Torture Tech Overdrive
Torture Tech Overdrive is a various artists compilation album released in 1991 by If It Moves....[1] In October 1994 the album was reissued for a limited run of 1000 pressings by Cleopatra Records with an extended track listing additional versions of tracks.[2][3][4] The uncredited song is "Back in Black", an cover of the hard rock band AC/DC by Chase's musical outlet Rendering Service. The song "Lupe Velez" by Jimmy Jazz is about the illogicality of attempting to create a "beautiful suicide."[5]
| Torture Tech Overdrive | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Electro-industrial | |||
| Length | 42:25 | |||
| Label | If It Moves... | |||
| Re-Constriction Records V/A chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
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Reception
Sonic Boom gave Torture Tech Overdrive a positive review and said "definitely a compilation to try and find regardless of its limited edition status."[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fight!" | Keith Arem, Jack Boughner | Biohazard PCB | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Character Machine" (Reanimated Edit) | Anthony Floriano, Kenneth Spain, Stephen Synoski | Fixed Image | 4:47 |
| 3. | "CDB" (Gizmo Edit) | R. Orret, Steve Watkins | Scar Tissue | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Countdown to Meltdown '94" (Gate Edit) | Timothy Wiles | Death Method | 4:28 |
| 5. | "Shallow Grave (Date With an Embalmer Mix)" | Chad Bishop, Allan King, Shayde Sartin | STG | 4:21 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Numbing Device" (1991 V. Remix) | Mark Deadrick, Trevor Henthorn | Sweat Engine | 4:26 |
| 2. | "White Noise" | William Hayden, Keith York | Apolitiq; | 4:18 |
| 3. | "So Big (Original Un-Edited Mix)" | Peter Stone | Xorcist | 5:05 |
| 4. | "Back in Black" (AC/DC cover) | Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young | Rendering Service | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Freedom" | Jeremy Daw, Lynda Sterling | Yeht Mae | 4:04 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fight!" | Keith Arem, Jack Boughner | Biohazard PCB | 3:49 |
| 2. | "Numbing Device" | Mark Deadrick, Trevor Henthorn | Sweat Engine | 4:26 |
| 3. | "CDB" (Gizmo Edit) | R. Orret, Steve Watkins | Scar Tissue | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Shallow Grave (Date With an Embalmer Mix)" | Chad Bishop, Allan King, Shayde Sartin | STG | 4:21 |
| 5. | "White Noise" | William Hayden, Keith York | Apolitiq; | 4:18 |
| 6. | "Crock of Shit" | Shonn Bratlien, Barry Dost, Johan Sherriffs, Thomas Patrick Smith | Pain Emission | 2:59 |
| 7. | "Character Machine" | Anthony Floriano, Kenneth Spain, Stephen Synoski | Fixed Image | 4:47 |
| 8. | "Secret Hate" | Michael Gunn, Jeff Tatman | Death Industry | 4:52 |
| 9. | "Manifesto Primitive" | Jeremy Goody | A Release Project | 3:36 |
| 10. | "So Big (Original Un-Edited Mix)" | Peter Stone | Xorcist | 5:05 |
| 11. | "Countdown to Meltdown '94" | Timothy Wiles | Death Method | 4:28 |
| 12. | "Flesh Feeds Soul (Perversion '94)" (Razormaid Mix) | Steven Seibold | Hate Dept. | 4:17 |
| 13. | "Freedom" | Jeremy Daw, Lynda Sterling | Yeht Mae | 4:04 |
| 14. | "Technocality" | Mark Deadrick, Trevor Henthorn | Sweat Engine | 5:01 |
| 15. | "Roundhouse" | Larry Rainwater | Ex-Voto | 4:03 |
| 16. | "Glass" (Clean Mix) | James Basore, John Belew, Marc Phillips, Christian Void | Killing Floor | 4:41 |
| 17. | "Lupe Velez" | Justin Hopkins | Jimmy Jazz | 0:49 |
| 18. | "Back in Black" (AC/DC cover) | Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm Young | Rendering Service | 3:27 |
Personnel
Adapted from the Torture Tech Overdrive liner notes.[6]
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1991 | If It Moves... | LP | IIM-001 |
| 1994 | Cleopatra | CD | CLEO 9499 |
References
- "Various Artists: Torture-Tech Overdrive > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- Christian, Chris (October 1995). "Various Artists: Torture Tech Overdrive". Sonic Boom. 3 (8). Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- Barnhart, Becky (1995). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Stereophile, Incorporated. 7 (1): 209. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Stereophile, Incorporated. Winter 1996-1997: 255. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- Vogel, Michelle (July 10, 2012). Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's "Mexican Spitfire". McFarland & Company. p. 222. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- Torture Tech Overdrive (sleeve). Various artists. San Diego, California: If It Moves... 1991.CS1 maint: others (link)
External links
- Torture Tech Overdrive at Discogs (list of releases)
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