Demography: The Basement Tapes

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Demography > The Basement Tapes
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Compilation album by
16volt
ReleasedNovember 14, 2000 (2000-11-14)
Recorded1987 (1987) – 1991 (1991)
Genre
Length53:58
Label Cleopatra
Producer Eric Powell
16volt chronology
SuperCoolNothing
(1998)		Demography > The Basement Tapes
(2000)		 SuperCoolNothing V2.0
(2002)

Demography > The Basement Tapes is a compilation album by 16volt, released on November 14, 2000, by Cleopatra Records. [1] [2] The album comprises a collection of old, unfinished tracks by the band. Specifically, it contains the Imitation cassette produced in 1991, which helped 16volt secure a place on Re-Constriction Records, and "Out of Time", which was cut from their first album, Wisdom, due to time constraints. [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Fabryka awarded the album three out of four and said "Demography sounds a way hermetic with lots of electronics, less of raw guitars, more of bass sound." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eric Powell.

No.TitleLength
1."Imitation"5:00
2."Hang Your Head"3:31
3."Hate Rivet"5:12
4."To Another World"4:35
5."Darkest Before Dawn"5:15
6."Sister (Friday) Malediction"4:37
7."Out of Time" (Rough)4:44
8."You Are Free People"3:45
9."Speed Pig"4:53
10."Too Late"4:09
11."This"3:51
12."I Make It Rain"4:25

Personnel

Adapted from the Demography > The Basement Tapes liner notes. [6]

16volt

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2000 Cleopatra CD 008 633 134
2009 DL

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References

  1. ↑ Bush, John. "16 Volt > Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "16 Volt: Demography > Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Demography > The Basement Tapes (booklet). 16volt. Los Angeles, California: Cleopatra Records. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ↑ Yücel, Ilker (May 2, 2016). "An InterView with Eric Powell & Erik Gustafson of 16volt". ReGen. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ NINa Górnisiewicz, Katarzyna (February 7, 2008). "Demography - Slipdisc/Mercury, 2000". Fabryka Industrial Rock & Metal Encyclopedia. Fabryka Music Magazine. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ Demography > The Basement Tapes (booklet). 16volt. Los Angeles, California: Cleopatra Records. 2000.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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