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industrial rock
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collective fronted by Sean Payne that formed in 2002 and released its first full-length album in 2005. Cyanotic is known for its genre-blending work, which fuses traditional industrial beats and vocals with
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, sampling and heavy metal to create a hard, aggressive sound. The band's lyrics contain many tongue-in-cheek references to
transhumanism
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Biography
Cyanotic is an electronic - industrial band from
Chicago
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Illinois
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. Fronted by Sean Payne, this project has appeared throughout North America and The United Kingdom live with the likes of
Skinny Puppy
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Front Line Assembly
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The Dillinger Escape Plan
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Meat Beat Manifesto
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Chemlab
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Andrew W.K.
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Rabbit Junk
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DJ? Acucrack
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. A 2-disc deluxe edition, ''Transhuman 2.0'', and the "Hail the Glitch 2k6" summer tour followed soon after. The double album features the original ''Transhuman'', digitally remastered by Chris Cozort of iammynewt, as well a second disc featuring new songs, alternate mixes, bonus tracks and guest appearances from members of
Front Line Assembly
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DJ? Acucrack
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Rabbit Junk
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and BitRiot Records in association with
The band's second full-length album, ''The Medication Generation'' saw release in summer 2010. Musically, the band continued to mature, and the partnership for co-producing with Acumen Nation's Jamie Duffy saw the band's song-writing and production improve. Since the release of ''The Medication Generation'', Cyanotic has toured the United States multiple times in support of the release.
Cyanotic had done remixes and production work for several artists, including
Chemlab
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Pigface
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Author & Punisher
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. Sean Payne stayed active in producing Cyanotic, doing production work for others and maintaining multiple collaborations. Robohop saw Cyanotic and members of The Glitch Mode Squad collaborating with Chicago drill / hip hop artists to create a rough, glitchy and gritty industrial - hip hop release. "Prime Directives, 1-4" was met with positive reception, both within the Chicago hip-hop community and industrial scene.
"Worst Case Scenario”, released September 9, 2014 was the band’s final release with guitarist, Chris H, as well as co-producer Jamie Duffy following his death in July 2012. The band continued to rotate a live and studio secondary role during this time. Cyanotic performed live at The Cold Waves music festival in 2012, in honor of Jamie Duffy and has since reappeared twice (2014, 2017). Worst Case Scenario, vol. 1 was met with positive reviews for its continued path through various industrial influences.
In 2016, Cyanotic and guitarist Chris H separated, but a live act of Jordan Davis (
Relic
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) on synthesizers, Dan Dickerscheid (Relic) on drums and Kevin Barron transitioning from live and studio synthesizer player to bass continued to perform live without guitars. The band completed a North American tour with iVardensphere, and performances with
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) as a four piece. This heavily influenced the fourth studio album, ''Tech Noir''. Audiences found immediate differences in ''Tech Noir'' for its almost complete lack of guitars, but the album received critical praise for its ability to communicate aggression without requiring guitars to do so. ''Tech Noir'' was re-released in 2018 with seven new tracks as ''T2''.
In 2019, Sean Payne was joined in-studio and on stage by Glitch Mode Recordings label mates CONFORMCO drummer Jesse Hunt and Nuclear*Sun's Tal Kliger on guitar and synths.
On May 12, 2022, Drew Rosander passed away from an apparent suicide by overdose. He was 37.
*Drew Rosander – guitars, synths (2002 – 2010)
*Chris Hryniewiecki – guitars (2005 – 2015)
*Jordan Davis – live electronics, vocals (2012 – present)
*Paul Wood – live drums (2012 – present)
*Dan Dickerscheid - live drums (2016 - present)
*Brian Blake – bass (2002–2007)
*Jairus Khan – add't programming (2005–2007)
*Tom Hutchinson – live synths (2005–2007)
*G. Benjamin Ensor – bass (2010)
*Michael Wert – live drums (2011)
*Benn 'tranQ' Guy – synths & percussion (2011)
*Phil DiSiena – add't synths & programming (2008–2011)
*Ondrea Clarkson – live synths (2008)
*Armando Terrazas - add't programming (2013)
*Brandon Philipson - guitars (2013)
*ToneZone Beatz - add't programming (2013)
*Jason Prost – live drums / production
*Anthony Smith – live synth
*Eris – live drums
*Kevin Barron - live bass, production/programming
*Tal Kliger - guitars/live guitars/live synths (2019)
Discography
Albums
*2005 ''
Transhuman
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WTII Records
WTII Records is an independent record label created in 2001 by former Wax Trax! Records employee Bart Pfanenstiel, and David Schock.
