| Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai | ||||
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| Released | 1994 | |||
| Studio | The Slum (Austin, Texas) | |||
| Genre | Electro-industrial | |||
| Length | 56:02 | |||
| Label | Zoth Ommog | |||
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| Mentallo & The Fixer chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 1998 remaster cover | ||||
Mentallo &The Fixer Meets Mainesthai is a collaborative remix album by Mentallo &The Fixer and Mainesthai,released in 1994 by Zoth Ommog Records. [1] [2] [3]
The band originally sent the recording sessions that comprised Mentallo &The Fixer Meets Mainesthai to Zoth Ommog as a work in progress and the album was released early before it could meet the band's approval. On June 23,1998,the album was re-released by Metropolis Records in remastered form with an alternate track listing that replaces several of the songs on the original issue. [4] [5] [6]
In their review of Mentallo &The Fixer Meets Mainesthai,Ink 19 commended the remixes for improving the originals and commented that the album would be a good introduction to Mentallo &The Fixer for new listeners. [7] Sonic Boom gave the album a positive review and noting the standouts as being the "Basket Case remix of 'Wartime' with its brutal cadence and the Tribulation mix of 'Power Struggle' with all of its Demon Seed samples." [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rapid Suffocation" (Lesionary Mix) | 6:21 | |
| 2. | "Black Illusion" (Immaculate) |
| 5:15 |
| 3. | "Grim Reality" (Malnourished) |
| 7:43 |
| 4. | "Battered States of Euphoria" (Acoustical) |
| 3:19 |
| 5. | "Wartime" (Basket Case) |
| 4:58 |
| 6. | "Spectral" (Angel of Death Mix) |
| 4:20 |
| 7. | "Powerstruggle" (Tribulation) |
| 2:47 |
| 8. | "Therapy" (Molestation Mix) |
| 6:17 |
| 9. | "Exit" (Lesionary Mix) |
| 9:26 |
| 22. | "Silence" | 1:09 | |
| 23. | "Silence" | 3:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Rapid Suffocation" (Lesionary Mix) | Gary Dassing | 6:22 |
| 2. | "Decomposed" (Grimpen Ward) | Gary Dassing | 4:29 |
| 3. | "Bleek Seclusion" (Immaculation) | Dwayne Dassing | 5:16 |
| 4. | "Sacrilege" (Angel of Death Mix) |
| 7:12 |
| 5. | "Grim Reality" (Malnourished) | Dwayne Dassing | 7:46 |
| 6. | "Battered States of Euphoria" (Acoustical) | Gary Dassing | 3:20 |
| 7. | "Wartime" (The Basket Case Mix) |
| 5:00 |
| 8. | "Spectral" (Angel of Death Mix) | Dwayne Dassing | 4:21 |
| 9. | "Powerstruggle" (Tribulation) | Dwayne Dassing | 2:48 |
| 10. | "Therapy" (session) | Dwayne Dassing | 1:08 |
| 11. | "Therapy" (Molestation Mix) | Michael Greene | 15:46 |
| 12. | "Y" (Mama's Crazy Kitchen Mix) |
| 7:02 |
| 13. | "Exit" (Stage Left) |
| 5:13 |
Adapted from the Mentallo & The Fixer Meets Mainesthai liner notes. [8]
Musicians
Production and design
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1994 | Zoth Ommog | CD | ZOT 119 |
| United States | 1998 | Metropolis | MET 088 |
Mentallo and the Fixer is the project name used by Texan electro-industrial musicians Gary Dassing (Mentallo) and Dwayne Dassing from 1988 to 1999, and by Gary Dassing alone from 1999 to the present day. The band has several releases on the American record label, Metropolis Records. They are named after two Marvel Comics characters.
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Love Is the Law is the sixth studio album by Mentallo & The Fixer, released on April 18, 2000 by Metropolis Records.
Enlightenment Through a Chemical Catalyst is the eighth studio album by Mentallo & The Fixer, released on January 19, 2007 by Alfa Matrix.
Vengeance Is Mine is the eighth studio album by Mentallo & The Fixer, released on July 10, 2001 by Metropolis Records.
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Auric Fires is the second studio album by Benestrophe, released in 1997 by Ras Dva Records.
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