''Music from the Eather'' is the ninth

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Mentallo & The Fixer Mentallo and the Fixer (sometimes written as Mentallo & the Fixer) is the project name used by Texan electro-industrial musicians Gary Dassing (Mentallo) and Dwayne Dassing (The Fixer) from 1988 to 1999, and by Gary Dassing alone from 1999 to ...

, released on October 26, 2012 by

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. The album was released as a two CD standard version and a limited edition box set containing an additional third CD, a sticker, a postcard and a poster.

Background

The album keeps "the theme developed on the last conceptual Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst album, dealing with higher or altered states of consciousness-experiences Gary Dassing has personally gone through." "I just wanted to work on music that would stimulate my ears. I wanted to do things that would trip me out!", explains Dassing. The warning on the album cover ''Be cautious using this substance'' refers to this theme. ''Music from the Eather'' completely avoids vocals. However, voice and other samples are frequently used. Several tracks are remixes or appear to be reworks of songs of the same album and of ''Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst''. The track ''Opening the Bandwidth for the Cosmic Signal'' was first released as a reworked version on the EP Commandments for the Molecular Age.

Critical reception

Critics noted the experimental nature of ''Music from the Eather''. Music magazine I Die: You Die wrote, "With ''Music From The Eather'' Dassing has, in a way, progressed into crafting the industrial equivalent of fusion jazz." The album's "complexity has reached an untouchable degree of perfection", wrote music magazine Side Line. Amy Nekrotique of Brutal Resonance described ''Music from the Eather'' as "absolutely exhausting to listen to". "You really have to be a fan of Mentallo And The Fixer to fully enjoy this album", concludes Side Line.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Arrange the Molecule'' liner notes. Mentallo & The Fixer * Gary Dassing (as Mentallo) – programming,

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, producer Production and design * Gary Dassing (as Mentallo) – musical assistance * Oliver Haecker –

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Release history

References

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