free I have some download codes for it on Bandcamp.
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May 29, 2013 19:48
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Noricae posted:I really like the album too, but honestly I still find Ogre's singing ridiculous and a bit distracting. I've gotten way better at tuning out vocals from most music however, so I'm pretending that he's a vuvuzela in the background. Wow, that's surprising. Vocally this album is the most dynamic in mixing and performance. Chiming in to say the new SP is album is awesome. Cevin's over-synthing has been kept in check so it doesn't go too far off the track like in Handover. They play little homages to the "old skinny puppy" sound but keep the compositions modern. I'd have to say this album is probably my favorite one that came out post 1996.
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May 30, 2013 13:01
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CAT rear end now!!! posted:Diary of Dreams owns and Adrian Hates owns and it seems like his new side project .com/kill owns, too. It's quite a bit more straightforward, aggressive and heavy than Diary of Dreams, but in a very clever way so it doesn't sound like a generic EBM band or anything. I really recommend you guys check it out. Dammit, another one went the way of dubstep wobbles. There are some good tracks in there though.
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Jun 3, 2013 18:00
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The Cleaner posted:As a couple goons might remember, spider_ross.avi and myself make up the band Volt 9000, and our 4th album "CONOPOLY" just came out yesterday on Artoffact Records. It's our first ever label release so I'm gonna spam it here because.. Fantastic album. Absolutely love the vocal dynamics. Granted your influences are very similar to my own so this totally my cup of tea. Please keep it up I'll be ordering a copy this week. edit: Bought it Konstruct fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Jun 18, 2013 |
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Jun 18, 2013 18:26
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Pope Guilty posted:Seriously, why is none of these "when the album comes out, get a CD/download"? It's a kickstarter to sell merch. Not sure if I agree with using kickstarter to manufacture band merch.
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Jun 19, 2013 18:39
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The Cleaner posted:Thanks man! Glad ya like it. Also congrats on getting with Artoffact. I'm super jealous, I've been trying to get their attention. In any case, I'm looking forward to hearing more from you guys.
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Jun 20, 2013 19:03
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The Cleaner posted:$5 says the patch is named "Trifactor", "Trident", or simply "TranceLead_01". I got money on EuroLead02
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Jul 2, 2013 20:00
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sethsez posted:Ogre's the nicest celebrity I've ever met, either as a fan or as someone I've worked with. Glad to hear I'm not the only one with that experience. Completely agree with you there. I normally dread meeting musicians but when I went to just say hi and thank you he somehow managed to pull me to the side and talk music and politics for like 30 minutes. He's a super humble and positive guy.
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Aug 28, 2013 15:51
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Just finished my first music video since signing on with a label. Let me know what you guys think. I dropped the growly Ogre style vocals and just went with my natural voice. Huge move for me to step out of my comfort shell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXFjzr30Vfk
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Sep 30, 2013 14:39
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Kaddish posted:Voice sounds great dude. Good job! I appreciate it. It took a long time to overcome the self doubt I had about my voice.
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Sep 30, 2013 20:53
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Sloppy posted:I like the vocals a lot, the video was a bit repetitive though. I can definitely see how the video could be seen as repetitive. I'll try harder for my next one. Thanks for the kind words regarding the vocals.
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Oct 2, 2013 21:11
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Ms. Happiness posted:I think your vocals are lovely. And you make eyeliner look awesome. Thank you. Years of practice with goth/industrial clubs Pope Guilty posted:Jumping on the "this is great, way to go" bandwagon here.  Thank you!
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Oct 4, 2013 02:08
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The Cleaner posted:Ya man well done. I remember the album you posted on SA before.. ya the vocals def got an upgrade. I appreciate the kind words. Oh and gently caress you for making Conopoly. That album was so good I couldn't stop listening to it for months.
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Oct 4, 2013 12:49
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CAT rear end now!!! posted:Pretty sure that'd be called a "black hole", though With bits of white Front 242, Skinny Puppy, and Ministry logos showing through.
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Oct 6, 2013 23:00
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My new album that's coming out in December has almost all the tracks up for streaming. Plus a few remixes from Dreams Divide, Art Deko, Garten Der Asche, and Machinista. I'd love to get your input on it both positive and negative. http://music.juggernautservices.com/album/sun
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WOOT! My full length album just got its first review from Brutal Resonance.quote:"It's been near a month since I reviewed IIOIOIOII's Rising Sky/ Stardust, but in the month since that EP, I have been sitting here and craving Sun, which is the album that the EP teased so hard. And, finally, I have gathered it straight into my hands, devoured it three times over by now, and have found myself loving every bit of this album. http://www.brutalresonance.com/review/iioioioii-sun/
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