Compound Eye Sessions

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Compound Eye Sessions
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 13, 2015
RecordedFortress Studios, London
Genre Industrial
Label Armalyte Industries
PIG chronology
Pigmartyr
(2004)
Compound Eye Sessions
(2015)
Long in the Tooth
(2015)

Compound Eye Sessions is an collaboration between Marc Heal (Ashtrayhead, Cubanate) as MC Lord of the Flies and Raymond Watts (PIG, ex-KMFDM). Two songs from the PIG side of the EP titled "Drugzilla" and "Shake" were previously released as rough mixes on Marc Heal's personal SoundCloud page. A limited run of 500 physical copies was released by Armalyte Records on April 13, 2015. The EP is also available digitally through Bandcamp and iTunes. [1] This release also marks the first official PIG release in ten years since 2005's Pigmata, that of which Marc Heal also contributed to. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Drugzilla"4:13
2."The Compound Eye"5:10
3."Shake"4:09
4."The Doll"3:51
5."The Compound Eye (Fulbertron Mix by Rhys Fulber)"7:13
6."Drugzilla (Pork Talk Mix by Raymond Watts)"4:19
7."The Compound Eye (Tsetse Mix by Phil Barry)"6:36
8."Shake (Snakehandler Mix by Marc Heal)"5:24
Total length:40:55

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References

  1. Armalyte Industries (12 March 2015). "Compound Eye Pre-Order!" . Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. A Model of Control (10 February 2015). "Marc Heal - 2015 Interview" . Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. Bandcamp (13 April 2015). "Compound Eye Sessions" . Retrieved 28 April 2015.