EX (Ipecac Loop album)

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

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

Contents

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

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1995 Fifth Colvmn CD 9868-63196
1998Forced EvolutionFEM-001

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