History
WTII established
The concept behind WTII started in 1999 while Bart Pfanenstiel was employed at Wa ...
WTII Records
WTII Records is an independent record label created in 2001 by former Wax Trax! Records employee Bart Pfanenstiel, and David Schock.
History
WTII established
The concept behind WTII started in 1999 while Bart Pfanenstiel was employed at Wa ...
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* PTI, a musical group on the WTII Records label
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- Sleepless (Cyanotic Driveby Remix)''
*2005 ''The Aggression - Revisionist History - One Million Nights (Glitch Mode Remix)''
*2005 ''Various Artists - Darksonus Vol. 1''
*2005 ''Various Artists - Modern Destruction''
*2006 ''
Chemlab
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- Rock Whore vs. Dance Floor - Atomic Automatic (Our Glitch Mode Squad is Dangerous Mix)''
*2006 '' 16 Volt - Various Artists - Hordes of The Elite (Glitch Bitch v1.0 Mix)''
*2006 ''Various Artists - Escape From Earth (Das Bomb Props Mix)''
*2007 '' Project 44 - Coup De'Tat - The System Reworked (Glitch Mode Soulja Mix)''
*2007 ''
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*2007 ''Various Artists - Songs from the Hydrogen Bar : A Tribute to
Chemlab
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*2007 ''
Caustic
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** Potassium hydroxide, sometimes called ''caustic potash''
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vs Justin Matthew Mooney (Glitch Mode's Tape-age Rape-age Mix)''
*2007 '' See Colin Slash - Fish in a Bag Retrospective (Goth Topic Mix)''
*2007 '' Acumen Nation - Psycho the Rapist (additional programming on "Holy Terror")''
*2008 '' UCNX - Absolute Zero (O.O remix)''
*2008 '' Circus Of Dead Squirrels - TPCM2 Judgement Day Remixing The Masscare - Utopia Burning (Cyanotic Celebu-Twat Mix)''
*2008 ''Cyanotic Presents - Gears Gone Wild [remixes for 16 Volt,
Rabbit Junk
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Caustic most commonly refers to:
* Causticity, a property of various corrosive substances
** Sodium hydroxide, sometimes called ''caustic soda''
** Potassium hydroxide, sometimes called ''caustic potash''
** Calcium oxide, sometimes called ''caus ...
- This Is Jizzcore - Agent Of Chaos (Cyanotic Mix)''
*2009 '' lammynewt - LOUsid (Cyanotic Remix)''
*2009 '' Ad-ver-sary - Ancients (Cyanotic Remix)''
*2009 ''
The Gothsicles
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- Sega Lugosi's Dead'' ''(I Thought The CD Player Was Skipping... But It Was Just a Cyanotic Song)''
*2009 '' 16 Volt - American Porn Songs (additional programming on numerous tracks)''
*2009 ''
Left Spine Down
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The group formed in Vancouver in 2001 with Matt Girvan, Frank ...
The Shizit
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(additional programming on numerous tracks)''
*2009 '' Slave Unit - Certificate Of Participation - Mold (Head-Fed Mix By Cyanotic)''
*2010 '' 16 Volt - American Porn Songs Remixed (Hate Hegel Mix)''
*2010 '' am.psych - Reload (Ammo Depletion Mix By Cyanotic)''
*2011 '' Common Man Down - Self Addiction (Cyanotic Mix)''
*2013 ''Cold Waves II Sampler: Acumen vs. Cyanotic - Stages Of Grief''
*2013 '' Glitch Mode Presents: Merry Glitchmas''
*2014 ''
Front Line Assembly
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- Heartquake (Cyanotic Remix)''
*2014 '' Ion Plasma Incineration - Outer Reality Engine - Skies Of Retribution (Cyanotic Remix)''
*2014 ''CRL Studios Presents: The Fourth Wavelength - Disconnect Me litch.Mode.Edit'
*2015 ''Worst Case Scenario: Cause + Effect - (
Textbeak
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*2019 '' Nuclear*Sun - The Cleansing (redux) - Second Skin (Cyanotic mix) & The Cleansing (Glitch Mode Breaks mix)''