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Paraffin (song)
"Paraffin" is the first single by the trip hop/industrial band Ruby, from their debut album '' Salt Peter''. It was released in the United Kingdom on September 4, 1995, and in the United States on November 7, 1995, by the WORK/Creation record labels. The single would chart in the United Kingdom but not in the U.S. CD single The inside of the single jacket contains the following words: :''"A craving for singularity... I can speak so softly because I hold so much power LISTEN FEEL SMELL There's so much more power in subtlety" The phrase "I can speak so softly because I hold so much power" is the last lyric from the song "Heidi" on Ruby's first album ''Salt Peter.'' It also has three small pictures around the words, two of which would be the cover art for the follow-up singles " Tiny Meat" and "Hoops." Track listing # "Paraffin" # "Paraffin" # "Paraffin" # "Paraffin" # "Heidi" :''total length:'' (24:08) Production and personnel The CD single was produced and written by Mark Wa ...
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Ruby (British Band)
Ruby is a Scottish electronic music act that was formed as a collaboration between singer Lesley Rankine and multi-instrumentalist Mark Walk in 1994, and is now positioned as a solo vehicle for Rankine. Ruby's sound includes electronic, trip hop, noise, industrial, and jazz, among others. Rankine and Walk named the group Ruby after learning that this was the name of both their maternal grandmothers. History Scottish singer Lesley Rankine (born April 11, 1965) began her music career as frontwoman for the London garage-psych band The Grizzelders, recording one cassette-only release called ''Making It Real Gear''. She then formed the noise band Silverfish, leaving the group after the release of their 1993 LP ''Organ Fan'' and then departing for Seattle. She also appeared on the Toronto-based Monster Voodoo Machine's ''Suffersystem'' album recorded in 1994 at Chicago Trax; this album won a Juno Award. Rankine had previously worked with producer/multi-instrumentalist Mark Walk ...
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Trip Hop
Trip hop (sometimes used synonymously with "downtempo") is a musical genre that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, especially Bristol. It has been described as a psychedelic music, psychedelic fusion of hip hop music, hip hop and electronica with slow tempos and an atmospheric sound, often incorporating elements of jazz, soul music, soul, funk, reggae, dub music, dub, Contemporary R&B, R&B, and other forms of electronic dance music, electronic music, as well as sample (music), sampling from movie soundtracks and other eclectic sources. The style emerged as a more experimental music, experimental variant of breakbeat from the Bristol sound scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s, incorporating influences from jazz, soul, funk, dub, and hip hop music, rap music. It was pioneered by acts like Massive Attack, Tricky (musician), Tricky, and Portishead (band), Portishead. The term was first coined in a 1994 ''Mixmag'' piece about American producer DJ Shadow. Trip ho ...
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Music Video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of Music Recording, music recordings. Although the origins of music videos date back to musical short, musical short films that first appeared, they again came into prominence when Paramount Global's MTV based its format around the medium. These kinds of videos were described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip" or simply "video". Music videos use a wide range of styles and contemporary video-making techniques, including animation, live action, live-action, documentary film, documentary, and non-narrative approaches such as Non-narrative film, abstract fi ...
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ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ...
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Richard Fearless
Richard Maguire, known professionally as Richard Fearless, is a British musician. He is the founder of the bands Death in Vegas and Black Acid. In 2004, Death in Vegas created Drone Records for '' Satan's Circus'' in the UK. After having moved to New York City he returned to record at his London studio. In 2016, Fearless released ''Transmission'' under his Drone Records label. "Consequences of Love"—a coproduction with Sasha Grey Marina Ann Hantzis (born March 14, 1988), known professionally as Sasha Grey, is an American actress, model, writer, musician, and former pornographic actress. Grey began her acting career in the pornographic film industry, winning 15 awards for ...—was remixed by Chris & Cosey and Michael Mayer; in 2018 it was used in '' Mission: Impossible – Fallout''. References External links * Last.fm page Living people English electronic musicians English rock musicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-musician-s ...
