The Trap is a
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by
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industrial music band
X Marks the Pedwalk
X Marks the Pedwalk (sometimes written as X-Marks the Pedwalk) is a German band whose styles range from post-industrial dance to electronic body music. X Marks the Pedwalk’s influence in the industrial and electronic music scenes was consider ...
, taken from the album which follows it, ''
Human Desolation''. It was released by
Zoth Ommog
Zoth Ommog Records was a German record label that focused on Industrial music and was owned by parent label Music Research. The company was established by German music producer Andreas Tomalla (aka Talla 2XLC) in 1989 and later handed over to pro ...
in Europe as both an
LP and
CD.
Summary
''The Trap'' is the fifth single by X Marks the Pedwalk, the sixth including the band's earlier name, Scarecrow. "The Trap", like ''Abattoir'', preceded the release of the full-length album from which it was taken, in this case the album was ''Human Desolation''. The preceding single, ''Cenotaph'', was the last appearance by Sevren Ni-Arb's bandmate Regan Eracs, thus to fill the void for the production of ''The Trap'', Sevren Ni-Arb enlisted the help of his brother, who became known as Raive Yarx. Although the lineup had changed, most listeners did not acknowledge a major stylistic shift until much later. In a review of ''The Trap'', ''For Crying Out Loud'' describes the sound as "
ectro while rough in feeling.
''The Trap'' was released by
Zoth Ommog
Zoth Ommog Records was a German record label that focused on Industrial music and was owned by parent label Music Research. The company was established by German music producer Andreas Tomalla (aka Talla 2XLC) in 1989 and later handed over to pro ...
records in Europe. The
12" version, which included only the first three songs, was released under the catalogue number ZOT 25. The
CD version, which included all four songs, was released under the catalogue number ZOT 25 CD. All the tracks, except "The Trap (Second Enclosure)" were released again on the compilation CD ''Four Fit''. ''The Trap'' was also the first X Marks the Pedwalk release to be recorded in Sevren Ni-Arb's T.G.I.F. studios.
Track listing
# "The Trap (First Enclosure)" – 5:09
# "You Are Out" – 3:59
# "The Trap (Second Enclosure)" – 4:59
# "Inside" (On CD version only) – 2:47
Personnel
*Sevren Ni-Arb (André Schmechta)
*Raive Yarx (Thorsten Schmechta)
External links
Entry at official X Marks the Pedwalk websiteEntry
at Discogs.com
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1993 singles
X Marks the Pedwalk songs
1993 songs