| Retrofit EP | ||||
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| EP of remixes by | ||||
| Released | March 3, 1998 [1] [2] | |||
| Genre | Industrial | |||
| Length | 24:36 | |||
| Label | Cleopatra | |||
| Spahn Ranch chronology | ||||
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Retrofit EP is the fifth EP by Spahn Ranch, released on March 3, 1998 by Cleopatra Records. [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [4] |
Jon Worley of Aiding & Abetting commended Retrofit EP for packaging remixes that sound different from their original source. [5] AllMusic critic Mike Pfeiffer gave the gave two and a half out of five stars and said "it's arguably Spahn Ranch's most dance-oriented effort yet." [4] Sonic Boom called the album "a fine collection of Trance, Dub, Drum'n'Bass, and Jungle mixes of classic Spahn Ranch tunes." [6]
All lyrics are written by Athan Maroulis
| No. | Title | Music | Remixer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "U Tell Em U" (Matt's Righteous Mix) |
| Matt Green | 5:27 |
| 2. | "In the Aftermath" (Astralasia Mix) |
| Astralasia | 6:34 |
| No. | Title | Music | Remixer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In the Aftermath" (LCD Mix) |
| LCD | 7:31 |
| 2. | "Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys" (David Harrow Mix) (The Equals cover) | Eddy Grant | David Harrow | 5:04 |
| No. | Title | Music | Remixer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In the Aftermath" (Astralasia Mix) | Astralasia | 6:34 | |
| 2. | "Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys" (David Harrow Mix) (The Equals cover) | Eddy Grant | David Harrow | 5:04 |
| 3. | "U Tell Em U" (Matt's Righteous Mix) |
| Matt Green | 5:27 |
| 4. | "In the Aftermath" (LCD Mix) | Matt Green, Athan Maroulis | LCD | 7:31 |
| 5. | "Monochrome" (JLAB Eugenics Mix) |
| Athan Maroulis, Judson Leach | 3:49 |
| 6. | "Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys" (Transmutator Mix) | Grant | Transmutator | 4:01 |
| 7. | "Monochrome" (Databomb Mix) |
| Databomb | 4:34 |
| 8. | "Incubate" (Play Music Mix) | Green | Matt Green | 4:06 |
| 9. | "Architecture in Dub" (I. Scarpa II. Fuller III. Wright) | Green | Matt Green | 13:46 |
| 10. | "In the Aftermath" (Earthshock Mix) |
| Earthshock | 5:57 |
Adapted from the Retrofit EP liner notes. [7]
Spahn Ranch
Additional performers
Production and design
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1998 | Cleopatra | LP | |
| CD | CLP 0195 | |||
| Germany | Out of Line/Sub/Mission | OUT 019, cd WHIP038 |
Spahn Ranch was an American electro-industrial group from Los Angeles. Active from 1992 to 2000, the band played a subgenre of industrial music with its fusion of electronic dance, industrial and gothic music.
Athanasios Demetrios Maroulis is an actor, vocalist and record producer born in Brooklyn, New York. He is the older brother of singer Constantine Maroulis and also has a sister, Anastasia. Athan Maroulis formed the New York-based group Fahrenheit 451 (1984–1986), with whom he recorded his first commercially available album. Over the ensuing years, Maroulis established himself in a number of alternative musical genres including gothic, industrial and electronic. Stints with the Philadelphia-based Executive Slacks (1987–1990), as well as Tubalcain (1991–1993), followed.
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