All tracks updated, mastered by SOMAN, cover-art unveiled

The debut Shiv-r maxi-single is completed and has been mastered by Kolja aka SOMAN!  Kolja is responsible for mastering most albums from many of our favourite artists such as Hocico, Dulce Liquido, Feindflug, Grendel, E-Craft and many others, and his treatment to Shiv-r has really added an extra degree of sonic brutality. 

All tracks in the Myspace and VF players have been updated with the new, mastered versions - so even though they’re compressed, go take another listen!  Kolja lended a bit of mixing consultation to the tracks as well, and the songs themselves have also been updated from the original versions - check the bassline in Control which has been beefed up with an extra Moog layer, and some level tweaking was done to Fractured Light. 

We’ve finished work on the cover for the maxi-single.  Read an article about the making of this artwork here.

Here it is:

Tracklisting:
1. Parasite
2. Fractured Light
3. Control
4. Parasite (Virul3nt mix)
5. Control (Kong mix)

Kong and I have both done a remix, each of which highlights our strengths and establishes our roles in the band.  My mix (the Virul3nt mix) is a straight up club mix of Parasite.  Light on melody, it features a distorted, punchy kick (which I’m very proud of making!), an analogue bassline, pure club-structure, and interestingly my vocals replaced with female vocals, to give the track a different edge to the original. 
Kong’s remix is a dark, emotive piece with glitchy drones, spooky strings and classical structure.  It won’t be for the clubs, but I defy anyone to listen to it just once - it’s one for repeated play on headphones. 
We won’t be uploading the remixes to the myspace/VF players, ’cause we’re evil like that.  This should give those who purchase a copy of the single something to look forward to.  For any DJs who want to know: Parasite, and the Virul3nt mix, are both 140BPM (perfect for that 2am industrial club sound), while Fractured Light is 124BPM (hint: same BPM as “Get Your Body Beat”, so a bit slower and sexier).  Control has (as Haujobb would say) NNFS or “no need for speed”. 

Parasite goes to the CD pressing plant TODAY.  I can’t wait to get the box back later this week!  I’ll also submit it tonight to our awesome friends Storming the Base for aggregation to the digital stores, so it will turn up on iTunes, etc, in a few weeks. 

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