| Torture Tech Overdrive | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 1991 (1991) | |||
| Genre | Electro-industrial | |||
| Length | 42:25 | |||
| Label | If It Moves... | |||
| Re-Constriction Records V/A chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
.jpg) 1994 CD cover | ||||
Torture Tech Overdrive is a various artists compilation album released in 1991 by If It Moves.... 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. 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."
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."
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.
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. 7 (1). Stereophile, Incorporated: 209. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Winter 1996-1997. Stereophile, Incorporated: 255. ISBN 9781575980386. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
- Vogel, Michelle (July 10, 2012). Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's "Mexican Spitfire". McFarland & Company. p. 222. ISBN 9780786489978. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- Torture Tech Overdrive (sleeve). Various artists. San Diego, California: If It Moves... 1991.
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External links
- Torture Tech Overdrive at Discogs (list of releases)