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The Mosquito Control EP
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Mosquito Control EP EP by Isis Released 1998 Recorded 1998 Genre Sludge Metal, Doom metal, Post-metal Length 27:45 Label Escape Artist(EA03.0)
(EA03.2) (re-release)
(EA03.8) (re-release) Producer Isis, Kurt Ballou[1] Isis chronology Demo
(1998) Mosquito Control
(1998) The Red Sea
(1999)
Re-release cover The cover of the re-release. Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [2]
The Mosquito Control EP is the first studio release by American post-metal band Isis, released in 1998 by Escape Artist. The piece runs fluently through all 29 minutes, and all four songs are linked through consistent bouts of chaos and lyrics glued by the metaphor of using mosquitoes as a symbol for mankind,society and population control.
The Mosquito Control EP introduces Isis's first major theme, the mosquito. The reissue of this EP features cover art depicting control towers (the central theme of Celestial).[original research?]
Although it represents Isis' first studio release, it is actually their third recording as a group after two demo productions, and was the last recording containing early band members.[3] As such, “[t]here are things on this record that certainly would not have have [sic] been written were it not for those people, and it represented a set of voices that was no longer apparent in the subsequent recordings.”[3] Sonically, Aaron Turner feels that Isis “were starting to find [their] voice” with the release, citing “Life Under the Swatter” as “the beginning of a path on which we would synthesize heavy riffing with complex rhythmic patterns and textural/subdued passages”.[3]
The recording process cost as little as $600 and lasted between three and four days. The first mix was deemed of insufficient quality, so a remastering was undertaken.[3]
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length1. "Poison Eggs" ( sample (help·info)) Isis 6:42 2. "Life Under the Swatter" Isis 5:50 3. "Hive Destruction" Isis 4:10 4. "Relocation Swarm" Isis 11:43 5. "Streetcleaner" (only on Mosquito Control/ Red Sea Japanese edition) Green, Neville, Broadrick 5:42
Personnel
Band members[4]- Jeff Caxide – bass guitar
- Aaron Harris – drums
- Chris Mereschuk – electronics, vocals
- Aaron Turner – guitar, vocals, design, assembly
- Kurt Ballou – audio engineering, producing
- Dave Merullo – mastering, audio editing
References
- ^ Lee, Cosmo (June 22, 2006). "Kurt Ballou - Interview - Stylus Magazine". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
- ^ York, William. ""Mosquito Control" – Isis". allmusic. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ^ a b c d "PRIMER: Aaron Turner Revisits Isis’ Entire Catalog". Self-Titled. Pop Mart Media. 4 June 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ a b Mosquito Control. Escape Artist Recordings. 1998. EA3.0.
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- Jeff Caxide
- Michael Gallagher
- Aaron Harris
- Bryant Clifford Meyer
- Aaron Turner
Albums
- Celestial (2000)
- Oceanic (2002)
- Panopticon (2004)
- In the Absence of Truth (2006)
- Wavering Radiant (2009)
EPs
- Mosquito Control
- The Red Sea
- Sawblade
- SGNL›05
Other releases
- Isis / Pig Destroyer
- Oceanic: Remixes & Reinterpretations
- In the Fishtank 14
- Shades of the Swarm (box set)
- Melvins / Isis
- Temporal
Live
- Live.01
- Live.02
- Live.03
- Live.04
- Clearing the Eye
- Live V
- Live VI
Singles
- "Holy Tears"
- "Not in Rivers, But in Drops"
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- Hydra Head Records
- Old Man Gloom
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