Unplayed, Mint and Personally Autographed By cEvin Key. This vinyl is apart of his private collection from home. (Price includes Shipping)

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Bites and Remission-era demos, out-takes, and braps by Skinny Puppy’s founder.

In the early days of Skinny Puppy, when the band was mostly just an idea, cEvin Key spent much of his time in his apartment, recording demos and experimenting with electronic equipment. These recordings, some of which went on to be the basis for early Skinny Puppy releases like Back and Forth, Bites, and Remission, are finally released as part of the famous Back and Forth series, through Toronto-based Artoffact Records.

Brap and Forth Vol. 8 is a collection of a dozen demos, out-takes, and braps by cEvin Key, recorded between 1983 and 1985. The collection finally gives us a glimpse into the birth of Skinny Puppy, those first experiments that would blossom and contort into the visionary sound of the band’s first albums. A dozen Bites and Remission-era demos are presented here, transferred from cEvin Key’s own archive, restored, and remastered. Three of the recordings feature Wilhelm Schroeder, aka Bill Leeb, founder and singer of Front Line Assembly, and of course an early Skinny Puppy band-member.

The release is bookended by two other demos from later periods, perhaps to emphasize the centrality that the earlier material represents.

A1 –cEvin Key Scratch BRAP (1988) 3:28 A2 –cEvin Key, Wilhelm Schroeder Remember Ash (1984) 3:29 A3 –cEvin Key Pathway (1983 - Demo) 6:03 A4 –cEvin Key Home BASS (1984 - Back And Forth Outtake) 4:12 A5 –cEvin Key Doobie Drive (1984 - Outtake) 3:55 A6 –cEvin Key coma (1984) 3:26 A7 –cEvin Key Don't Look Behind Your Eyes (1984) 1:50 B1 –cEvin Key Floating (1985 - Dragon Experience Outttake) 3:43 B2 –cEvin Key scraPpy BrapPy (1984 - Remnant Slice) 2:02 B3 –cEvin Key, Wilhelm Schroeder FlyZ (1984) 3:05 B4 –cEvin Key ChromaDOG (1984 - Remission Demo) 2:03 B5 –cEvin Key, Wilhelm Schroeder Jam Brak (1983) 9:35 B6 –cEvin Key sniPer (1984) 2:20 B7 –cEvin Key lifeRAMP (2001) 4:20