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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1982 – present)
Skinny Puppy is an influential industrial band, formed in 1982 by core members cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton) and Nivek Ogre (ohGr) (Kevin Ogilvie) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Inspired by the groundbreaking music of Chrome, Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Portion Control, The Legendary Pink Dots, and others, Skinny Puppy experimented with electronic recording techniques and methods. the band composed multi-layered music generally using keyboards, synthesizers, found sounds, drum machines, live percussion, tape splices, samplers, and conventional rock music instruments. Whereas many contemporary remixes and re-edits of songs were created in order to make a song more suitable for dancing or different radio formats, Skinny Puppy approached remixing and re-editing as an artistic process of reinterpreting compositions, often using remixes to push their sound into styles of ambient, dub and techno. Skinny Puppy’s often informal, improvisational approach to musical composition is indicated by use of the term brap, coined by them and defined as a verb meaning “to get together, hook up electronic instruments, get high, and record”.
Skinny Puppy’s first two proper releases, Bites and Remission, fall somewhere between the found-sound chaos of early Cabaret Voltaire and the abrasive, futuristic synthpop of the Units or Crash Course in Science. While the intense synth programming, abstract rhythms, and surreal samples—all Puppy trademarks—are present here, the albums owe as much to new wave as to industrial.
Inspired by the groundbreaking music of Chrome, Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle, Portion Control, The Legendary Pink Dots, and others, Skinny Puppy experimented with electronic recording techniques and methods. the band composed multi-layered music generally using keyboards, synthesizers, found sounds, drum machines, live percussion, tape splices, samplers, and conventional rock music instruments. Whereas many contemporary remixes and re-edits of songs were created in order to make a song more suitable for dancing or different radio formats, Skinny Puppy approached remixing and re-editing as an artistic process of reinterpreting compositions, often using remixes to push their sound into styles of ambient, dub and techno. Skinny Puppy’s often informal, improvisational approach to musical composition is indicated by use of the term brap, coined by them and defined as a verb meaning “to get together, hook up electronic instruments, get high, and record”.
Skinny Puppy’s first two proper releases, Bites and Remission, fall somewhere between the found-sound chaos of early Cabaret Voltaire and the abrasive, futuristic synthpop of the Units or Crash Course in Science. While the intense synth programming, abstract rhythms, and surreal samples—all Puppy trademarks—are present here, the albums owe as much to new wave as to industrial.
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Zamari wrote:
Whose laughing now....BITCH
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skinnydrifter wrote:
good ol trauma hounds
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Neue_regel_ wrote:
@Justd1e ROFL. Try the Dream Theater or Kamelot shoutboxes. Full of annoying idiot trolls. Barely can stand those.. not even funny.
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Konkelo- wrote:
@Tzkik0: Thanks for the link to the video archive! Perfect site, I've been searching for a site like this one!
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Sergoy wrote:
Scared? You really are? I'm not scared... Hmph...what are you?
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AffectingShades wrote:
Holli Would
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PiecesOfQuiet wrote:
Yeah I read about some of the stuff being reworked and put on ohgr as well. I wouldn't be surprised either but subconscious is sold out all the time.
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cxt wrote:
twitter.com/skinnypuppy ;E
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Tzkik0 wrote:
Also is there any current news on their status with the record label? Again I read on the net that they had interest in becoming independent and releasing music on their own.
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Tzkik0 wrote:
I read somewhere on the net that the material recorded for Skinny Puppy from post-mythmaker ended up on an ohgr album(s). As for the straight out noise songs I wouldn't be surprised if cEvin releases them on a future back and forth album.
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PiecesOfQuiet wrote:
CFM is my favorite behind Last Rights. God I wish they'd release their original noise work for Handover.
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Tzkik0 wrote:
Archive of live skinny puppy footage http://coolerthanjesus.webs.com/skinnypuppy.htm
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Sweedums wrote:
cool, going to give cleanse fold and manipulate a go. liking what im hearing so far...
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PiecesOfQuiet wrote:
Their most recent 3 are all much closer to electonica then industrial, but they're not without their good qualities. Pro-Test makes me want to die though. Mythmaker is the weakest of the 3.
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PiecesOfQuiet wrote:
@Sweedums: Depends on what kind of sound you like. Their early sound on bites/remission/M:TPI are the closest they come to a kind of kraftwerk meets industrial/ebm sound. Last Rights and TDP are the densest, and my personal favorites, but I mainly listen to industrial noise these days. Process and Rabies are most industrial metal, wich Process having a lot of ravish qualities underneath the guitar lines. VivisectVI and CFandM are a good midway point in that they're both dense but have enough "beat" to be accessible.
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Ashei wrote:
only Cleanse Fold and Manipulate is still worth listening to.
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Auland wrote:
Cleanse Fol- Uh I mean, try Bites.
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Sweedums wrote:
just bought "The Singles Collect" from amazon in mp3.... i gather its a good collection of hits, but if i were to move on from this, what album would you SP fans recommend?
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DoktorZetsubou wrote:
Love the old stuff, love the new stuff; think I might be supremely gay for Ogre.
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Justd1e wrote:
last.fm great trolling died at the end of 2007. I have no idea why anyone still bothers.
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