Jeremy Michel Neville Inkel (8 February 1983 – 11 January 2018Obituary
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. He was best known as a keyboard player and

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for Left Spine Down and

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band

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as well as producing tracks for various well known musicians worldwide. He began his work with Left spine Down in 2003 when he replaced original member Frank Valoczy. He was invited into Front Line Assembly in 2005 and made his first contributions to their 2006 album '' Artificial Soldier''. He also made contributions to Front Line Assembly side-projects Noise Unit and

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. Inkel died from complications with asthma at the age of 34 on January 11, 2018.

Career

By 2003, Inkel co-founded Left Spine Down with kAINE D3L4Y and Matt Girvan. Their like-mindedness for

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and electronic music brought them together, performing as headliners as well as openers for touring acts in Vancouver. After beginning work on LSD's first album, ''Fighting for Voltage'' with Chris Peterson, Inkel was welcomed into Front Line Assembly in 2005. He co-wrote and -produced the full-length album ''Artificial Soldier'' (released in 2006). FLA then brought Inkel (as well as LSD alumni

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) on tour to promote the ''Artificial Soldier'' album. They quickly followed up with the remix album ''Fallout'', touring worldwide for two years with the group, and co-headlining various festivals such as Mera Luna, Summer Darkness, and Amphi Festival (featuring notable acts such as

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and others). He was also in the lineup for FLA to play in Russia for the first time. It was during these tours with FLA that Inkel was able to introduce the world to his other band, Left Spine Down, via the means of their ''Smartbomb'' EP released on the Synthetic Sounds label. 2008 and 2009 saw Inkel and Left Spine Down open for acts such as The

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, and the

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' North American Lubricatour (with Jim Rose, Blownload and Left Spine Down as guests). It was then when Inkel began working with 16volt's Eric Powell, providing his services on their new album ''American Porn Songs'' ("To Hell") and coordinating LSD's appearance on the North American MIDI GHETTO TOUR, which consisted of thirty-three performances with 16volt and

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in Spring of 2010. In 2009, Inkel returned to Front Line Assembly, co-writing and co-producing the full-length album '' Improvised Electronic Device'', and the single "Shifting Through the Lens". The albums were released in 2010. As a result of Inkel's experience touring with The Revolting Cocks, he enlisted

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to co-produce, mix, and perform vocals for the track "Stupidity", alongside Justin Hagberg, guitarist and vocalist for 3 Inches of Blood. Inkel died in North Vancouver on 11 January 2018, aged 34, following complications from asthma.

Discography

Solo Work

* 2020 ''Hijacker (released posthumously)''

Noise Unit

* 2005 ''Voyeur'' * 2022 ''Cheeba City Blues (Posthumous)''

Front Line Assembly

* 2006: '' Artificial Soldier'' * 2007: ''

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'' * 2010: '' Improvised Electronic Device'' * 2012: '' AirMech'' * 2013: '' Echogenetic'' * 2014: '' Echoes'' * 2018: ''

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'' * 2019: '' Wake Up the Coma''

Left Spine Down

* 2003 ''Click'' EP * 2007 '' Smartbomb'' EP * 2008 '' Fighting for Voltage'' * 2009 '' Voltage 2.3: Remixed and Revisited'' * 2009 '' Smartbomb 2.3: The Underground Mixes'' * 2011 ''Caution''

Delerium

* 2012: '' Music Box Opera''

References

External links

Left Spine Down's MySpace pageOfficial Left Spine Down websitewww.mindphaser.com
featuring information on the Noise Unit album "Voyeur and the

album Artificial Soldier. {{DEFAULTSORT:Inkel, Jeremy 1983 births 2018 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Canadian electronic musicians Canadian industrial musicians Front Line Assembly members Left Spine Down members Musicians from Montreal Noise Unit members