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Hoops (Ruby Song)
Ruby is a Scottish electronic music act that was formed as a collaboration between singer Lesley Rankine and multi-instrumentalist Mark Walk in 1994, and is now positioned as a solo vehicle for Rankine. Ruby's sound includes electronic, trip hop, noise, industrial, and jazz, among others. Rankine and Walk named the group Ruby after learning that this was the name of both their maternal grandmothers. History Scottish singer Lesley Rankine (born April 11, 1965) began her music career as frontwoman for the London garage-psych band The Grizzelders, recording one cassette-only release called ''Making It Real Gear''. She then formed the noise band Silverfish, leaving the group after the release of their 1993 LP ''Organ Fan'' and then departing for Seattle. She also appeared on the Toronto-based Monster Voodoo Machine's ''Suffersystem'' album recorded in 1994 at Chicago Trax; this album won a Juno Award. Rankine had previously worked with producer/multi-instrumentalist Mark Walk on ...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ...
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Ruby Discography
This is a discography for the band Ruby. Studio albums ''Salt Peter'' * released November 1, 1995; produced by Mark Walk, Lesley Rankine * released on WORK/Creation labels * recorded at Mommy's Cunt, Butler, Soundhouse Studios, Seattle, WA, USA - June '94 to Jan '95 The original version of "Carondelet" was titled "Chikasaw" and appeared on the 1994 Pigface album ''Notes from Thee Underground''. ''Short-Staffed at the Gene Pool'' * released April 24, 2001; produced by Walk, Rankine * released on Thirsty Ear/Wichita labels ''Revert to Type'' (EP) *released July 9, 2013 ''Waiting for Light'' * released August 1, 2014; produced by Scott Firth, Lesley Rankine ''Type-Cast'' (EP) * released November 2016 Remix albums ''Revenge, The Sweetest Fruit: Salt Peter Remixed'' * released April 8, 1996 (US only); produced by Walk, Rankine * released on Creation/WORK labels * recorded at Mommy's Cunt, Butler, Soundhouse Studios, Seattle, WA, USA - June '94 to Jan '95 ''Strokin ...
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Tiny Meat
"Tiny Meat" is the second single from the debut album '' Salt Peter'' by the trip hop/Industrial band Ruby. It is the band's best known song, and was released in 1995 in the United States by the WORK/Creation labels. "Tiny Meat" is the only single from ''Ruby'' that has charted in the U.S., reaching #22 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks in the spring of 1996. The single also charted in the United Kingdom, reaching #96. Track listing The CD single came in two parts, each with three tracks on them: * ''part one'' # "Tiny Meat" # "Tiny Meat" # "Heidi" :''total length:'' (16:57) * ''part two'' # "Tiny Meat" # "Tiny Meat" # "Scunner" :''total length:'' (14:54) Chart performance Singles Production & personnel :''part one:'' track one Produced by Mark Walk & Lesley Rankine, and mixed by Walk. track two Produced by Walk & Rankine. Remixed by Danny Saber, engineering & livestock mutilation by John X. track three Produced by Walk & Rankine. Remix produced by The Scream Te ...
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ...
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Mark Walk
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial music group formed in Vancouver in 1982. The group is among the founders of the industrial rock and electro-industrial genres. Initially envisioned as an experimental side-project by cEvin Key (Kevin Crompton) while he was in the new wave band Images in Vogue, Skinny Puppy evolved into a full-time project with the addition of vocalist Nivek Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie). Over the course of 13 studio albums and many live tours, Key and Ogre have been the only constant members. Other members have included Dwayne Goettel (1986–1995, also died in 1995), Dave "Rave" Ogilvie (long-time associate and producer from 1984–1996, and an official member from 1987–1988; not a relative of Kevin Ogilvie), Bill Leeb (1984–1986, under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder), Mark Walk (2003–present), and a number of guests, including Al Jourgensen (1989), Danny Carey (2004), and many others. After the self-release of their first cassette demo in 1984, Skinny Puppy ...
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Lesley Rankine
Ruby is a Scottish electronic music act that was formed as a collaboration between singer Lesley Rankine and multi-instrumentalist Mark Walk in 1994, and is now positioned as a solo vehicle for Rankine. Ruby's sound includes electronic, trip hop, noise, industrial, and jazz, among others. Rankine and Walk named the group Ruby after learning that this was the name of both their maternal grandmothers. History Scottish singer Lesley Rankine (born April 11, 1965) began her music career as frontwoman for the London garage-psych band The Grizzelders, recording one cassette-only release called ''Making It Real Gear''. She then formed the noise band Silverfish, leaving the group after the release of their 1993 LP ''Organ Fan'' and then departing for Seattle. She also appeared on the Toronto-based Monster Voodoo Machine's ''Suffersystem'' album recorded in 1994 at Chicago Trax; this album won a Juno Award. Rankine had previously worked with producer/multi-instrumentalist Mark Walk on ...
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