Artist description Proteus9 combines techno, industrial and ambience into a sort of future techno goth mix. The point is to taint; to leave a mark on the listener that is mysterious and atmospheric.

Music Style EBM / Ambient / Trance

Musical Influences Juno Reactor, Front 242, Rabbit In The Moon, Sasha, Joihn Digweed

Similar Artists Juno Reactor, Front 242, Rabbit In The Moon, Sasha, Joihn Digweed

Artist History Proteus9 was formed in early 1999 by sole member Neiva7. Neiva7 combines Dj tactics with original music production to create a product that is the flavor of dark/melodic/progressive/hard trance kicked together with a bit of old skool industrial/EBM. The band released several ambient and industrial tinged dance tracks on two CD releases, Comp 1.0 and Face The Front in 1999 and 2000 respectively. Convinced she could do better, Neiva took the band into hiding for the next year. The work has paid off as the sound has evolved into a heavy ambience with throbbing beats and smooth trance rhythms. Never one to give up her dark edge, allot of the dark elements found from the earlier releases can still be heard in the newer material.

Group Members Neiva7

Instruments Roland XP-30, Korg Poly 800, Yamaha DJXII, Lots of software

Albums Face The Front, Comp 1.0, Upcoming- SubStationZero

Press Reviews Face The Front Review by: Elysia David Face the Front is the latest release from Florida's Digital Encryption. While the cover art may give one an impression reminiscent of some of Front Line Assembly's earlier works, the music isn't quite what you'd expect... Yes, some industrial-tinged elements are there for sure, but Face The Front definitely veers more in the direction of somewhat dark, but often very danceable techno. The music is all instrumental, very electronic, with a good many tracks prominently featuring samples (and that's where a lot of the industrial influence is most present; especially in the track Generator which makes use of the very same "he's seeing monsters..." sample that Skinny Puppy put to work on Convulsion from Too Dark Park, and definitely holds my attention the whole way through...even when it takes a slight ambient detour towards the middle of the disc, with the track Sanctus (which is a fine track). In all, the production is fairly smooth, the track line-up well chosen (though I do wonder a bit at why the Prologue is at the end of the disc, though...), and the songs rather well-constructed. Stand-out tracks include: Decension, State of Grace, and the Prodigy-esque Replication. To some extent I do get the impression that Digital Encryption is still finding it's own unique voice, but the search is far from fruitless, and Digital Encryption is definitely on the right track.

Location Tampa, Florida - USA

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