Darker/Cut

Darker/Cut
Darker/Cut
Compilation album by C-Tec
Released	5 September 2018
Recorded	1997 – April 1999
Studio	Spike Studios; (London, United Kingdom)
Genre	EBM
Length	111:54
Label	Armalyte Industries
Producer	Marc Heal; Doug Martin;
C-Tec chronology

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

Reception

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

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

Disc one: *Darker*
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Random"	Jean-Luc de Meyer Marc Heal	4:54
2.	"Flowing"	Rhys Fulber de Meyer Heal	8:42
3.	"Foetal"	de Meyer Heal	5:46
4.	"Silent Voices"	de Meyer Ged Denton	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"	Heal	4:02

Disc two: *Cut*
No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Brutal"	Jean-Luc de Meyer Marc Heal	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"	de Meyer Ged Denton	4:54
7.	"Cut... Lacerate"	de Meyer Heal Martin	8:04
8.	"Nightbreed"	Julian Beeston de Meyer Heal Martin	4:03
9.	"Chosen"	de Meyer Heal Martin	6:13
10.	"She Left" (French Version)	Heal	4:24
11.	"Until We Disappear"	Heal	5:48

Personnel

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

Phil Barry – sampler (1.1–1.10)
Julian Beeston – drums and additional synthesizer (2.1–2.10)
David Bianchi – guitar (2.1–2.10)
Rhys Fulber – sampler and additional production (1.1–1.10)
Björn Jünemann – sampler (1.1–1.10)
Doug Martin – synthesizer, additional guitar and engineering (2.1–2.10)
Daniel Myer – sampler (1.1–1.10)
Dejan Samardzic – sampler (1.1–1.10)

Production and design

Jim Marcus – cover art, design
Jules Seifert – remastering

Release history

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

References

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

External links

Darker/Cut at Discogs (list of releases)
Darker/Cut at Bandcamp

[allmusic-1] "Cyber-Tec: Darker/Cut > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[allmusicbio-2] Ditzel, Eleanor. "Cyber-Tec > Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[fluxwebzine-3] Pappalardo, Davide (October 3, 2018). "C-Tec: Darker/Cut". Flux. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[regen-4] Leach, Douglas (October 5, 2018). "C-Tec: Darker/Cut". ReGen. Retrieved 8 September 2020.

[linearnotes-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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