| Rise of the Great Machine | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Supermachiner |
| Cover: | Rise of the Great Machine.jpg |
| Released: | November 28, 2000 |
| Recorded: | 1994–2000 |
| Studio: | GodCity, Salem, Massachusetts |
| Length: | 60:33 |
| Label: | Undecided |
| Producer: | Kurt Ballou |
| Next Title: | Rust |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
Rise of the Great Machine is the debut and only studio album by the project Supermachiner. It was released on November 28, 2000, through Undecided Records.[1] The album features artwork created by Jacob Bannon.
Writing for the album began in 1994 and soon after became a collection of four track recordings, however the project remained inactive for a number of years. When Converge had about six months of down time as the band searched for a drummer, Jacob Bannon and Ryan Parker found the time to resurrect the project. They entered GodCity Studios with Kurt Ballou in the winter of 1999, to take on the piles of old four track tapes they had. During the sessions, Ballou contributed a great deal to the album material both as an engineer and musician.[2] [3]
Bannon stated in an interview that many of the songs off Converge's Jane Doe came from Supermachiner, the project was claimed to inspire Jane Doe
Rise of the Great Machine was released on compact disc by Undecided Records in the summer of 2000.[4] [5] [6] A 2xLP version was scheduled to be co-released by Undecided Records and Temperance Records in late 2000, but after continuous delays it was ultimately cancelled.[7] [8] In 2005, Undecided Records repressed the compact disc edition with a slightly updated layout.
In 2004, Icarus Records, a subsidiary of Bannon's Deathwish, Inc. record label, hand-made 50 copies of Rise of the Great Machine on compact disc.[9] The release was sold exclusively at Converge's merch table during their You Fail Me 2K4 Tour (promoting You Fail Me) in September and October 2004.[10]
The album was reissued in 2008 by French record label E-Vinyl on a double LP, limited to 1000 copies.[11]
| Rust | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Supermachiner |
| Released: | March 16, 2009 |
| Studio: | GodCity, Salem, Massachusetts |
| Length: | 114:44 60:33 (disc 1) 54:11 (disc 2) |
| Label: | Deathwish |
| Producer: | Kurt Ballou |
| Prev Title: | Rise of the Great Machine |
| Prev Year: | 2000 |
Eight years after the release of Rise of the Great Machine, Deathwish Inc. announced the release of Rust, a 30 track double CD that featured remastered versions of the Rise of the Great Machine tracks along with b-sides of forgotten songs and additional audio experiments done by the band.[12] Rust was released on March 16, 2009.[13]
The music was much different than Bannon's band Converge, having more in common with influences Swans, Bauhaus, and others.[2] [3] The lyrical content is built around the rise of technology and the death of the individual.[14]
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