D!v!s!on No. 9
{{Short description|Canadian electronic music project}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin = New Brunswick, Canada
| genre = Electronic
| years_active = 1996–1997
| label = {{hlist|Full Contact|Tinman}}
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| past_members = Mick Hale
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D!v!s!on #9 (or Division #9) was the name of an electronic music project founded by composer Mick Hale and based in New Brunswick. Hale debuted with the studio album 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 New Brunswick-based composer Mick Hale. Later that year D!v!s!on #9 released The True Creator on Full Contact Records.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000184779|pure_url=yes}}|title=Division No. 9: True Creator > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 19, 2020}}{{cite web|title=Division #9 - The True Creator (CD, Fifth Colvmn, Electronic) |url=https://babysue.com/music-oct-revs.html#Division |publisher=babysue |date=December 1996 |access-date=August 19, 2020}} Hale drew from his electro music influences such as Aphex Twin, Cabaret Voltaire, Clock DVA and Lassique Bendhaus and to shape his ambient, jungle and trance compositions.{{cite magazine|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archD.html#DIVISION |title=D!v!s!on #9: The True Creator |magazine=Aiding & Abetting |date=August 19, 1996 |issue=116 |access-date=August 19, 2020}}{{cite magazine|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/division.9-1.html |title=Division #9: The True Creator |magazine=Sonic Boom |date=September 1996 |volume=4 |issue=8 |access-date=August 19, 2020}} The band released "Dub Altar"{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000920109|pure_url=yes}}|title=Various Artists: Echo > Overview |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 19, 2020}} on the 1996 Full Contact Records various artists compilation Echo.{{cite magazine|first=Jon |last=Worley |url=http://www.aidabet.com/archives/archV.html#ECHO |title=Various Artists: Echo |magazine=Aiding & Abetting |date=November 4, 1996 |issue=122 |access-date=August 19, 2020}}{{cite magazine|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=http://www.sonic-boom.com/review/echo.html |title=Various Artists: Echo |magazine=Sonic Boom |date=December 1996 |volume=4 |issue=11 |access-date=August 19, 2020}} After the bankruptcy of Fifth Colvmn Records, 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.{{cite magazine|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/division.9-2.html |title=D!v!s!on #9: Dub'n'Bass Omen II |magazine=Sonic Boom |date=December 1, 1998 |access-date=August 19, 2020}} The track "Omen II" was released on the various artists compilation Empire One, also released by Tinman.{{cite AV media notes |title=Empire One |title-link=Empire One |others=D!v!s!on#9 |year=1998 |type=booklet |publisher=Tinman |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey}}
Discography
Studio albums
- The True Creator (1996, Full Contact){{cite AV media notes |title=Reinvention Operation |title-link=Reinvention Operation |others=D!v!s!on #9 |year=1996 |type=booklet |publisher=Full Contact Records |location=Washington, D.C.}}
- Dub N Bass: Omen II (1997, Tinman){{cite AV media notes |title=Dub N Bass: Omen II |title-link=Dub N Bass: Omen II |others=D!v!s!on #9 |year=1997 |type=booklet |publisher=Tinman |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey}}
References
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Category:Musical groups established in 1996
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1997
Category:1996 establishments in New Brunswick
Category:Canadian drum and bass musicians
Category:Canadian electro musicians
Category:Canadian industrial musicians