proGREX.iv was the name of an

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

project founded by composer Mick Hale and based in

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

. Hale released one

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, titled '' reINVENTION opERATION'', under the name in 1997 for

Full Contact Records Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, DC. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure. ...

History

proGREX.iv was created as a collaborative project in 1996 by Mick Hale and vMarkus from

Crocodile Shop Crocodile Shop (later simply Croc Shop) is an electro-industrial aggrotech EBM band formed in Berlin, Germany in 1987 by Mick Hale and R. A. Werner from New Jersey. Background Crocodile Shop was formed after Hale and Werner ended their pre ...

and

George Sarah George Shimeall, known professionally by his stage name George Sarah, is an American composer, based in Los Angeles, California. History George Sarah rose to notoriety in the electronic music scene with Stereotaxic Device, a band he was in from ...

of THC with the intention of releasing a collaborative effort for

Cleopatra Records Cleopatra Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1992 by Brian Perera. The record label has since grown into a family of labels, including Hypnotic Records, Purple Pyramid Records, Dea ...

. In 1997 the supergroup released '' reINVENTION opERATION'' on

. It featured guest contributions from

Sarah Folkman Geko were a gothic rock duo based in Los Angeles. Formed in 1983, the band's nucleus comprised vocalist/bassist Sarah Folkman and guitarist Carrie McNinch. They released one full-length album, titled '' Join My Pretty World'', in 1992 before di ...

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and Jared Hendrickson of Chemlab. The album comprises

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ed tracks utilized music from '' Consenting Guinea Pig'' by T.H.C. and ''

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'' by D!v!s!on #9. and ''

'' by D!v!s!on #9. The band covered "

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" by

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for the 1997

Fifth Colvmn Records Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, DC. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure. ...

various artists compilation ''World War Underground''. An

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version of the track " reINVENTiNG SLEEP" (electroBODYmixx) titled " reInventing sLeep" (electroBodyedit) appeared on '' Awake the Machines - On the Line Vol. 2'' by Out of Line and Sub/Mission Records. The

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''Sonic Boom'' criticized the source material for being lackluster and that the low quality of the proGREX.iv collaboration signaled the end of

, which would go bankrupt that year.

Discography

Studio albums * '' reINVENTION opERATION'' (1997,

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)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:proGREX.iv Musical groups established in 1996 Musical groups disestablished in 1997 1996 establishments in New Brunswick Breakbeat musicians Canadian electronic musicians Canadian drum and bass musicians Canadian techno musicians Canadian trance musicians Full Contact Records artists