''Brainchild'' is the second

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by the

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band

Circle of Dust Circle of Dust is an industrial music project from New York City created by Klayton, who later became known as Celldweller. The project was active as a band from 1988 to 1998 and then re-started in 2015 after Klayton gained back ownership of his ...

, released in 1994 through R.E.X. Music and re-released as a remaster in 2016 through FiXT Music.

Overview

Brainchild was originally a side project between Klayton and Doug Mann. Their album, ''Mindwarp'', was released on R.E.X. Music in 1992. R.E.X. wanted

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to make a second

album, but there wasn't enough money to make another album, so R.E.X. re-released the album as the second Circle of Dust album, ''Brainchild''. The same cover artwork and layout was used for both albums, with only the Album Artist ("Brainchild" to "

") and Album Title (''Mindwarp'' to ''Brainchild'') changed. Three of tracks are different from the original ''Mindwarp'' versions. The original recording of "Deviate" was replaced with the 'Sawed-Off Shotgun Edit' version from

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. "Prayers of a Dead Man" is replaced with a newer recording. The only obvious difference between the versions of "Telltale Crime" is the removal of the sound clip of

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from the beginning of the track. The album contains sound bites from

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's movie '' Aliens'', while the song "Deviate" contains samples from such sources as '' Ren & Stimpy'', ''

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'' episode " The Mind and the Matter" and ''

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''. A music video for "Telltale Crime" was released and is the only video the band made at the time. It includes the band's live musicians, Daren "Klank" Diolosa (of Klank) and Jason Tilton, as well as Chris Donohue on the Chapman Stick. In 2010, ''

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'' ranked ''Brainchild'' number 37 on the Top 100 Christian Metal Albums of All Time list with Doc stating that "without a doubt, this is one of the coolest techno/industrial hybrid metal releases ever. Paradoxically, it was the relative presence of a song structure and memorable groove that really distinguished this release from other 'noisier' entries within the genre."

Track listing

References

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