Digital Dark Age, by ANARCHITEX

Digital Dark Age

by ANARCHITEX

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CD edition released DIY in 2011
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Incredibly detailed cover art layout by Catherine Bendig. The 16 tracks were recorded in a single day in a 7-hour long session the historic SugarHill Studios in Houston, Texas. The recording engineer was Andrew Mortimer Bradley who wrote the book about the history of that studio.

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12" LP from MBC Records in Germany
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The Mad Butcher made 250 of this ANARCHITEX album on high quality vinyl and sent a box to us for C.I.A. Records to release. The detailed cover images (Catherine Bendig) blended the internet chaos that plagues the 21st century pandemic reality with an intellectual sarcasm. Walls around feudal castles, the Berlin Wall, and fortified Israeli settlements foreshadowed the ongoing debate over the southwestern border of the USA. It includes a color insert (band photos taken by Trish Herrera, David Ensminger, with lyrics, credits, and a band bio.

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1.	Guilty Rat Jump 04:46		buy track
2.	Button on a Lapel 02:18		buy track
3.	Blank Wall 02:36		buy track
4.	CaCa Convention 02:24		buy track
5.	Yip Harburg - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? - Atex Redux 03:02	info	buy track
6.	Mean and Bitter 02:09		buy track
7.	hard, nightmare, chainsaw, Hard Rock, war, alternative rock, punk, political, anarchy - Big Grey Boat 02:18		buy track
8.	Chain of Cigarettes 03:32		buy track
9.	Science Fiction Childhood 02:09		buy track
10.	The World Is Cold 01:18		buy track
11.	Blue Batmobiles 01:53		buy track
12.	Moscow Punks 01:11		buy track
13.	We Are More Intelligent 02:36 video		buy track
14.	Nightmares 02:43		buy track
15.	They Built a Wall 02:00		buy track
16.	Too Big To Fail 01:52		buy track

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This is the first vinyl LP release of the album which came out as CIA-018 on compact disc. The 2021 E.U. pressing was financed and produced by Mad Butcher Records (Gottingen, Germany). These tracks were remastered from the CD version originally recorded by Andrew Bradley at Sugar Hill Studios in Houston, Texas in 2011. Scott Ayers added and embellished those in his home studio to the satisfaction of the masterminds.

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released January 28, 2022

Scott Ayers - electric bass and guitars
John Reen Davis - vocals and lyrics
Torry Mercer - electric guitar and bass; vocals
Bob Weber (Robert Weber) - drums
Catherine Bendig - cover art design and layout

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ANARCHITEX Houston, Texas

The name may have derived from Anarchy in Texas. Three Houston, TX natives adopted a bespectacled transplant to make up this 4-piece version of ATEX. All of them defective in various ways, but they focus on rhythmic poetry addressing a few of the faults of humankind. ... more

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