Electro Assassin was the music project of

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-based composer Kevin Gould, known for his work with Johnson Engineering Co. Ian Taylor provided vocals to the project between 1990 and 1994. The group released three albums: ''

Jamming the Voice of the Universe ''Jamming the Voice of the Universe'' is the debut studio album of Electro Assassin, released in June 1992 by Hyperium Records and Concrete Productions. Reception Matthew Riley of ''EST'' called ''Jamming the Voice of the Universe'' "a very cu ...

'' (1992), '' Bioculture'' (1993) and ''

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'' (1995).

History

Electro Assassin was founded out of London in 1990 by Kevin Gould as an outlet for his solo compositions. Gould had previously performed in Johnson Engineering Co. Electro Assassin released ''

'' in 1992 by

Hyperium Records Hyperium Records was a German independent record label specializing in darkwave, neoclassical, ethereal, gothic rock, and ambient music, founded by Oliver Roesch (also known as "Oli" Roesch) and Oliver van Essenberg in 1991. Roesch died on Au ...

and Concrete Productions. The second album was released in 1993 by Hyperium and titled '' Bioculture'' and represented vocalist Ian Taylor's final release with the band. The band's third album, titled ''

'', was released in 1995 by Synthetic Symphony and Cyber-Tec Records. In September of that year the album was reissued in the

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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. J ...

. Kevin Gould now releases material under Nexus Project via Rebel Scum Productions on Bandcamp

Discography

Studio albums * ''

'' (1992,

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/Concrete) * '' Bioculture'' (1993, Hyperium) * ''

'' (1995, Synthetic Symphony/

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) Compilation appearances * ''FMCD Volume 8 - April 1994'' (1994, Future Music) * ''Hy! ...To Hypersonic (The Hyperium Compilation , Part II)'' (1992,

) * ''Hyperium Promo-Sampler'' (1992, Hyperium) * ''Hy! From Hypnotic to Hypersonic'' (1992, Hyperium) * ''Electronic Youth Vol.1'' (1993, Music Research) * ''

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'' (1993, Concrete) * ''The Digital Space Between Vol. 2'' (1995,

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) * ''Cyber-Tec America'' (1995,

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) * ''Untitled'' (1996, Infected,

) * ''Industrial Virus'' (1997, Dressed to Kill) * ''Industrial Hazard'' (1998, Dressed to Kill) * ''Industrial Armageddon'' (1998, Age of Panik) * ''Sacrilege: A Tribute to Front 242'' (1999, Cleopatra) * ''Industrial Meltdown'' (1999, Cleopatra) * ''Hardware'' (1999, MCT)

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