DJ? Acucrack is an

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

duo based in

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. DJ? Acucrack was formed by

Jason Novak Acumen Nation was an American industrial rock/metal band from Chicago, Illinois. History Early career Formed in 1988 as Acumen by Jason Novak and Ethan Novak, the band released several cassette demos before self-releasing the CD demo '' Transm ...

and Jamie Duffy as an

Acumen Nation Acumen Nation was an American industrial rock/metal band from Chicago, Illinois. History Early career Formed in 1988 as Acumen by Jason Novak and Ethan Novak, the band released several cassette demos before self-releasing the CD demo '' Transm ...

drum n' bass side project. The duo initially created the side project to "kill time" between releases for Acumen Nation, but their releases as Acucrack were so well received that the side project ended up taking precedence. Their first two releases — ''Nation State'' and '' Mutants of Sound'' — appeared on the

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RPM year end charts for 1998. Their 2000 album, ''Sorted'', peaked at #2 on the

RPM Charts in the U.S. In 2004, DJ? Acucrack opened for

KMFDM KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is a multinational industrial rock band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art proje ...

on their 20th Anniversary Tour. In August 2005, DJ? Acucrack released a new album, ''

Killing Mobius Killing Mobius (2005) is the fifth studio full-length album by DJ? Acucrack. Track listing # "Stop All Sounds" (Jason Novak) – 2:08 # "Loudmouth" (Novak) – 5:03 # "All Up in My Face" (Novak) – 3:57 # "Slowly Regaining Consciousness" (Nov ...

''. In 2006, they toured with

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for their Artificial Soldier tour, which was cut short. Issues with the tour bus company have been cited for the cancellation. Founding member Jamie Duffy died on June 21, 2012.

Discography

* ''Nation State EP'' (1997) * '' Mutants of Sound'' (1998) * '' The Mutants Are Coming and I Believe They Are of Sound'' (2000) * ''Sorted'' (2000) * ''So to Speak'' (2000) * ''The Dope King'' (2002) * ''Mako Vs. Geist'' (2004) * ''

'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''The Mawn Reproduction'' (2013)

Extra

"So to Speak" was featured in the episode "Hard-Hearted Hannah" of ''True Blood'' (Season 2, Episode 6).DJ? Acucrack in True Blood
They also have made a remix album of

Pigface Pigface is an American industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin. History Pigface was formed from Ministry's ''The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste'' tour, which produced the '' In Case You Didn't Fee ...

called ''

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'' and have helped produce

Chemlab Chemlab is an American industrial rock band formed in Washington D.C. in 1989 by Dylan Thomas More, Joe Frank, and Jared Louche (then known as Hendrickson). Influenced by the pioneers of the industrial genre, such as Throbbing Gristle, Chemlab ...

's album ''

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''. Additionally, their remix of "Mercury" appeared on Voivod's 1998

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''.

References

External links

Official website
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