dwayne goettel

Dwayne Rudolph Goettel (February 1, 1964 - August 23, 1995) was a member of the Industrial band Skinny Puppy. He played keyboards for an early incarnation of the Canadian gothic/synthpop band Psyche, as well as a band called Water, who opened for Skinny Puppy in 1985. He joined Skinny Puppy sometime during the recording of Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse (mid-1986) when he was recruited to take Wilhelm Schroeder's (aka Bill Leed, Frontline Assembly) place. Goettel would come to be cEvin Key's primary partner in forming Skinny Puppy's music until the album The Process, as well as in their side projects Doubting Thomas, Cyberaktif, The Tear Garden and Hilt.

Goettel formed Subconscious Records in 1993 to release a 12" single (split with friend Phil Western) under the pseudonym Duck. There were only 200 copies of this vinyl made. On one side of the vinyl “This Side”, the Philth song “My Heart Is Being Touched By Christ” appears and has the vinyl etching “SUB AQUA”. On the other side of the vinyl “That Side” the Duck song “Power” appears and has the vinyl etching “HOW GOD YOU MAKE THAT LIKE SO GOOD”. During the following year, the frustrations of recording The Process led to the formation of downLOAD with Key, Western and Mark Spybey during improvisations during late-night jam sessions.

aDuck is a solo project of Goettels. According to the Paradigm Shift insert, aDuck was inspired by "the early release of Aphex Twin and other artists in the now exploding European/UK electronic scene".

Three aDuck songs have been released, one of which appears renamed and in a different form:

1. Power (from Duck/Philth Split 12", later appears on Paradigm Shift)

2. Phenethylamine Backwash (from Coordinate 01 Compilation, this song later appears remixed as 'Quackerz ' on Wild Planet)

3. Burnout (from Paradigm Shift)

Goettel died of an apparent heroin overdose in a bathroom at his parents' home in Edmonton, Alberta on August 23, 1995. As a bandmate told Rolling Stone Magazine, Goettel had just returned to his parents' house to kick his habit. downLOAD's first album Furnace and Skinny Puppy's album The Process were both released dedicated to his memory.