Intermix (band)

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Intermix
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Techno, ambient
Years active1992 (1992)–1995 (1995)
Labels Third Mind, ESP-Sun
Past members Bill Leeb
Rhys Fulber

Intermix was a side project of Canadian industrial musicians Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber in the 1990s that initially focused on techno, [1] but included a more ambient style on their last album. [2]

Contents

Background

Industrial musician Chris Peterson, longstanding member of Front Line Assembly and related side projects, is credited with mixing duties on the first two albums. [3]

Discography

Albums

YearAlbumLabelNotes
1992Intermix Third Mind Development versions of Microsoft's Windows Millennium Edition and Windows XP used the song "Voices" as a placeholder Sample Music.[ citation needed ]
1992Phaze TwoThe track "Monument" use samples of "Song of Sophia" from Dead Can Dance's 1988 album The Serpent's Egg . [4]
1995Future PrimitivesESP-Sun

Singles

YearTitleAlbumLabelNotes
1992Intermix/In The NurseryIntermixThird MindSplit 12" with English neo-classical martial industrial electronica band and Third Mind label colleagues In the Nursery titled "2 Sides of Third Mind Records", Intermix songs on A-side, promo single. [5]
1992Dream OnPhaze TwoOnly officially released single.
1993MonumentPromo single. The Monument remix was remastered and released on CD as part of the Front Line Assembly remix compilation Monument . [6]
1995Telekinetik WarriorsFuture PrimitivesESP-SunPromo single.

Music videos

Title [7] YearAlbumLabelDirector(s)Producer(s)Notes
"The Process"1992Phaze TwoThird MindRod ChongUlf Buddensieck, Shane Lunny (co-production)Not the whole track, but an audio collage with snippets.
"Monument"1993Anna Brunoro, Shane Lunny (co-production)Video Edit of "Monument (Lost Classic Remix)".

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