| Alien Faktor | |
| Origin: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
| Genre: | Industrial |
| Years Active: | 1994–1999 |
| Label: | Decibel |
| Past Members: | |
Alien Faktor were an American electro-industrial group based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.[1] Created as a solo musical project by multi-instrumentalist Tom Muschitz, Alien Faktor was influenced by EDM, soundtrack and industrial music. The band released four studio albums for Decibel: Abduction (1994), Desolate (1995), Listen! (1996) and Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations (1997).
Alien Faktor began in 1991 as a solo musical project for Tom Muschitz out of Milwaukee.[2] In 1994 Muschitz created the record label Decibel which the made its debut with Alien Faktor's Abduction album.[3] Its compositions were informed by soundtrack and electronic dance music.[4] They followed up with a second album in 1995 titled Desolate that received praise for its stylistic variety.[5] Alien Faktor's third and fourth albums were released in 1996 and titled Final Expenses and Listen! respectively by Decibel.[6] [7] Final Expenses contains remixes and several new tracks while Listen consists of four lengthy loosely structured compositions.[8] [9]
In 1997 Mike Hunsberger joined on guitars and programming to release the band's fifth and final album Arterial Spray & Cattle Mutilations on Decibel.[10] [11] [12] Keyboardist Lars Hansen from Oneiroid Psychosis participated during live touring. In February of the following year the album peaked at position twenty on CMJs Dance Top 25.[13] In 1999 the band covered Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" for the various artists compilation Nod's Tacklebox o' Fun, released by Re-Constriction Records.[14]
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