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CEvin Key
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| cEvin Key | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Kevin Crompton | |
| Also known as | cEvin Key, Scaremeister | |
| Born | February 13, 1961 | |
| Origin | Canada | |
| Genre(s) | Industrial music | |
| Occupation(s) | Keyboardist, percussionist | |
| Instrument(s) | Synth, guitar, bass, percussion | |
| Years active | 1981 - Present | |
| Label(s) | Subconscious Communications Synthetic Symphony Nettwerk Records Metropolis Records American Recordings |
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| Associated acts |
Skinny Puppy Download PlatEAU Tear Garden Images In Vogue Doubting Thomas Hilt Involution Cyberaktif |
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| Website | Subconscious Studios | |
- The correct title of this article is cEvin Key. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
cEvin Key (pronounced "Kevin Key") is the pseudonym of Kevin Crompton (b. February 13, 1961), who was a founding member of the industrial music band Skinny Puppy, along with Nivek Ogre. In addition to his work with Skinny Puppy, cEvin Key has had several side projects, including Doubting Thomas, Cyberaktif, and Hilt. He was also at one point a drummer and song-writer for synthpop group, Images in Vogue. After Skinny Puppy disbanded in 1995, cEVIN Key's main project was electronic noise group Download, as well as some solo releases. He also embarked on a side project with Phil Western, PlatEAU, and continued his project Tear Garden with the assistance of the Legendary Pink Dots for new material released in the mid-to-late '90s. These post 1995 projects continue to this day.
Much of 2001-3 was spent on his own solo material, The Ghost Of Each Room and The Dragon Experience, as well as an undertaking of an exclusive subscription-only music service entitled the From the Vault series -- seven CDs of previously unreleased material from his various projects (Skinny Puppy, Download, Tear Garden, PlatEAU, and Hilt) Key also served as a drummer on ohGr's 2001 tour.
2004 brought about the reformation of Skinny Puppy for a new album, The Greater Wrong Of the Right, and they embarked on a world-wide tour that carried on into 2005. Work began underway for their next LP, Mythmaker, shortly thereafter, and was released in 2007.
cEvin is currently working on another From the Vault series for 2007-2008, before embarking on yet another Skinny Puppy tour. The releases are to include unreleased and re-released work by Download, Doubting Thomas, PlatEAU, Tear Garden, Hilt, and Skinny Puppy.
- He is approximately 6'5" tall.
- He is also an avid bowler and supporter of the pro-legalization of marijuana.
- Is the sole owner of and operates Subconscious Communications, "a California-based records label, musician collective, remix team, 32-track digital studio" and "analogue synthesizer collection."
- Music for Cats (1998)
- The Ghost of Each Room (2001)
- The Dragon Experience (2003, with Ken Marshall)
- Subconscious Studios, the official cEVIN Key web site.
- Scaremeister, a scoring & remix team based out of Subconscious Studios
| Download | |
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| cEvin Key | Phil Western | |
| Dwayne Goettel | Mark Spybey | Anthony Valcic | |
| Discography | |
| Furnace | Microscopic | Charlie's Family | Sidewinder | The Eyes of Stanley Pain | III | Effector | Inception | III Steps Forward | Fixer | |
| Related articles | |
| Skinny Puppy | Subconscious Communications | |
| Cyberaktif | Doubting Thomas | Hilt | PlatEAU | The Tear Garden | Flesh Eating Ants Records | |