Years active 1994–2000 Active until 2000 | Associated acts Converge Members Jacob Bannon, Kurt Ballou | |
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Labels Deathwish, E-Vinyl, Icarus, Undecided Origin Boston, Massachusetts, United States (1994) Albums Rise of the Great Machine, Rust Genres Experimental rock, Post-rock, Ambient music Similar Aaron Dalbec, Kid Kilowatt, Wear Your Wounds, Ben Koller, Nate Newton | ||
Supermachiner diamond bullet
Supermachiner was an experimental rock project that Jacob Bannon and Ryan Parker began writing for in 1994 and soon became a collection of four track recordings. When Converge had about six months of down time as the band searched for a drummer, Bannon and Parker found the time to resurrect that project. They entered GodCity Studios with Kurt Ballou to take on the piles of old four track tapes they had. They each brought something to the table and in the end we created an interesting record. After the recording was complete, there was little/no time to carry on with the project. The music was much different than Converge, having more in common with influences Swans, Bauhaus, and others.
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- Supermachiner diamond bullet
- Supermachiner rise of the great machine full album
- History
- Members
- Discography
- Songs
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Bannon stated in an interview that many of the songs off Converge's Jane Doe came from Supermachiner, the project was claimed to inspire Jane Doe's experimental side. The songs "Jane Doe" and "Phoenix in Flight" were initially intended for the Supermachiner but Bannon thought "it made sense for Converge to play them."
Supermachiner rise of the great machine full album
History
"In 1994, we started experimenting with this and people [in Boston] would be like what the hell are you doing? We were trying to get really simple, powerful songwriting down, crafting a more experimental, minimalist kind of writing, and it was just a unique approach at the time."
Supermachiner originally began as a collection of 4 track recordings by Jacob Bannon and Ryan Parker, recorded in 1994, just prior to Bannon moving to Boston to attend college. The project remained nameless and dormant for a number of years. With the help and inspiration of his good friend Ryan Parker, they casually brought the project back to life in the winter of 1998. With his input, they developed collective song ideas into the Rise of the Great Machine album. Bannon structured the lyrical content around his feelings on the rise of technology and the death of the individual, making the project thematic in its content. They named the project "Supermachiner", a play on the term "Supermachinder" the compound word for Japanese giant robot toys from the 1970s.
They entered the studio with Kurt Ballou in the winter of 1999. During the sessions, Ballou contributed a great deal to the album material both as an engineer and musician. The original Rise of the Great Machine CD was released by the Undecided label in 2000 (now out of print). After the album was released future projects were planned but never materialized. However Bannon continued to write music that was sonically different than Converge, which was later released as solo martial many years later.
The album Rise of the Great Machine was reissued two times after the original release. The first reissue was in 2004, released by Icarus Records. This version is limited to 50 copies and only made available for the Converge "You Fail Me 2k4 tour". The second reissue was in 2008, released by the E-Vinyl label in France. It was released as a one time pressing as a deluxe double vinyl, limited to 1000 copies, with new artwork which would go on to be a similar style to the artwork used on Rust. 8 years after the release of Rise of the Great Machine, Deathwish Inc. announced the release of Rust, a 30 track double CD that featured remastered versions of the Rise of the Great Machine tracks along with b-sides of forgotten songs and additional audio experiments. Rust was released on March 16, 2009.
Members
Discography
Songs
Rise of the Great MachineRise of the Great Machine · 2001
The War We'll Never WinRise of the Great Machine · 2001
I Am OblivionRise of the Great Machine · 2001