EX (Ipecac Loop album)

eX
Studio album by
Ipecac Loop
ReleasedAugust 29, 1995 (1995-08-29)[1][2]
StudioREP Studios
(Ithaca, New York)
Genre
Length47:55
LabelFifth Colvmn
ProducerCameron Lewis
Alternative cover
1998 remaster
1998 remaster

eX is the debut studio album by Ipecac Loop, released on August 29, 1995 by Fifth Colvmn Records.[3][4][5]

Music

Compositions from eX, namely "Backbreaker" and "Clusterfuck", were released on the Forced Cranial Removal, Mind/Body Compilation Volume 2 and The Best of Mind/Body: Electro-Industrial Music From the Internet compilations by Fifth Colvmn and Atomic Novelties.[6] Later "Backbreaker" and "Music Box" were later released on Mind/Body Compilation Volume 3 by Atomic Novelties and DIY Productions[7] and Amduscias by Zenflesh, released respectively in 1996 and 1998.[8]

Reception

Sonic Boom said "focusing on a minimalistic approach to sound construction Ipecac Loop provides access to realm where a lack aural depth doesn't deter from the overall quality of the music" and "percolating trickles of ambience drip from extreme heights into a swirling pool of radiance sound."[9]

Track listing

All music is composed by Cameron Lewis

No.TitleLength
1."Ipecac (All of It)"2:03
2."Clusterfuck"4:51
3."Again and Again"4:38
4."Blinded"2:09
5."Out of My Spine"4:54
6."Backbreaker"6:36
7."Mountains and Fleas"2:24
8."Vacuum"7:33
9."Music Box"1:04
10."Blur"6:51
11."Repress"5:00

Personnel

Adapted from the eX liner notes.[10]

Ipecac Loop

Production and design

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1995 Fifth Colvmn CD 9868-63196
1998 Forced Evolution FEM-001

References

  1. ^ Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Winter 1996-1997. Stereophile, Incorporated: 218. ISBN 9781575980386. Retrieved September 4, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". 9 (2). Stereophile, Incorporated: 127. ISBN 9781575980782. Retrieved September 4, 2020. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ "Ipecac Loop". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  4. ^ "Ipecac Loop: eX > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Ipecac Loop: eX". Option. 60–63 (65). Sonic Options Network: 3. 1995. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  6. ^ Dean Miles, Larry (1996). "Various Artists: Forced Cranial Removal" (PDF). Black Monday (1): 3. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  7. ^ Christian, Chris (December 1, 1996). "Various Artists: Mind/Body Volume 3". Sonic Boom. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Christian, Chris (October 1998). "Various Artists: Amduscias". Sonic Boom. 6 (7). Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  9. ^ Christian, Chris (September 1995). "Ipecac Loop: eX". Sonic Boom. 3 (7). Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  10. ^ eX (booklet). Cameron Lewis. Washington, DC: Fifth Colvmn Records/Original Artists Group. 1995.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)