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After the release of GYATSO in 1994, Alex buess decided to setup a live band that would be able to perform new material. As Buess states "A really big challenge was also our desire to play music as intensely powerful as possible, musically and technically moving at the limit! For the most part, these are compositions of mine and the electronic parts were also stored on sequencers and other programmable devices. It took a lot of skill on behalf of the musicians and sound engineers involved to implement these ideas precisely and to give them human power."

Music journalist Jason Pettigrew describes the result in his liner notes: "Sometimes the proceedings approximate Merzbow producing Test Department's first recordings; other times the trio dial it back like Sonny Rollins listening to Don Buchla experiments in a Catholic confessional booth (cf. "Vertebrae"). Buess' electronically modified horns feel positively planet-bombing, while Wertmuller's kick-drum fury hits your chest in a way that makes you fear that your spinal fluid has become carbonated."

This is the first regular release of Skin & Speech, in cooperation with Plattfon Records

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Gyatso was originally released 1994 as a CD only by Kevin Martin’s Pathological label Produced by Kevin Martin 2008 re-released on Savageland, also on CD

This is the first new release of Skin & Speech, proudly presented in collaboration with Praxis Records

The vinyl edition contains 6 tracks and includes the download for the full 13 track album.