BAND INFO: OK, this is gonna take a LOT of explaining, but after you're done reading you'll know what's going on. Circle of Dust is a one-man band that operates mainly out of New York. This "one man" has many different identities and aliases; the most commonly seen ones are Celldweller, Scott Albert, and Klay Scott. Circle of Dust's (also called "COD") debut self-titled album was pretty much a musical failure. Scott Albert decided to produce a side project called "Brain Child", which had only one CD called "Mind Warp". After this, Scott Albert signed on to a new distribution company and decided to re-release "Mind Warp" under the title of Circle of Dust. Thus, he just redistributed the exact same CD, only now the CD was Circle of Dust's "Brain Child" CD. Scott Albert (now known as "Klay Scott") then released his debut album with new material and a better sound quality. After this Klay realized that the label he was on, R.E.X., was going bankrupt. Circle of Dust was disbanded in 1995, but Klay went on to make "Argyle Park", which was pretty much a COD clone. After Argyle Park's debut release, Klay (who was now called "Celldweller") started on a new project: Angeldust. However, before he totally went into this, he decided to release a final COD album, "Disengage" under Flying Tart Records. Klay Scott can be found today writing music for Angeldust. Klay, Albert, Celldweller (whoever he is) can also be found on some other popular albums: he produced and programmed for the band "Chatterbox"; he mixed, produced, and recorded for the metal/industrial band Klank; he remixed for the band "Level"; he produced, programmed, and remixed for the popular Christian metal band "Living Sacrafice"; he created the MTV Sport's opening theme; and he has co-written and re-mixed for the metal band "Prong". (Whew!)
Brain Child
Circle of Dust (Self-titled)
Disengage
Brain Child (re-release) - OVERVIEW:
You want a metal-industrial cross over? You want
slamming drums and metal guitars with a few electronics
and beat loops added in to classify this as "industrial"?
Well, you've got it. It's a very repetative, every-song-sounds-the-same
kind of CD. However, when you hear it, you can
really tell there's a lot of dormant talent waiting
to be found.
RECORD LABEL: R.E.X. Music
# OF TRACKS: 10
RUNNING TIME: 51:28
RELEASE YEAR: 1994
YOU'D LIKE THIS CD IF YOU LIKE: Chatterbox or Perpetua
RATING: 1.7 / 10
Circle of Dust (Re-release) - OVERVIEW:
Ah, a step up from COD's last release. This CD decreases
the metal guitars and increases the electronics and
beat rhythms. This CD is a re-release of Circle of
Dust's debut self-titled album. And it's not just some remix
CD either, it actually has 4 previously unreleased tracks and
6 of the already released songs re-done with better
sound quality. This is a semi-melodic CD with great
electronics and great complimenting guitars. That
hidden talent you saw in "Brain Child" is now blooming.
Remember to check out the hidden track at the end
called "Dancing with Medusa"!
RECORD LABEL: R.E.X. Music
# OF TRACKS: 10 (4 previously unreleased and 6 re-mastered
songs)
RUNNING TIME: 53:47
RELEASE YEAR: 1995
YOU'D LIKE THIS CD IF YOU LIKE: Argyle Park (side project
of Circle of Dust)
RATING: 5.8 / 10
Disengage - OVERVIEW: Ok, no
more metal-industrial crossovers.....no more hidden
talent that only comes out once in a while......this is
the actual electronically industrial Circle of Dust. This
CD contains everything you could want: some trip-hop lyrics,
some hard-hitting dance music, some EBM, some ambient, and
a whole lot of well-done remixes! Overall, the CD is
straight forward electro-industrial that is pretty heavy.
However, there are 3 beautiful ambient songs, one rap-core
song (track #3), and 6 remix songs. What's really great
about this CD is that it is all remixed onto itself. You're
pretty much getting two CDs for the price of one. Originally,
Klay Scott/Celldweller thought of releasing only the 10
original songs on one CD and then releasing a seperate
remix album. However, he combined the two onto one CD.
This is the final Circle of Dust release. TIP:
Although released under a "Christian" label, this CD
has none-whatsoever Christianity in it at all.
RECORD LABEL: Flying Tart Records
# OF TRACKS: 16
RUNNING TIME: 1:03:53
RELEASE YEAR: 1998
YOU'D LIKE THIS CD IF YOU LIKE: C-TEC or Cubanate's
"Antimatter" CD.
RATING: 8.4 / 10
