''Cyber-Tec'' is the debut EP of

C-Tec C-Tec (or The Cyber-Tec Project) was an EBM band originally formed as a side project in 1995 by Jean-Luc De Meyer (of Front 242), Jonathan Sharp (of New Mind), and Ged Denton (of Crisis n.T.i.). The name was taken from Cyber-Tec Records, who ...

, released on August 1, 1995 by

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. The release peaked at #7 on the CMJ RPM Chart in the U.S..

Reception

Larry Dean Miles of ''Black Monday'' recommended ''Cyber-Tec'' to

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listeners interested in

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but noted "all the songs sound alike, it gets very repetitive." Sonic Boom said "I think that while there are only really four distinct songs on this EP, they all do an excellent job of providing the listener with a wide inflection of vocals from slower lyrical style used in 'Human' to the more traditional EBM speed employed on "Cauterize"."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Cyber-Tec'' liner notes. Cyber-Tec Project *

Ged Denton Crisis n.T.i. was the music project of United Kingdom-based composer Ged Denton, known for his work in The Cyber-Tec Project. Under the moniker Denton released the album '' The Alien Conspiracy'' for Fifth Colvmn Records in 1995. History Crisi ...

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Jean-Luc De Meyer Jean-Luc De Meyer (born 1957 in Brussels) is a vocalist and lyricist who is best known as the lead vocalist of the Belgian EBM group Front 242. He started singing in the experimental group "Under Viewer" with Patrick Codenys. Both joined Front ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, instruments *

Jonathan Sharp Jonathan Peter Sharp (20 February 1964 – 29 May 2009), better known by the pseudonym Jonny Dollar, was an English record producer and songwriter. Jonathan was born in Westminster, London and his father was the Australian film director, ...

– instruments Production and design * Keith Banks – mastering *

Zalman Fishman Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, DC. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure. ...

– executive-production * Bruno Marcandella –

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* Paul Michael Green –

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Release history

References

External links

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1995 debut EPs C-Tec albums Fifth Colvmn Records EPs Synthetic Symphony EPs