Darker/Cut is a compilation album by C-Tec, released on 5 September 2018 by Armalyte Industries.[1][2]

Darker/Cut
Compilation album by
Released5 September 2018 (2018-09-05)
Recorded1997 (1997) – April 1999 (1999-04)
StudioSpike Studios
(London, United Kingdom)
GenreEBM
Length111:54
LabelArmalyte Industries
Producer
C-Tec chronology
Cut
(2000)
Darker/Cut
(2018)

Reception

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Flux awarded Darker/Cut a nine out of ten and said "every track has a story and a meaning, and we have no fillers or dull moments" and that the album represents "an important page in the history of electronic music, showing different facets and graced by great artists."[3] Regen said Darker "has De Meyer's vocals, which are a hallmark of '80s era industrial, as well as Heal's own chainsaw of a voice, and blasts of heavily processed guitars" and "felt more experimental than the next album, Cut, which seems to shift musical styles more, as well as a greater employment of empty space throughout the album."[4]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Jean-Luc de Meyer, except "Epitaph" written by Dorothy Parker

Disc one: Darker
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Random"4:54
2."Flowing"
8:42
3."Foetal"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
5:46
4."Silent Voices"
3:40
5."Being Nothing"
  • de Meyer
  • Denton
  • Heal
5:10
6."The Lost"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
5:07
7."Stateless"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
5:11
8."Shift IV"
  • de Meyer
  • Denton
  • Heal
3:55
9."Epitaph"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
6:25
10."My Unbreakable Code"Heal4:02
Disc two: Cut
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Brutal"5:10
2."I Die Tomorrow"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
5:14
3."Gesellschaft"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
  • Doug Martin
5:55
4."She Left"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
4:25
5."Stormtrigger"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
  • Martin
4:52
6."Fighter"
4:54
7."Cut... Lacerate"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
  • Martin
8:04
8."Nightbreed"
4:03
9."Chosen"
  • de Meyer
  • Heal
  • Martin
6:13
10."She Left" (French Version)Heal4:24
11."Until We Disappear"Heal5:48

Personnel

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Adapted from the Darker/Cut liner notes.[5]

Cyber-Tec Project

  • Jean-Luc de Meyer – vocals
  • Ged Denton – keyboards (1.1–1.10), synthesizer (2.1–2.10)
  • Marc Heal – additional vocals, production, keyboards (1.1–1.10), synthesizer (2.1–2.10)

'Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 2018 Armalyte Industries CD ARM 051

References

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  1. ^ "Cyber-Tec: Darker/Cut > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  2. ^ Ditzel, Eleanor. "Cyber-Tec > Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ Pappalardo, Davide (October 3, 2018). "C-Tec: Darker/Cut". Flux. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ Leach, Douglas (October 5, 2018). "C-Tec: Darker/Cut". ReGen. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  5. ^ Darker/Cut (booklet). C-Tec. Mitcham, Surrey: Armalyte Industries. 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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