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Tenebrae Vision
Studio albumby
Cyberaktif
Released1991(1991)
RecordedVancouver Studios,Vancouver
GenreElectro-industrial,EBM
Length46:01(CD)
LabelWax Trax!
ProducercEvin Key,Wilhelm Schroeder
Cyberaktifchronology
Tenebrae Vision
(1991) 		eNdgame
(2024)
SinglesfromTenebrae Vision
  1. "Nothing Stays"
    Released: 1990
  2. "Temper"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Electric Shock TreatmentUnfavorable[2]
Music From the Empty QuarterFavorable[3]

Tenebrae Visionis the first album of CanadianindustrialbandCyberaktif,which consisted ofcEvin KeyandDwayne R. GoettelofSkinny Puppyand former Skinny Puppy memberBill LeebofFront Line Assembly.[4]For Cyberaktif, Leeb is credited as Wilhelm Schroeder, the stage name he used while in Skinny Puppy.[5]The album was released in 1991 throughWax Trax![6]and featuresBlixa Bargeldof German industrial bandEinstürzende Neubauten.[7]The project folded after Goettel's death in 1995, and laid dormant until 2024 when Key and Leeb reestablished the name withRhys Fulberfor the albumeNdgame.[8][9]

Background

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Tenebrae Visionwas accompanied by two singles,Nothing StaysandTemper,both of which were released in 1990 and contain different mixes of the title tracks as well as non-album tracks.[10][11] The track "Nothing Stays" was voted the sixteenth-greatest industrial song of all time by COMA Music Magazine in their feature article101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time.[12]It appeared also in different versions on various compilation albums.[13]

According to cEvin Key, Cyberaktif is reminiscent oftape tradingin the industrial music scene which the band members started off with.[5]"Cyberaktif is [...] the experience of discovering the whole electronic genre", said Key, "[it] is exploring the enthusiasm we once had for that genre."[5]Bill Leeb described their work as "rehashing old things", but said, "it was different this time because we were a bit more established."[14]About the collaboration with Blixa Bargeld, Leeb reported that he and Key were fans of Einstürzende Neubauten and Bargeld happened to be in Vancouver just at the right time.[15]With Bargeld being "an icon to us" and having "major attitude back then", Leeb remembered the collaboration being both "stressful" and "fun".[15]

Tenebrae Visionfeatures samples from the filmsThe Unholy,Videodrome,Dune,andHalloween III: Season of the Witch.[16]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by cEvin Key, Dwayne R. Goettel and Wilhelm Schroeder, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."The Road Kill" (Written and composed by Key and Schroeder)3:48
2."Brain Dead Decision"4:17
3."Acid Cripple"4:34
4."Paradiessiets" (Written and composed by Schroeder andBlixa Bargeld)5:57
5."Nothing Stays"5:24
6."Ruptured Freeks"4:14
7."Dis Coarse Illusion"4:01
8."Temper"4:27
9."Face to Face" (Written and composed by Key, Schroeder)4:19
CD bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."House of Pain" (Written and composed byCevin Key,Bill Leeb)5:00

Personnel

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Cyberaktif

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

References

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  1. ^Cyberaktif:Tenebrae VisionatAllMusic.Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  2. ^"Cyberaktif: Tenebrae Vision".Electric Shock Treatment(1). Glasgow: Brian Duguid: 30. 1991.
  3. ^XXIII (May 1991)."Cyberaktif: Tenebrae Vision".Music From the Empty Quarter(1). UK: The Empty Quarter: 25.ISSN0964-542X.
  4. ^brandtgassman (February 11, 2011)."Artists – Cyberaktif".Wax Trax!family website.RetrievedAugust 19,2014.
  5. ^abcWoods, Karen (1990)."Hilt Intermission".Alternative Press.5(33). Cleveland, OH: Alternative Press International Publications: 46–47.
  6. ^brandtgassman (February 11, 2011)."WAX 7118 – Cyberaktif – Tenebrae Vision".Wax Trax!family website.RetrievedAugust 18,2014.
  7. ^"Pop Reviews: Singles".Cash Box.Vol. 54, no. 4. New York. August 25, 1990. p. 18.ISSN0008-7289.OCLC436591198.RetrievedJuly 18,2021.
  8. ^"Cyberaktif returns after over 30 year break!".Artoffact Records.
  9. ^"Reunited After 33 Years, Cyberaktif Reveal Their" eNdgame "".Bandcamp Daily.February 14, 2024.
  10. ^brandtgassman (February 11, 2011)."WAX 9119 – Cyberaktif – Nothing Stays".Wax Trax!family website.RetrievedAugust 19,2014.
  11. ^brandtgassman (February 15, 2011)."WAX 9117 – Cyberaktif – Temper".Wax Trax!family website.RetrievedAugust 19,2014.
  12. ^Schock, David (March 9, 2012)."101 Greatest Industrial Songs of All Time".COMA. Archived fromthe originalon 2015-01-21.RetrievedAugust 19,2014.
  13. ^"Cyberaktif Discography".Private Cyberaktif website.RetrievedAugust 19,2014.
  14. ^"Front Line Assembly".Chaos Control.1993. Archived fromthe originalon April 9, 2012.RetrievedAugust 19,2014.
  15. ^abCarlsson, Johan (July 18, 2013)."Front Line Assembly and Bill Leeb go full circle".Release.RetrievedAugust 19,2014.
  16. ^"Cyberaktif Samples".Private Cyberaktif website.RetrievedAugust 19,2014.
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