Cyberchrist [artist profile]
Cyberchrist released one record on Praxis, titled Information:Revolution in 1995. The catalog number was Praxis 16.
Background and releases on Mono Tone and DJungle Fever
The producer behind Cyberchrist is Martin Damm, best known for his work as Biochip C. and The Speed Freak. He is one of the most prolific German hardcore techno and acid producers of the 1990s and beyond.
Damm released literally hundreds of records under different pseudonyms.
The first release under the name of Cyberchrist was a 6-track vinyl 12” on Mono Tone in 1993. Here you can hear the sound of the Cyberchrist project developing, with slightly broken beats seasoned with acid lines, but it wasn’t until the Salvation EP, released soon after on Dj.ungle Fever that it came into full force, especially on the track Spirit on the B-side: A ferocious mixture of breaks, 4-4 kick drums and saturated massive acid attacks.
Information:Revolution
Information:Revolution (Praxis 16) developed out of this aethetic. It opens with a hard acid banger, much loved and played by the hardcore acid DJs. The following track delves into hard broken beat territory, maintaining an acid sensibility.
The B1 track (as often on Praxis records from that period!) is the ultimate track for the hardcore DJ. Ideal as a crossover of acidcore and hardcore. The record closes with a chilled out atmospheric, peaceful, soundtracky piece with slow beats, showing all of the Cyberchrist spectrum.
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7″s on Anodyne and Agent Orange
There were two more Cyberchrist releases, both on 7”: One on Anodyne, and one on Agent Orange.
The record on Anodyne, a 4-track 7” titled Belief contains two tracks (B1 and B2) from the Mono Tone 12” (A3 and B2, with different titles). I don’t know the story behind this partial re-release. A bit unfortunate however that the re-release was only on 7” – with a playing time of 9:32 on the B-side the sound quality clearly suffered.
All these came out between 1993-95. 5 years later another Cyberchrist 7” appeared on the Agent Orange label as ao9 in 2000. One of the tracks was also released credited to Biochip C. on a compilation CD on the Bass2 label from Japan.
When we published the Information:Revolution record in 1995, we were already talking to the artist about a possible follow-up. We indeed planned it for the following year. Cyberchrist supplied a master of a second 4-tracker with the title Non Serviam.
Unfortunately productions slowed down and piled up and eventually Biochip C. released these tracks on different labels under different names.
While Martin Damm’s output as Biochip C. and The Speedfreak is more well known and infinitely more prolific, Cyberchrist remained one of his more obscure projects, but all three 12”s are well worth seeking out. The same is true for some of his other more obscure projects, namely Phase IV (check out the Torture Rhythm EP on Mono Tone) and Biobreaks (check Tenebre on Riot Beats).
Links:
- Praxis Discography page of Information:Revolution (Praxis 16)
- Cyberchrist on discogs.com
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