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Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation

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Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released1994 (1994)
GenreElectro-industrial
Length77:16
LabelCyberware Productions
Fifth Colvmn Records chronology
Frenzied Computer Resonance
(1994)
Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation
(1994)
Document 01 - Trance/Tribal
(1994)

Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation is a various artists compilation album released in 1994 by Cyberware Productions. The album was reissued on April 9, 1996, by Fifth Colvmn Records.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Aiding & Abetting called "Melt "inconsistent" and "for every decent gothic pop bit like Neuroactive's "Obsession" there's at least one song that just doesn't work."[2] AllMusic awarded the collection two and a half out of five stars and said "Melt culls releases from the Scandinavian-based label Cyberware Records, whose roster of artists runs the gamut from industrial to techno to ambient."[1] Sonic Boom noted that "the first half of the compilation consists of more popular EBM style electro with the music slowly transitioning to darkwave instrumentals of a more experimental nature as the album progresses."[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Plutonium"Sven AnderssonBizarre Alliance3:51
2."Burnin' Heretic" (Guitarless Edit)Stephan GrothApoptygma Berzerk5:34
3."Obsession" (Plastic Mix)
  • Ville Brusi
  • Vesa Rainne
  • Jarkko Tuohimaa
Neuroactive4:19
4."Mindhallucination" (Brain Mix)
  • Kim Løhde Petersen
  • Michael Hillerup
Birmingham 65:15
5."Cybers"
  • Alex Jarlev
  • Eskild Trulsen
  • Jørgen Aase
  • Rune Kruse
  • Tarjei E. Krogh
  • Tomas Kulberg
  • Truls Are Bakken
Anstalt4:06
6."No Rest for the Wicked" (No Vox Version)Claus LarsenLeæther Strip5:30
7."Gunmaster" The Insult That Made a Man Out of Mac2:51
8."Halfdaudur"
  • Indriði Einarsson
  • Guðjón Rúdólf Guðmundsson
  • Örn Ingólfsson
  • Þorri Jóhannsson
  • Ómar Stefánsson
  • Óskar Thorarensen
Inferno 54:42
9."Sometimes I Dream"
  • Martin Danielsson
  • Juho Korhonen
  • Johan Linder
Malaise5:25
10."Addicts"RemylRemyl3:12
11."Netspace Cowboy"
  • Joni Leimu
  • Olli Mäkelä
  • Karri Suksia
Chaingun Operate4:03
12."Oidipus Rex" (Video Version)Per Aksel LundgreenAngst Pop4:16
13."Fifth Skin" (Close Cyberware Mix)Jouni HavukainenIn Slaughter Natives5:58
14."Random Succession"
  • Jóhann Eiríksson
  • G.I. Markússon
Reptilicus3:04
15."Under Ten Lies" (Club Slayer Edit)
  • Petri Huttunen
  • Timo Väänänen
Shade Factory5:39
16."Lost"
  • Annelie Bertilsson
  • Magnus Fransson
  • Joel Rydström
Cat Rapes Dog3:52
17."The Broken Glass of Shattered Dreams" In Absentia5:38

Personnel

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Adapted from the Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation liner notes.[4]

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
Finland 1994 Cyberware Productions CD NET002
United States 1996 Fifth Colvmn 9868-63217

References

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  1. ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "Various Artists: Melt: Scandinavian Electro Industrial Compilation > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Worley, Jon (May 27, 1996). "Various Artists: Melt-Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation". Aiding & Abetting. No. 110. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Christian, Chris (June 1996). "Various Artists: Melt". Sonic Boom. Vol. 4, no. 5. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation (booklet). Various artists. Tampere, Finland: Cyberware Productions. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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