D!v!s!on #9 (or Division #9) was the name of an

electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

project founded by composer Mick Hale and based in

New Brunswick New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fundy to the southeast, and the U.S. state of Maine to ...

. Hale debuted with the

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

'' The True Creator'' in 1996 followed with '' Dub N Bass: Omen II'' in 1997.

History

D!v!s!on #9 was created in 1996 by

-based composer Mick Hale. Later that year D!v!s!on #9 released '' The True Creator'' on

Full Contact Records Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure ...

. Hale drew from his

electro music Electro (also known as electro-funk, and sometimes referred to as electro-pop)
Gl ...

influences such as

Aphex Twin Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), known professionally as Aphex Twin, is a British musician, composer and DJ active in electronic music since 1988. His idiosyncratic work has drawn on many styles, including techno, ambient music, ambi ...

, Cabaret Voltaire,

Clock DVA Clock DVA are a musical group from Sheffield, England, whose style has touched on industrial music, industrial, post-punk, and Electronic body music, EBM. They formed in 1978 by Adi Newton (born Gary Coates) and Steven "Judd" Turner. Along with ...

and Lassique Bendhaus and to shape his

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and

trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

compositions. The band released " Dub Altar" on the 1996

various artists compilation ''

Echo In audio signal processing and acoustics, an echo is a reflection of sound that arrives at the listener with a delay after the direct sound. The delay is directly proportional to the distance of the reflecting surface from the source and the lis ...

''. After the bankruptcy of

Fifth Colvmn Records Fifth Colvmn Records was a record label based in Washington, D.C. The label was founded in 1990 by Zalman Fishman, owner of the nightclub FIFTH COLVMN, located in Washington D.C. The label's first release was Chemlab's debut EP Ten Ton Pressure ...

, Mick Hale decided to release the second album, titled '' Dub N Bass: Omen II'', on Tinman. The compositions featured a more prominent use of vocal samples, keyboard driven atmosphere and sound layering compared to his debut effort. The track " Omen II" was released on the various artists compilation '' Empire One'', also released by Tinman.

Discography

Studio albums *'' The True Creator'' (1996, Full Contact) *'' Dub N Bass: Omen II'' (1997, Tinman)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:D!v!s!on #9 Musical groups established in 1996 Musical groups disestablished in 1997 1996 establishments in New Brunswick Canadian drum and bass musicians Canadian electro musicians Canadian industrial musicians Canadian trance musicians Full Contact Records artists