Artist description Form/Alkaline is fka Scar Tissue ... dark ambient tribal industrial deep-hop electronic medicated beats

Music Style Dark Ambient Trip-Hop Electronica Industrial Medicated Beats

Musical Influences beautifully sad things

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Artist History 1990 - 1998: we released 3 CDs as Scar Tissue on 21st Circuitry Records; completed 2 US tours; 1998 - present: darker direction leads Steve & Phil to re-name their project Form/Alkaline; 1999: Scar Tissue plays shows around the US incorporating the new Form/Alkaline material and is VERY well-received; the band is self-releasing the new CD until it finds a new label

Group Members Steve Watkins - percussion, programming, production; Phil Caldwell - guitar, programming; Tao - turntables

Instruments drums, effected guitar, electronic toys, turntables, sampler, synths, MANY effects boxes

Albums Separator (1996), TMOTD (1997), Rebuild (1998), Form/Alkaline (1999)

Press Reviews Last Sigh e-zine, 1998 - I never fully comprehended Scar Tissue\'s talent until i caught their act last summer in Chicago. Their live performance blew me away; Interface Magazine, 1997 - Leaning towards the more experimental side of electronic composition, they are forging ahead in creating works that will become the standard of comparison for future musicians. This is certainly a band to pay attention to now; Industry Standard, 1996 - This is as good as it gets in the U.S.A.; INVEIN Magazine\'s Best Artist of 1996; Industrial Bible, 1998 - Some may think of them as intelligent electro, while others may define their sound as a mixture of noise, EBM, and techno, but no matter what you want to call it, Scar Tissue\'s sound cannot be rivaled.; Mr Tangent, on rec.music.industrial, 1999 - One of the true progressive electro bands from the U.S. I\'d put it up with nearly anything that is coming out of Europe.

Location Oakland, CA - USA

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