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Noise Unit is a Canadian industrial band, founded by Bill Leeb of Front Line Assembly as a side project.[3][4] The band has seen several changes in line-up, with Bill Leeb being the only permanent member.
Noise Unit | |
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 Recording sessions for Noise Unit "Grinding Into Emptiness" | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Industrial,[1] EBM,[2] Electro-industrial |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Wax Trax!, Antler-Subway, Dossier, Cleopatra, Off Beat, Metropolis, Artoffact |
| Members | Bill Leeb Rhys Fulber |
| Past members | Marc Verhaeghen Chris Peterson Jeremy Inkel |
Noise Unit's first album, Grinding into Emptiness, arose from the collaboration between Leeb and Marc Verhaeghen of Belgian industrial band Klinik.[5][1] It was released in 1989 through Wax Trax!, and Antler-Subway.[citation needed]
The 1990 album Response Frequency included Rhys Fulber. After the completion of the album, Verhaeghen left Noise Unit for several years.[6] Fulber remained with the band for the next three releases, including the contemporary techno album Decoder in 1995.[7]
Verhaeghen resumed his collaboration with Noise Unit for the 1996 album Drill, which also featured members of German industrial band Haujobb.[8]
After an eight-year hiatus, Leeb teamed with former Front Line Assembly member Chris Peterson in 2004 to release Voyeur in 2005.[3] Jason Filipchuk and Michael Balch also contributed to the album.[9] The album peaked at #4 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) and ranked #26 on the DAC Top Albums of 2005.[10]
In 2016, Canadian label Artoffact reissued the albums Grinding Into Emptiness, Response Frequency and Drill on vinyl and CD.[2]
Deviator
In May 2020, it was announced that Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb were working on a new Noise Unit album, the first in 15 years.[11] On November 24, 2020, album title Deviator and cover were revealed. The cover art was created by Dave McKean.[12] In May 2021, Artoffact scheduled the release date for September 17 the same year and made the second album track "Body Aktiv" available to the public via Bandcamp.[13] The album contained ten tracks and featured Raymond Watts on the track "Atrocity Obsession". In July 2021, Artoffact released a lyric video for this track on their YouTube channel.[14]
Cheeba City Blues
In July 2022, Artoffact announced the release of a new Noise Unit album titled Cheeba City Blues for October 21, 2022. The announcement coincided with the release of the single Alone Again, co-written by former member Jeremy Inkel before his death in January 2018.[15] One month later the band followed up with the release of the second single Dub It Up.[16]
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Albums
- Grinding Into Emptiness (1989, Wax Trax!, Antler-Subway)
- Response Frequency (1990, Antler-Subway)
- Strategy of Violence (1992, Dossier, Cleopatra)
- Decoder (1995, Dossier, Cleopatra)
- Drill (1996, Off Beat, Metropolis)
- Voyeur (2005, Metropolis)
- Deviator (2021, Artoffact)
- Cheeba City Blues (2022, Artoffact)
Singles
- "Deceit" / "Struktur" (1989, Wax Trax!, Antler-Subway)
- "Agitate" / "In Vain" (1990, Antler-Subway)
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