Demos For Sonderkommando Now!

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1.	Mental States - Alternate Mix (Sonder demos) 00:43	buy track
2.	Mental Illness - Lamia Mix (Sonder Demos) 04:23	buy track
3.	Zero Years (Sonder demos) 04:46	buy track
4.	This Is the Time Of Neoism – Excerpt (Sonder demos) 00:48	buy track
5.	No (More) Pain (Sonder demos) 07:03	buy track
6.	Requiem – Instrumental 1989 (Sonder demos) 03:39	buy track
7.	Ideal Gift – Vocal 1991 (Sonder demos) 05:07	buy track
8.	Hopeless (Sonder demos) 05:13	buy track
9.	Creed (Sonder demos) 05:21	buy track
10.	Analog Mantra (Sonder Demos) 04:40	buy track
11.	The Missing Foundation (Sonder demos) 05:35	buy track
12.	Get On The Drugs (Sonder demos) 07:11	buy track
13.	You’re Killing Me (Sonder demos) 11:19	buy track
14.	No (More!) Pain – Instrumental (Sonder demos) 05:17	buy track
15.	APP5 (Sonder demos) 05:42	buy track
16.	NightFlight to Phÿcus (Sonder demos) 05:41	buy track

about

No one asked, but here it is anyway, “Sonderkommando Now!” in demo form. The tracks selected for this release are home studio versions that closest resemble the versions found on the CD. Unlike the demos for “brainmower”, most of these demos have not been previously released.

Of particular interest are the three demos for “Hopeless”, that trace its evolution from an improvisation back in the Halifax era. Monty Cantsin heard this version and suggested some chord changes, which became his track “Ideal Gift”. The instrumental version of “Ideal Gift” became “Hopeless”, as it is known today.

For two of these tracks, there was no demo version, so a substitution had to be made:
For “Where There’s Smoke There's Phÿcus”, “Get On The Drugs” was substituted.
For “Metal Mantra”, “Analog Mantra” (from Sado-Kommander Nine) was substituted.
As a bonus, “NightFlight to Phÿcus“, which was originally considered for the CD, is included.

Tracklist:
01 Mental States - Alternate Mix (Sonder demos)
Alternate mix from the “Sonder” recording sessions, 1996.

02 Mental Illness - Lamia Mix (Sonder demos)
Lamia Mix, taken from the cassette “X96”, 1996.

03 Zero Years (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased demo from 1994.

04 This Is the Time Of Neoism – Excerpt (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased demo from 1994.

05 No (More!) Pain (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased demo from 1996.

06a Requiem – Instrumental (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased instrumental version of a bonus track from the cassette “Leonomorphic”, 1990.

06b Ideal Gift – Vocal (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased demo, recorded at the Neoist Embassy, 1990.

06c Hopeless (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased demo, recorded at the Neoist Embassy, 1990.

07 Creed (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased demo from 1996.

08 Analog Mantra (Sonder demos)
Taken from the cassette “Sado-Kommander Nine”, 1997.

09 Missing Foundation (Sonder demos)
Taken from the cassette “Lumpthz”, 1994.

10 Get On The Drugs (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased demo from 1996.

11 You’re Killing Me (Sonder demos)
Taken from the cassette “X96”, 1996.

12 No (More!) Pain – Instrumental (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased demo from 1994.

13 APP5 (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased demo from 1994.

14 NightFlight to Phÿcus (Sonder demos)
Previously unreleased demo from 1996.

credits

released August 18, 1996

Brian Damage – Instruments and vocals
Monty Cantsin – vocals on “Ideal Gift”
William Davison – production on “Mental States”
Bill Abominog – Guitar on “You’re Killing Me”

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Phÿcus Montreal, Québec

Phÿcus was a Canadian industrial / experimental band that existed from 1988 to 2000. Phÿcus transformed from the traditional band format into a network that included over 50 contributors in a dozen locales, with Montreal as its centre of operations. Phÿcus' success was minimal, but their output was prodigious. Now in 2020, Phÿcus is back with a new release, "CrowleyWood". ... more

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