Nerve Filter is an electronic music act from Seattle, WA ( US); its sole member is

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. Nerve Filter started in 1995, and is considered a side project of Shear's

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although its first label appearance predated A23's.

History

According to Nerve Filter's website, experiencing writer's block after writing

's ''Wires'', Shear decided: :''to do some tracks in a totally different style than he was accustomed to. The result was Nerve Filter. Combining elements of techno, and the then-popular rave sound, Nerve Filter was hard-edged and dark, but also exhibited a sense of humor in spots'' According to Shear, the band's sound is difficult to categorize, with influences "including techno, dub, drum n' bass, IDM, detroit electro,

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, and many others."

Discography

Albums

*''Evasion of Primacy''; 10 tracks (1996?; private release of less than 50) *''Linear'', 23db Records (28 February 2006) # stealth # hey.daddy # option.one # sea.lab # slow.motion.shadow # machine.language # auto.mat # beneath.a.bed.of.wet.leaves # tweaker # sun.rise

Singles

*"MTV Sucks"; repurposes MTV samples *"Back & Forth"; constructed almost entirely of

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samples

Compilation appearances

*''DeathRave 2010'' (1996;

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, SF) :*"Melting"; includes samples of

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(leading The Sugarcubes) :*"Tech 153" ; "hyper-rave" at 153bpm *''Dark Techno 1-9-9'' (1998?;

, SF) :*"Ritalin"; manic, almost drill and bass

Remixes

*"Remembrane" (remix of "Membrane"), Scar Tissue, '' Rebuild'',

(1998) *"Be Broken (Unbreakable mix)", Converter, '' Proven in Action'',

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*"Storm Front (Brazilian Rust mix)", Prospero, '' Spreading the Infection'', Subsession Records

External links

Official site
{{Authority control Electronic music groups from Washington (state) Musical groups from Seattle Musical groups established in 1995 1995 establishments in Washington (state)