Alien Faktor

Alien Faktor began in 1991 as a solo musical project for Tom Muschitz out of Milwaukee.{{cite journal |author= |editor1-last=Waggoner |editor1-first=Andy |title=Alien Faktor |journal=Interface Magazine |date=1996 |volume=3 |issue=2 |page=15 |publisher=Steel Skin Media Group |issn=1081-8065 |url=https://archive.org/details/interface3.2}} In 1994 Muschitz created the record label Decibel which the made its debut with Alien Faktor's Abduction album.{{cite journal|first=Ed |last=Finkler |author-link=Ed Finkler |url=https://sonic-boom.com/interview/alien.faktor.interview.html |title=Interview with Alien Faktor |journal=Sonic Boom |date=June 17, 1997 |volume=5 |issue=6 |access-date=August 12, 2020}} Its compositions were informed by soundtrack and electronic dance music.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000093007|pure_url=yes}}|title=Alien Faktor: Abduction > Review |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=August 12, 2020}} They followed up with a second album in 1995 titled Desolate that received praise for its stylistic variety.{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/alien.faktor-2.html |title=Alien Faktor: Desolate |journal=Sonic Boom |date=January 1996 |volume=4 |access-date=August 12, 2020}} Alien Faktor's third and fourth albums were released in 1996 and titled Final Expenses and Listen! respectively by Decibel.{{cite journal |first=Larry |last=Miles |url=http://lundinoir.com/mag/BMv1_4.pdf |title=Alien Faktor: Final Expenses |journal=Black Monday |date=1996 |issue=4 |pages=3 |access-date=August 12, 2020}}{{cite journal |first=Becky |last=Barnhart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4RA5AQAAIAAJ |title=Schwann Spectrum |journal=Schwann Spectrum |publisher=Stereophile, Incorporated |date=2000 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=44 |isbn=9781575980652 |access-date=August 12, 2020}} Final Expenses contains remixes and several new tracks while Listen consists of four lengthy loosely structured compositions.{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/alien.faktor-3.html |title=Alien Faktor: Final Expenses |journal=Sonic Boom |date=October 1996 |volume=4 |access-date=August 12, 2020}}{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/alien.faktor-4.html |title=Alien Faktor: Listen! |journal=Sonic Boom |date=July 1997 |volume=5 |issue=6 |access-date=August 12, 2020}}

In 1997 Mike Hunsberger joined on guitars and programming to release the band's fifth and final album Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations on Decibel.{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oVDTEZdWha0C |title=RPM Reporters |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=November 10, 1997 |volume=52 |issue=545 |pages=32–40 |access-date=August 12, 2020}}{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Best |url=https://lollipopmagazine.com/1998/04/alien-faktor-arterial-spray-and-cattle-mutilations-review/ |title=Alien Faktor: Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations |journal=Lollipop Magazine |date=April 1, 1998 |access-date=August 12, 2020}}{{cite magazine |first=Andrew |last=Lewandowski |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-644 |title=Alien Faktor: Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations |magazine=Chronicles of Chaos |date=September 17, 1997 |access-date=August 12, 2020}} Keyboardist Lars Hansen from Oneiroid Psychosis participated during live touring. In February of the following year the album peaked at position twenty on CMJ's Dance Top 25.{{cite journal |first=Tim |last=Haslett |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ykEAAAAMBAJ |title=Dance Top 25 |journal=CMJ New Music Monthly |publisher=CMJ Network, Inc. |date=February 1998 |volume=54 |pages=46 |access-date=August 12, 2020}} In 1999 the band covered Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" for the various artists compilation Nod's Tacklebox o' Fun, released by Re-Constriction Records.{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Best |url=https://lollipopmagazine.com/1999/06/nods-tacklebox-o-fun-review/ |title=Various Artists: Nod's Tacklebox o' Fun |journal=Ink 19 |date=August 26, 1999 |access-date=August 12, 2020}}

Studio albums

• Abduction (1994, Decibel)
• Desolate (1995, Decibel)
• Listen! (1996, Decibel)
• Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations (1997, Decibel)

EPs

• Final Expenses (1996, Decibel)

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