Alien Faktor were an American electro-industrial group based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Created as a solo musical project by multi-instrumentalist Tom Muschitz, Alien Faktor was influenced by

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, soundtrack and

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. The band released four studio albums for

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: '' Abduction'' (1994), '' Desolate'' (1995), '' Listen!'' (1996) and '' Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations'' (1997).

History

Alien Faktor began in 1991 as a solo musical project for Tom Muschitz out of Milwaukee. In 1994 Muschitz created the record label

which the made its debut with Alien Faktor's '' Abduction'' album. Its compositions were informed by soundtrack and electronic dance music. They followed up with a second album in 1995 titled '' Desolate'' that received praise for its stylistic variety. Alien Faktor's third and fourth albums were released in 1996 and titled '' Final Expenses'' and '' Listen!'' respectively by Decibel. ''Final Expenses'' contains remixes and several new tracks while ''Listen'' consists of four lengthy loosely structured compositions. In 1997 Mike Hunsberger joined on guitars and programming to release the band's fifth and final album '' Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations'' on Decibel. Keyboardist Lars Hansen from

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participated during live touring. In February of the following year the album peaked at position twenty on ''CMJs Dance Top 25. In 1999 the band covered Alanis Morissette's " You Oughta Know" for the various artists compilation ''

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'', released by Re-Constriction Records.

Discography

Studio albums * '' Abduction'' (1994,

) * '' Desolate'' (1995, Decibel) * '' Listen!'' (1996, Decibel) * '' Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations'' (1997, Decibel) EPs * '' Final Expenses'' (1996, Decibel)

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