Tenebrae Vision
{{Infobox album
| name = Tenebrae Vision
| type = studio
| artist = Cyberaktif
| cover = CyberaktifTenebraeVisionFrontCover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1991}}
| recorded = Vancouver Studios, Vancouver
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Electro-industrial, EBM
| length = {{Duration|m=46|s=1}} (CD)
| label = Wax Trax!
| producer = cEvin Key, Wilhelm Schroeder
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = eNdgame
| next_year = 2024
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Tenebrae Vision
| type = studio
| single1 = Nothing Stays
| single1date = 1990
| single2 = Temper
| single2date = 1990
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Allmusic | class=album | id=tenebrae-vision-mw0000057449 | label=Cyberaktif: Tenebrae Vision | access-date=August 18, 2014}}
| rev2 = Electric Shock Treatment
| rev2Score = Unfavorable{{cite journal |year=1991 |title=Cyberaktif: Tenebrae Vision |journal=Electric Shock Treatment |publisher=Brian Duguid |location=Glasgow |issue=1 |page=30}}
| rev3 = Music From the Empty Quarter
}}
Tenebrae Vision is the first album of Canadian industrial band Cyberaktif, which consisted of cEvin Key and Dwayne R. Goettel of Skinny Puppy and former Skinny Puppy member Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly.{{cite web |url=http://cherryberry321.wordpress.com/artists-cyberaktif/ |title=Artists – Cyberaktif |author=brandtgassman |work=Wax Trax! family website |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=August 19, 2014}} For Cyberaktif, Leeb is credited as Wilhelm Schroeder, the stage name he used while in Skinny Puppy.{{cite journal |last1=Woods |first1=Karen |title=Hilt Intermission |journal=Alternative Press |date=1990 |volume=5 |issue=33 |pages=46–47 |publisher=Alternative Press International Publications |location=Cleveland, OH |url=http://www.litany.net/interviews/aphilt.html}} The album was released in 1991 through Wax Trax!{{cite web |url=http://cherryberry321.wordpress.com/discography_2/wax_7118_cyberaktif/ |title=WAX 7118 – Cyberaktif – Tenebrae Vision |author=brandtgassman |work=Wax Trax! family website |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=August 18, 2014}} and features Blixa Bargeld of German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten.{{cite magazine |author= |date=August 25, 1990 |title=Pop Reviews: Singles |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox54unse_3/page/18/mode/2up |magazine=Cash Box |location=New York |volume=54 |issue=4 |page=18 |access-date=July 18, 2021 |issn=0008-7289 |oclc=436591198}} The project folded after Goettel's death in 1995, and laid dormant until 2024 when Key and Leeb reestablished the name with Rhys Fulber for the album eNdgame.{{Cite web|url=https://artoffact.com/news/cyberaktif-returns-after-over-30-year-break/|title=Cyberaktif returns after over 30 year break!|website=Artoffact Records}}{{Cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/cyberaktif-endgame-interview|title=Reunited After 33 Years, Cyberaktif Reveal Their “eNdgame”|date=February 14, 2024|website=Bandcamp Daily}}
Background
Tenebrae Vision was accompanied by two singles, Nothing Stays and Temper, both of which were released in 1990 and contain different mixes of the title tracks as well as non-album tracks.{{cite web |url=http://cherryberry321.wordpress.com/discography_2/wax_9119_cyberaktif/ |title=WAX 9119 – Cyberaktif – Nothing Stays |author=brandtgassman |work=Wax Trax! family website |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=August 19, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://cherryberry321.wordpress.com/discography_2/wax_9117_cyberaktif/ |title=WAX 9117 – Cyberaktif – Temper |author=brandtgassman |work=Wax Trax! family website |date=February 15, 2011 |access-date=August 19, 2014}}
The track "Nothing Stays" was voted the sixteenth-greatest industrial song of all time by COMA Music Magazine in their feature article 101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time.{{cite web |url=http://coma-online.com/feature-101-greatest-industrial-songs-of-all-time-20-2/ |title=101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time |last=Schock |first=David | publisher=COMA |date=March 9, 2012 |access-date=August 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121173244/http://coma-online.com/feature-101-greatest-industrial-songs-of-all-time-20-2/ |archive-date=2015-01-21}} It appeared also in different versions on various compilation albums.{{cite web |url=http://cyberaktif.tripod.com/discography.htm |title=Cyberaktif Discography |work=Private Cyberaktif website |access-date=August 19, 2014}}
According to cEvin Key, Cyberaktif is reminiscent of tape trading in the industrial music scene which the band members started off with. "Cyberaktif is [...] the experience of discovering the whole electronic genre", said Key, "[it] is exploring the enthusiasm we once had for that genre." Bill Leeb described their work as "rehashing old things", but said, "it was different this time because we were a bit more established."{{cite web |url=http://www.chaoscontrol.com/front-line-assembly-3/ |title=Front Line Assembly |work=Chaos Control |date=1993 |access-date=August 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409144414/https://www.chaoscontrol.com/front-line-assembly-3/ |archive-date=April 9, 2012}} About the collaboration with Blixa Bargeld, Leeb reported that he and Key were fans of Einstürzende Neubauten and Bargeld happened to be in Vancouver just at the right time.{{cite web |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/bill-leeb-goes-full-circle/ |title=Front Line Assembly and Bill Leeb go full circle |last=Carlsson |first=Johan |work=Release |date=July 18, 2013 |access-date=August 19, 2014}} With Bargeld being "an icon to us" and having "major attitude back then", Leeb remembered the collaboration being both "stressful" and "fun".
Tenebrae Vision features samples from the films The Unholy, Videodrome, Dune, and Halloween III: Season of the Witch.{{cite web |url=http://cyberaktif.tripod.com/samples.htm |title=Cyberaktif Samples |work=Private Cyberaktif website |access-date=August 19, 2014}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = cEvin Key, Dwayne R. Goettel and Wilhelm Schroeder, except where noted
| title1 = The Road Kill
| note1 = Written and composed by Key and Schroeder
| length1 = 3:48
| title2 = Brain Dead Decision
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Acid Cripple
| length3 = 4:34
| title4 = Paradiessiets
| note4 = Written and composed by Schroeder and Blixa Bargeld
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = Nothing Stays
| length5 = 5:24
| title6 = Ruptured Freeks
| length6 = 4:14
| title7 = Dis Coarse Illusion
| length7 = 4:01
| title8 = Temper
| length8 = 4:27
| title9 = Face to Face
| note9 = Written and composed by Key, Schroeder
| length9 = 4:19
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = CD bonus track
| title10 = House of Pain
| note10 = Written and composed by Cevin Key, Bill Leeb
| length10 = 5:00
}}
Personnel
Cyberaktif
- cEvin Key – engineering, mixing, production
- Dwayne R. Goettel – assistant engineering, assistant mixing, sampler, keyboard
- Wilhelm Schroeder – vocals, production
Additional musicians
- Blixa Bargeld – vocals (4), piano (4), production (4)
Technical personnel
- Marc Ramaer – editing
- Brian Gardner – mastering
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Skinny Puppy}}
{{Front Line Assembly}}
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