Oxidizer (album)

Oxidizer
Studio album by Chemlab
Released	2004
Genre	Industrial rock
Label	Invisible Records/Underground Inc./Cracknation
Producer	Julian Beeston, Jared Louche, Lord Pickles (Jason Novak), Kidd Knobbs (Jamie Duffy)
Chemlab chronology
Suture (2000) Oxidizer (2004) Rock Whore vs. Dance Floor (2006)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Oxidizer is the third and final album by industrial rock band Chemlab.

Track listing

1. "Pinksuture" – 1:56
2. "Monkey God" – 3:34
3. "White Room Black Eye" – 3:46
4. "Suture" – 0:50
5. "Black Snake Voodoo Hiss" – 4:22
6. "Atomic Automatic" – 4:23
7. "Force Quit" – 4:36
8. "Sue" – 2:10
9. "Scornocopia" – 5:01
10. "Megahurts" – 5:12
11. "Binary Nation" – 4:05
12. "Queen Of Despair [Ode To The Diode]" – 4:48
13. "Suture" – 4:53

• Track 12 contains a sample from "Superhero," by KMFDM.
• Track 13 contains a segment of "Jesus Christ Porno Star," recorded live at the Hydrogen Bar, NYC, 1996.

All songs written and arranged by: Jason Novak, Jared Louche, F.J. DeSanto, and Jamie Duffy
Sutures: Jason Novak, F.J. DeSanto, Jamie Duffy, Anders Karlsson, and Ross Goteki-San

Personnel

• Jared Louche - 3-band vox, broken word, architextures
• Jason Novak - composition, synthetics, guitarwave burner
• F.J. DeSanto - composition, noise fear, hard core loops, quality control
• Jamie Duffy - sub-atomic guitar burst, loop hack
• Greg "Cool-Hand" Lucas - rock action guitar
• Charles Levi Levi - sexy lo-end funk
• Mike "Ash" Venezia - loops
• Russ Britton - scratchy solo (7)
• Ross Goteki-San - ninja scrapes
• Dan Brill - drum roar (2, 9, 11)
• Ethan Novak - drums (5)
• Eliot Engelman - bass guitar (7, 9)
• H. Vargas - synths (10, 11)
• Anders Karlsson - pain machinery
• William Tucker - ghost image solo (1)
• Dylan More - ghost image solo (13)
• Marc Plastic - 72 Hero
• Geno Lenardo - ghost guitar
• Krayge Tyler - ghost guitar
• Neo-Shade Wahl - ghost guitar

Alternate versions and controversy

Jason Novak, credited as DJ Acucrack, was responsible for the original production of Oxidizer, but according to Novak, his finished tracks were "remixed" by other producers at Louche's behest, changing the album significantly in terms of the album's sound, 'sutures' and track order by the time of its official release.^[2] Novak notes that the original version of the album "reflected the proper spirit of Chemlab", and that he did not receive proper credit on the official release, despite being responsible for the majority of the music.^[3]

The original version of the Oxidizer album is now available directly from the Crack Nation website as a paid digital download.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "DJ? Acucrack". Rockstarjournalism.com. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
3. "ReGen Magazine « Industrial, synthpop, electronic, alternative music ReGen Magazine". Regenmag.com. 2011-05-09. Retrieved 2012-03-04.