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An experimental, dark, ambient-electronic project featuring Kurt Joy (of Nihil and Department of Corrections) and Adrian Wallace (also of Department of Corrections, and Lure). They competed in the Contact 89FM Battle of the Bands in 1996, and were involved as performers, sound-technicians and DJs at many shows in Hamilton of a slightly more 'underground' or post-industrial bent. Both Joy and Wallace were respected at this time for their innovative and often "extreme" production and audio engineering skills. The track Nematode appeared on the 1996 compilation BURN, the track Cryospace appeared on an (unknown?) radio sampler coordinated and distributed by Dave Whitehead (c. 1996), and the track Timbre appeared on the 1997 Green Eggs and Hamilton compilation.