''TeknoWhore'' is a studio album by the American
industrial metal
Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Prominent industrial metal acts include Ministry, Nine In ...
band
Bile
Bile (from Latin ''bilis''), or gall, is a dark-green-to-yellowish-brown fluid produced by the liver of most vertebrates that aids the digestion of lipids in the small intestine. In humans, bile is produced continuously by the liver (liver bile ...
, released in 1996.
The album was released on the now defunct Energy Records and had not been reproduced since the company's fold in 2000. After being out of print for three years, Bile decided to re-release the album alongside their out-of-print first release, ''
Suckpump'', as a digipak titled ''
Frankenhole'' in 2003. ''TeknoWhore'' was written and recorded by Krztoff, produced by Krztoff and Slave, mixed by Slave, and engineered by Steve Spaperri and Patrick Gordon.
Critical reception
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The Washington Post
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'' wrote that "the band's world view is as contrived and perverse as its style, which alternates slamming synthbeats with aimless interludes of burbling music and ironic samples from old movies and documentaries."
Track listing
# "Intro" - 2:09
# "Teknowhore" - 2:08
# "Weather Control" - 4:38
# "No One I Call Friend" - 6:28
# "Habitual Sphere" - 4:38
# "Compound Pressure" - 5:14
# "Interstate Hate Song" - 3:35
# "Green Day" - 1:12
# "No I Don't Know" - 2:31
# "Suckers" - 2:18
# "Lowest Form" - 4:54
# "You Can't Love This (Pt. 1)" - 1:00
# "You Can't Love This (Pt. 2)" - 6:08
# "You Can't Love This (Pt. 3)" - 3:21
# "You Can't Love This (Pt. 4)" - 6:26
# "Solitude Is Bliss" - 10:15
Credits
;Bile in the studio:
* Krztoff - ''Lead vocals, guitarz, bass, sitar, drums, distortions, atmospheres, Kawai K-1, samples, porno, programming, Zoom FX, pedals,
Roland W-30
The Roland W-30 is a sampling workstation keyboard, released in 1989. It features an on-board 12-bit sampler, sample-based synthesizer, 16-track sequencer and 61-note keyboard.
Overview
The W-30's "Workstation" title stems from its incorporatio ...
, line input overdrives.''
* Slave - a.k.a David Stagnari - ''Programming, EMS-Synthi, RFB-40 shortwave, Juno-106, Korg Monopoly, Oberheim Matrix 6, samples, loops, treatments.''
* Brett and Archie A.K. did backup vox on "Teknowhore" and "No I Don't Know."
* Omen spewed 'emu omenfuck' backgrounds on "You Can't Love This."
;Bile on the road:
* Krztoff - ''Lead vox, guitarz, programs''
* Brett Pirozzi - ''Vox, bass, guitar''
*
R.H. Bear - ''Keyboards, bass and video''
* Slave - ''Keyboards, EMS Synthi, programs''
* Darrell - Lightning and effects
;No Live freakshow:
*Produced by Slave and Krztoff
*Mixed by Slave
*Recorded in Music Palace, Long Island, N.Y., Summer-Fall 1995
*Engineered by Steve "Potso" Spaperri and Patrick Gordon
*1/2in. tape editor - Slave
*Album arrangement, sequence and interludes by Krztoff and Slave
References
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1996 albums
Bile (band) albums