''Suture'' is a

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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 ...

, released on January 23, 2001, by

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. It is an expanded reissue of ''

Magnetic Field Remixes ''Magnetic Field Remixes'' is a compilation album by Chemlab, released on October 11, 1994 by Fifth Colvmn and Metal Blade Records. It served as a way for the band to reissue their 1990 debut EP '' 10 Ton Pressure'' with an expanded track listi ...

'' (itself containing the complete contents of the EP '' Ten Ton Pressure''), with remixes from the "Electric Molecular" and "Exile on Mainline" singles and one previously unreleased track named "Static Haze".

Reception

Rick Anderson of

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gave ''Suture'' three out of five stars and said "highly recommended to fans of funky industrialism." A critic for Ink 19 compared the collection favorably to

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and praised the album for being "a fine slice of spiteful agit-dance, very familiar in a sense." Lollipop Magazine deemed the material from '' 10 Ton Pressure'' to be the highlight of the compilation, saying "the three EP tracks are old school industrial, and worth a few spins, and for those into remixes of the band’s more popular/less interesting material, there're plenty of takes on a few of them here."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Suture'' liner notes. Chemlab *

Jared Louche Jared Louche (born Jared Hendrickson; December 11, 1960) is an American musician best recognized as the front-man of industrial rock outfit Chemlab. He also founded the band H3llb3nt and has collaborated with Pigface, Progrex.iv and Vampire R ...

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(1, 2, 4, 12-14) * Dylan Thomas More –

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, arrangements, remix (1, 2, 4, 12-14) Additional performers * Black Metal Box –

(11) * John DeSalvo –

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Sascha Konietzko Sascha Kegel Konietzko (born 21 June 1961), also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is a German musician and record producer. He is the founder, frontman and "anchor" of the industrial band KMFDM. Konietzko jokingly purports himself to be the fat ...

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(9, 10) * Geno Lenardo –

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(1-4) * Krayge Tyler – guitar (1, 4) Production and design * Hilary Bercovici –

(5-8) * Jeff "Critter" Newell – production and

(1, 2, 4, 12-14) * Maja Prausnitz –

* Claudine Schafer-Legrand –

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Release history

References

External links

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(list of releases) {{DEFAULTSORT:Suture Chemlab albums 2001 compilation albums Invisible Records compilation albums Albums produced by Jared Louche