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Release Date
31 December 2005
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Length
12 tracks
Having compiled nearly a full 7 years worth of studio sounds and tracks beforehand, Alex and Newt from Digital Geist set out to make their first pressed album. Armed with a library of almost two hundred produced songs Alex set to work with synthesizers, a low grade computer and virtually no formal production knowledge while Newt crafted drum tracks and ambience almost 500 miles away from each other. The result a year later was their most critically-acclaimed and widely recognized work ever.
Spanning countless genres with a jazz-like feel ranging from EBM/Industrial to Progressive Trance and Tribal, The Zero Engine seemed to create itself at times. Discarded were the loops of past efforts and in their place were complex evolving rhythms. Taking online production tip sheets to heart, Alex would meticulously A/B mixes for months on end, obsessed with getting it right.
With the nearing completion of the album the final aesthetic needed were collaborations with like-minded artists and friends. Alex's art school friend Krista Dragomer, an accomplished artist and voiceover talent herself, was enlisted for voiceover work reading readymade poetry lines while psytrance heavyweight Christian (DJ Oracle) from Dharma Lab collaborated to create an entire track. Longtime friend and EBM God Patrick Codenys of Front 242 faithfully remixed the only track with vocals, Someone Like Me to perfection. Denmark legends Neotek of EBM/Industrial and Cleopatra Records fame contributed their part with a remix of Red Techno, now a psytrance favorite. The final remix track was credited to Toronto, Ontario IDM artist Timid who replaced sitar parts in Circuit Crusher with pitched pornography samples.
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