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psyche - insomnia theatre 83-86 (+dvd) - vinyl on demand - vinyl

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Genre: Wave / Pop / Rock - Wave

1. The Brain Collapses (Dance Mix)
2. Wink Of An Eye
3. Maggots
4. Eating Violins
5. Children Carry Knives
6. The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)
7. Suffocation
8. Psychic Vampire
9. Back To Nature (Fad Gadget Cover Version)
10. Wrench (In Your Plans)
11. Murder In The Wind
12. Krieg
13. Thundershowers (Original 12" Mix)
14. Body March 1, 2 (Live At Level 21, 1986)
15. Splattered Nerves
16. A Threat
17. Instinct
18. Screaming Fire (Original Demo)
19. Insatiable (Original Demo)
20. Torture (Remix)
21. Insatiable (Live At Belvedere Hall, Halloween 1983)
22. Dream Sequence (Live At Belvedere Hall, Halloween 1983)
23. Wrench (Live At Scandals, 1984)
24. Brain Collapses (Live At Belvedere Hall, Halloween 1983)
25. Mr. Eyeball Ooze (Live At Level 21, 1986)
26. Nocturnal Wasteland (Live At Belvedere Hall, Halloween 1983)
27. Consuming Life (Live At Belvedere Hall, Halloween 1983)
28. I'm A Gentleman
29. Screaming Fire (Version 2)
30. Wrench II
31. Another Billion Eyes
32. Empty Spirit
33. Theme For Runaways
34. Screamin' Machine
35. Eye Of The Hurricane
36. The Crawler (Original 4 Track Mix)
37. Mind Over Matter
38. Waiting For The Stranger
39. The Darkside
40. Venom
41. Thundershowers (4-Track Demo)
42. Unveiling The Secret
43. The Crawler (86 Version)
44. Goodbye Horses
45. Misery

It all started sometime at the dawn of the 80s by two Canadian brothers, Darrin and Stephen Huss while living with their parents in Edmonton, Alberta.

The first and only synthesizer based act in the whole region, they were joined by third member Dwayne Goettel and subsequently formed the band Psyche.

A combination of horror and electronics that in the area of Western Canada was completely unheard of and would continue to be considered quite shocking until the music finally caught on. By the time of our highlight performance as support to Britain's Alien sex fiend in 1984, Psyche had lost Dwayne as a member, but with several songs on file, and a number of performances under their belts, they persevered.

Psyche started out with a Mattel Synsonics, a little black square that had 4 drum pads (to be heard clearly on Wrench II). The Dr. Rhythm Drum Machine followed, and until upgraded to the DR. 110 they were recording & performing with the basic set-up of Korg Mono/Poly, Sequential Circuits Pro One, Davolisant String synthesizer, and Dr. Rhythm with which the entire legendary Halloween 1983 performance "Live At Belevedere Hall" was created. It is a small recording wonder that this cassette remains preserved to this day after travelling from Canada throughout Europe, and back again. This entire concert remains one of the most intriguing, and fascinating listens since it was performed, and after a limited CD-R release, several highlights of this, and all other demo recordings from this time appear remastered to vinyl along with the everlasting debut album "Insomnia Theatre". Available once again in it's original format for the first time since it was released, and sold out in 1985.

This 3 album edition of "Insomnia Theatre" also contains the 4-Track recordings while Dwayne was a member, as well as several rare direct to cassette demos, the tracks of "Tales From The Darkside", as well as the now collectable 12" of "Thundershowers". Plus the monumental "Unveiling The Secret" appears in it's album version to round out the complete vision of Psyche's early beginnings from 1983 up to this 1986 breakthrough club hit!

Beyond Sensation - Videos
DVD-1 The Brain Collapses
DVD-2 Suffocation
DVD-3 Paralysis Effect
DVD-4 Maggots
DVD-5 I'm A Gentleman
DVD-6 Why Should I
DVD-7 Unveiling The Secret
DVD-8 Uncivilized
DVD-9 Eternal
DVD-10 Misery
Beyond Sensation - The Movies
DVD-11 Pig Slop Carnivore
DVD-12 No More Roger
DVD-13 The Parting
DVD-14 Friday's Child
Offbeat '83 - Re-Membering Dwayne
DVD-15 The Crawler
DVD-16 Cheated
DVD-17 Screaming Fire
DVD-18 Krieg
Live In Sweden 1986
DVD-19 Eternal
DVD-20 Taking Chances
DVD-21 Nocturnal Passenger