Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai

Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai is a collaborative remix album by Mentallo & The Fixer and Mainesthai, released in 1994 by Zoth Ommog Records.[1][2][3]

Mentallo & The Fixer
Meets Mainesthai
Remix album by
Released1994 (1994)
StudioThe Slum (Austin, Texas)
GenreElectro-industrial
Length56:02
LabelZoth Ommog
Producer
Mentallo & The Fixer chronology
Where Angels Fear to Tread
(1994)
Meets Mainesthai
(1994)
Continuum
(1995)
Mainesthai chronology
Out to Lunch
(1994)
Meets Mainesthai
(1994)
A Collection of Rare, Unreleased & Remastered
(2012)
Alternative cover
1998 remaster cover
1998 remaster cover

Music

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The band originally sent the recording sessions that comprised Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai to Zoth Ommog as a work in progress and the album was released early before it could meet the band's approval. On June 23, 1998, the album was re-released by Metropolis Records in remastered form with an alternate track listing that replaces several of the songs on the original issue.[4][5][6]

Reception

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In their review of Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai, Ink 19 commended the remixes for improving the originals and commented that the album would be a good introduction to Mentallo & The Fixer for new listeners.[7] Sonic Boom gave the album a positive review and noting the standouts as being the "Basket Case remix of 'Wartime' with its brutal cadence and the Tribulation mix of 'Power Struggle' with all of its Demon Seed samples."[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rapid Suffocation" (Lesionary Mix)6:21
2."Black Illusion" (Immaculate)
  • Dassing
  • Dassing
5:15
3."Grim Reality" (Malnourished)
  • Dassing
  • Dassing
7:43
4."Battered States of Euphoria" (Acoustical)
  • Dassing
  • Dassing
3:19
5."Wartime" (Basket Case)
4:58
6."Spectral" (Angel of Death Mix)
  • Dassing
  • Dassing
  • Greene
4:20
7."Powerstruggle" (Tribulation)
  • Dassing
  • Dassing
2:47
8."Therapy" (Molestation Mix)
  • Dassing
  • Dassing
  • Greene
6:17
9."Exit" (Lesionary Mix)
  • Dassing
  • Dassing
  • Greene
9:26
22."Silence" 1:09
23."Silence" 3:27
Notes
  • Tracks 10–21 consist of five seconds of silence each.
1998 remaster track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rapid Suffocation" (Lesionary Mix)Gary Dassing6:22
2."Decomposed" (Grimpen Ward)Gary Dassing4:29
3."Bleek Seclusion" (Immaculation)Dwayne Dassing5:16
4."Sacrilege" (Angel of Death Mix)
  • Dwayne Dassing
  • Gary Dassing
7:12
5."Grim Reality" (Malnourished)Dwayne Dassing7:46
6."Battered States of Euphoria" (Acoustical)Gary Dassing3:20
7."Wartime" (The Basket Case Mix)
5:00
8."Spectral" (Angel of Death Mix)Dwayne Dassing4:21
9."Powerstruggle" (Tribulation)Dwayne Dassing2:48
10."Therapy" (session)Dwayne Dassing1:08
11."Therapy" (Molestation Mix)Michael Greene15:46
12."Y" (Mama's Crazy Kitchen Mix)
  • Dwayne Dassing
  • Gary Dassing
  • Michael Greene
7:02
13."Exit" (Stage Left)
  • Dwayne Dassing
  • Gary Dassing
  • Michael Greene
5:13

Personnel

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Adapted from the Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai liner notes.[8]

Musicians

Production and design

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
Germany 1994 Zoth Ommog CD ZOT 119
United States 1998 Metropolis MET 088

References

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  1. ^ "Mentallo & the Fixer: Meets Mainesthai Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Bush, John. "Mentallo & the Fixer Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Zlaya Zgombic, Zlatko (August 28, 2017). "Mentallo and The Fixer – Rearranging Molecules: Interview With Gary Dassing of Mentallo and The Fixer". Wire Trap. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Alexander, Kim Ann (June 30, 1997). "An Evening With Mentallo & Fixer". Last Sigh Magazine. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Christian, Chris (December 1, 1996). "Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai: s/t". Sonic Boom. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  6. ^ Barnhart, Becky (1999). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. 9 (2). Stereophile, Incorporated: 173. ISBN 9781575980782. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  7. ^ West, Drew (November 25, 1998). "Mentallo and the Fixer: Mentallo and the Fixer Meets Mainesthai". Ink 19. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  8. ^ Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai (booklet). Mentallo & The Fixer. Hesse, Germany: Zoth Ommog Records. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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