Tenebrae Vision is the first album of Canadian industrial band Cyberaktif, which consisted of cEvin Key and Dwayne R. GoettelofSkinny Puppy and former Skinny Puppy member Bill LeebofFront Line Assembly.[4] For Cyberaktif, Leeb is credited as Wilhelm Schroeder, the stage name he used while in Skinny Puppy.[5] The album was released in 1991 through Wax Trax![6] and features Blixa Bargeld of German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten.[7] The project folded after Goettel's death in 1995, and laid dormant until 2024 when Key and Leeb reestablished the name with Rhys Fulber for the album eNdgame.[8][9]
Tenebrae Vision | ||||
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Studio albumby | ||||
Released | 1991 (1991) | |||
Recorded | Vancouver Studios, Vancouver | |||
Genre | Electro-industrial, EBM | |||
Length | 46:01 (CD) | |||
Label | Wax Trax! | |||
Producer | cEvin Key, Wilhelm Schroeder | |||
Cyberaktif chronology | ||||
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Singles from Tenebrae Vision | ||||
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Source | Rating |
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Electric Shock Treatment | Unfavorable[2] |
Music From the Empty Quarter | Favorable[3] |
Tenebrae Vision was accompanied by two singles, Nothing Stays and Temper, both of which were released in 1990 and contain different mixes of the title tracks as well as non-album tracks.[10][11] The track "Nothing Stays" was voted the sixteenth-greatest industrial song of all time by COMA Music Magazine in their feature article 101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time.[12] It appeared also in different versions on various compilation albums.[13]
According to cEvin Key, Cyberaktif is reminiscent of tape trading in the industrial music scene which the band members started off with.[5] "Cyberaktif is [...] the experience of discovering the whole electronic genre", said Key, "[it] is exploring the enthusiasm we once had for that genre."[5] Bill Leeb described their work as "rehashing old things", but said, "it was different this time because we were a bit more established."[14] About the collaboration with Blixa Bargeld, Leeb reported that he and Key were fans of Einstürzende Neubauten and Bargeld happened to be in Vancouver just at the right time.[15] With Bargeld being "an icon to us" and having "major attitude back then", Leeb remembered the collaboration being both "stressful" and "fun".[15]
Tenebrae Vision features samples from the films The Unholy, Videodrome, Dune, and Halloween III: Season of the Witch.[16]
All tracks are written by cEvin Key, Dwayne R. Goettel and Wilhelm Schroeder, except where noted
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Road Kill" (Written and composed by Key and Schroeder) | 3:48 |
2. | "Brain Dead Decision" | 4:17 |
3. | "Acid Cripple" | 4:34 |
4. | "Paradiessiets" (Written and composed by Schroeder and Blixa Bargeld) | 5:57 |
5. | "Nothing Stays" | 5:24 |
6. | "Ruptured Freeks" | 4:14 |
7. | "Dis Coarse Illusion" | 4:01 |
8. | "Temper" | 4:27 |
9. | "Face to Face" (Written and composed by Key, Schroeder) | 4:19 |
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