CEvin Key Musical artist

cEvin Key (born Kevin William Crompton, February 13, 1961) is a Canadian musician and founding member of the industrial music band Skinny Puppy. In addition to his work with Skinny Puppy, Key has had several side projects, including Doubting Thomas, Cyberaktif, and Hilt. He was also at one point a drummer and song-writer for synthpop group, Images in Vogue. After Skinny Puppy disbanded in 1995, Key's main project was electronic noise group Download, as well as some solo releases. He also embarked on a side project with Phil Western, PlatEAU, and continued his project Tear Garden with the assistance of the Legendary Pink Dots for new material released in the mid-to-late '90s. These post 1995 projects continue to this day. Key is the sole owner and operator of Subconscious Communications, "a California-based records label, musician collective, remix team, 32-track digital studio and analogue synthesizer collection".

Personal facts

CEvin Key
Alias (AKA)cEvin Key Kenny King Scaremeister
Birth dateFebruary 13, 1961
Hometown
Vancouver

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Musical artist

Career started1980
associated musical artist
Images in Vogue
Download (band)
Skinny Puppy
OhGr
Doubting Thomas (band)
The Tear Garden
Hilt (band)
PlatEAU (band)
Cyberaktif
Bananasloth
Scaremeister
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Electronic music
New wave music
Dark ambient
Post-industrial music
Noise music
Glitch (music)
Synthpop
Electro-industrial
instrument
Bass guitar
Drum kit
Guitar
Violin
Singing
Synthesizer
record label
Metropolis Records
American Recordings (record label)
SPV GmbH
Nettwerk
Subconscious Communications

CEvin Key on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/67069/skinny-puppy-returns-at-the-right-time
  2. http://www.discogs.com/artist/cEvin+Key
  3. http://www.last.fm/music/cEvin+Key
  4. http://www.scaremeister.com
  5. http://www.subconsciousrecords.com
  6. http://www.subconsciousstudios.com