My brother & I were talking about Skinny Puppy the other day, parallels with 80's electro, early hiphop, Vancouver's Nettwerk Records in the 80's, and such. I was explaining that the gear that was around in the 80's used the same presets, etc, thus you can hear the same sounds in early electro, industrial, pop musics, and such, as in most other electronic produced musics of the time, as we all know. Skinny Puppy had melody, and although the vocal delivery was different, early Skinny Puppy production can easily be paralleled with Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa tunes, and so on.
As a Canadian kid growing up in the 80's, I became aware of Skinny Puppy via local music tv programs circa 1986 or so, and then I actually bought my first Skinny Puppy release in 1988. In a way, Skinny Puppy was already regularly being talked about in local alternative music press by that time, which was also featured on tv, so the name was always around. Vancouver was just a short travelling distance away, but I had no clue how important a band like Skinny Puppy was, and IS to local electronic music here in Canada. I became a fan fast. I wouldn't be here with out them.
"Remission" is an electro record in places. I loved delving back into the Puppy catalog once I discovered the music. It is imperative music within Canada's electronic music history. I'm not sure if they get that amount of props yet. I stand by it.
Fantastic.
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